ABSTRACT

The majority of literature on star architecture highlights the effects that those projects have on their respective cities and that materialize after projects have been completed. Hardly discussed are effects that (a) occur beyond the city boundaries and that (b) are triggered in the development process of such projects, especially effects of the material construction. In this paper, we focus on technical innovations triggered by star architecture and the effects that these innovations generate across the construction supply chain. Looking closely into the process of implementing the glass façade of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, we maintain that ambitious design forces involved actors in developing innovative solutions to secure the realization of this exceptional design at all. At the same time yet, the ambitious design leads to highly selective processes. First, regarding the selection of involved actors, only a few specialized firms worldwide are able to accomplish the required ambitious design. And second, as in consequence, only these few actors benefit from the projects by accumulating experience, knowledge, reputation and stabilizing cooperation networks. The selectivity also embraces the geography of this ecology as the same networks of specialized firms tend to carry on innovations from star architecture project to another on an international scale.

摘要

大多数关于明星建筑的文献都强调了这些项目对各自城市的影响，并在项目完成后体现出来。几乎没有讨论的是（a）发生在城市边界之外和（b）在此类项目的开发过程中触发的影响，特别是物质建设的影响。在本文中，我们关注由明星建筑引发的技术创新以及这些创新在整个建筑供应链中产生的影响。仔细观察汉堡易北爱乐厅玻璃幕墙的实施过程，我们认为雄心勃勃的设计力量涉及参与者开发创新解决方案，以确保实现这一卓越设计。与此同时，雄心勃勃的设计导致了高度选择性的过程。首先，关于参与者的选择，全球只有少数专业公司能够完成所需的雄心勃勃的设计。其次，因此，只有少数参与者通过积累经验、知识、声誉和稳定合作网络从项目中受益。选择性还包括这种生态的地理环境，因为相同的专业公司网络倾向于在国际范围内进行从明星建筑项目到另一个项目的创新。声誉和稳定合作网络。选择性还包括这种生态的地理环境，因为相同的专业公司网络倾向于在国际范围内进行从明星建筑项目到另一个项目的创新。声誉和稳定合作网络。选择性还包括这种生态的地理环境，因为相同的专业公司网络倾向于在国际范围内进行从明星建筑项目到另一个项目的创新。