Architecture Animée

John Hill

17. June 2014

New Museum, SANAA. Original photo by James Ewing, manipulated by Axel de Stampa

This week's German-Architects eMagazine highlights the GIFs of Axel de Stampa, which take well-known works of contemporary architecture and animate them in creative ways inspired by their unique forms.

The animated buildings of "Architecture Animée" include a Tetris-like stacking of MVRDV's Mirarodr Building in Madrid; even more gable forms piled upon Herzog & de Meuron's VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein, Germany; a simplification of SANAA's boxy New Museum in New York City; the expandable facets of UNStudio's Theatre Agora in Lelystad, Netherlands; and a rotating Absolute Tower from MAD, among others.

The playful, looping animations subtly parody the formal experimentation of contemporary architecture, while also giving us an extra layer of appreciation in de Stampa's humor. They're all worth a look.