1 Apr 2008
frank gehry in simpsons
I know this is dated but, funny stuffs on architecture never ends- so some of you might know about this, simpsons at one time parodied frank gehry- with marge calling him as the ‘bestest architect in the world’
it starts with springfield folks wanted to re-establish their town wieth a new cultural centre, of course, designed by frank gehry the architect. gehry initially crumpled marge’s letter and threw on the ground, but ironically the form inspires gehry to design a $30 million dollar concert hall.
‘yellow’ frank gehry reads through his letters, in front of his house. hey, that’s a cool representation of his residence, way much better looking than the original one!
his house never looked nice to me, but that’s his experimental stuff. yet, simpsons made it looked way better
so, this is how frank gehry got his ideas huh? from a crumpled paper?
behold, the springfield’s new concert hall
and guess how it was constructed. a rectilinear skeletal system was knocked so that it bends into the final form- well, it turns out that springfieldians didn’t enjoy classical music- at the end it was almost abandoned. therefore, they held a ymeeting and the once concert hall was sold to make way for a state prison
I guess this would be the most contemporary prison ever built, or should i say the only frank gehry building as a prison!
and hey, enjoy the compiled clip from the simpsons!
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Your http://www.yangsquare.com/frank-gehry-in-simpsons/ is an excellent page. I noticed that Edmonton’s Art Gallery of Alberta has been modified and looks like a tribute to Gehry AND The Simpsons episode: http://www.youraga.ca/about-aga/grand-opening/
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