Unbuilt architecture
In 1961 Jorn Utzon met one of Demark’s leading artist Asger Jorn. Asger Jorn a multitalented artist was going to display his latest work at the Silkeborg museum and “come to the conclusion that it would be contrary to the entire spirit of the collection to announce an architectural competition for the building” (Asger Jorn). Asger Jorn wanted a ‘that has an intimate relationship to the artistic form of expression represented by the collection ‘. And i believe that Jorn Utzon’s interpretation was both kind and reflects the artist collection and form an intimate relationship. Utzon design is one of 20th Centuries most outstanding unbuilt architectures. Utzon refers to the museum as a cave and oven like, with Utzon’s love of the Islamic world he was inspired by the caves in Tatung.
Utzon design is unconventional and unseen, and pushes the boundries of conventional museum. Utzon wanted to design a structure that was both artistic and practical in a sense and empahasise the work of Asger Jorn. Utzon wanted to create spaces within the building to accommodate the artist work which consisted on sculptures that were three stories tall and to really make these sculptures be emphasised in their maximum potential designed the spaces around so that it wasn’t possible to look at the work from on view but you would have to walk around the sculpture to view it all. This is proof that Utzon was thinking of the designer when designing the building and not just designing a building for a client.
