Emptiness and Nothingness in OMA’s Libraries

This paper aims to analyse the semantical paralells between the philosophical meaning of the terms nothingness and emptiness as they were used by the presocratic philosophers Parmenides and Democritos and the meaning of nothingness and emptiness in the theory and praxis of Rem Koolhaas. First the philosophical context where Parmenides and Democritus used the terms will be explained and the role, which these terms played in the prehistoric cosmovision will be underlined. Then these terms will be compared with some texts of Koolhaas, in which the very same terms play a major role. Further Koolhaas’ concept will be analysed at two libraries, namely the Seattle Central Library and the Très Grande Bibliothèque in Paris.

OMA’in Kütüphanelerinde Boşluk ve Yokluk

Bu makalenin amacı Sokrat öncesi felsefede önemli olan yokluk ve boşluk kavramlarını günümüz mimarlarından Rem Koolhaas’ın teori ve projelerindeki kullanışlarıyla karşılaştırmaktır. Parmenides ve Demokritos`un yokluk ve boşluk kavramlarını kullandıkları felsevi çerçeve açıklandıktan sonra Koolhaas’ın teroisinde aynı kavramlar analiz edilerek felsefeden mimarlığa uzanan semantik bir karşılaştırma denenecektir. Teorik analizlerin ardından OMA’in Seattle Library ve Paris Très Grande Bibliothèque projelerinde bu kavramların merkezinde oluşturulan konsept ve tasarımdaki pratik çıktısı irdelenecektir.

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Fig. 1 Surrender: Koolhaas, Bruce, Mau, (1995) S, M, L, XL, New York, Monacelli Press, p. 972.

Fig. 2 Seattle Central Library: http://www.architravel.com/fi les/ buldingsImages/bulding29 7/Seattle_Central_Library_1.j pgBeispielabbildung 12.10.201.

Fig. 3 Seattle diagramm programm: Cecilia, F. A., Levene, R., Oma, Koolhaas, R. 1996/2007, Madrid, Elcroquis editorial, p.72.

Fig. 4 Clusters of stability and instability: Koolhaas, R., AMOMA, (2004) Content, Köln, Taschen, p. 140.

Fig. 5 Concept of stability: Koolhaas, R., AMOMA, (2004) Content, Köln, Taschen, p. 140.

Fig. 6 Platforms and in-betweens: Koolhaas, R., AMOMA, (2004) Content, Köln, Taschen, p. 141.

Fig. 7 Bookcases. Koolhaas, R., AMOMA, (2004) Content, Köln, Taschen, p. 142.

Fig. 8 Emptiness in the programm: Additional illustration by the author.

Fig. 9 Word and void: Cecilia, F. A., Levene, R., Oma, Koolhaas, R. 1996/2007, Madrid, Elcroquis editorial, p. 72.

Fig. 10 Vertical Emptiness: http://www.flickr.com/photo s/ truusbobjantoo/293493481 1/sizes/o/in/photostream/ 13.10.2011.

Fig. 11 Between program and skin: Cecilia, F. A., Levene, R., Oma, Koolhaas, R. 1996/2007, Madrid, Elcroquis editorial, p. 93.

Fig. 12 Surrounding: Koolhaas, R., AMOMA, (2004) Content, Köln, Taschen, p. 142.

Fig. 13 View to the facade: http://bpelectricjojo.deviantar t.com/ art/Seattle-Central- Library-155128297 14.10.2011.

Fig. 14 Minimalistic sealing and lamps: http://de.urbarama.com/ proje ct/seattle-central-library 15.10.2011.

Fig. 15 Stairs: http://de.urbarama.com/projec t/seattle-centrallibrary 15.10.2011.

Fig. 16 Section: http://oma.eu/projects/tres-grande-bibliotheque [Erişim tarihi 24 Ekim 2017].

Fig. 17 Plan: Koolhaas, Bruce, Mau, (1995) S, M, L, XL, New York, Monacelli Press, p. 605.

Fig. 18 superimposition of voids: Koolhaas, Bruce, Mau, (1995) S, M, L, XL, New York, Monacelli Press, p. 659.

Fig. 19 modell of voids: Koolhaas, Bruce, Mau, (1995) S, M, L, XL, New York, Monacelli Press, p. 661.