Westside Mall, by Studio Daniel Libeskind. (image by Ute Bauer)
Completed in October 2008, the Westside shopping and leisure complex in the outskirts of Bern is Libeskind’s first finished building in Europe, purely dedicated to a commercial program. The architecture and design of the building has strong similarities to Libeskind’s museum projects like the Jewish Museum Berlin or the Felix Nussbaum Museum in Osnabrück.(source: waybackmaschine, Website Studio Libeskind, from Sep.22, 2001)"Ever since I began architecture, I had an abhorrence to conventional architecture offices. There was something about the atmosphere of redundancy ,routine and production that made me allergic to all forms of specialization and so-called professionalism. Ten years ago we founded our office in Berlin as a result of a decision, an accident, a rumor on the street and began an unimaginable journey down a path on which we are still traveling."
Westside offers a book shop devoted to the architecture of the shopping mall and the architecture of Daniel Libeskind.
shop dedicated to Daniel Libeskind and Westside
3 comment(s):
Would you say the similarities Libeskind's buildings define his style or make him predictable?
Libeskind self-proclaimed theory of an endless travel in search of genuine architecture is not very convincing anymore, since he uses his well-established zig-zag-design for any purpose.
It might be easy money to copy and paste but the lack of singularity reduces the value of previos buildings. Who would still believe in Libeskind's design argument for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, if the same shape fits as well for a shopping mall??
qoute 'Who would still believe in Libeskind's design argument for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, if the same shape fits as well for a shopping mall??'
It doesn't fit for a shopping mall. It's a pity their isn't any development or process going on in the designs of Libeskind.
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