Hague Buildings Simulates Revolutionary Geometric Piet Mondrian; Italian Architect Invests In Eco-Sustainable Buildings

Buildings in the city of the Hague will be covered with adhesive plastic rectangles in white, black, yellow, red and blue to simulate the signature of Piet Mondrian, including the revolutionary geometric design. This marks the Hague's 100 years of De Stijl art movement in 2017, in which the first attempt is done through the "Mondrianization" of the City Hall.

Reports indicate that the buildings in the Hague will be part of the year-long program called "Mondrian to Dutch Design". These buildings will be adorned with the same homages in the coming weeks, as mentioned in a statement released by the city.

Incidentally, this adaptation of Mondrian's canvases to buildings was reported to be designed by Pascal Zwart and Madje Vollaers, the people who are also behind the Rotterdam-based Studio Vollaerszwart. Meantime, The Dutch Modernist movement De Stijl was established in 1917 in Amsterdam by the artists Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg.

In other news, the Gemeente Museum in The Hague is reported to have the largest collection of Mondrian works in the world, with over 300 art pieces. Among these include the Victory Boogie Woogie, which was painted from 1942 to 1944, but was left unfinished, Art Net reported.

Buildings in the Philippines, meanwhile, are aimed at becoming eco-sustainable through the leadership of an Italian architect. A long time resident of the country, Romolo Nati believes that designing and constructing a building must be within and past the green building norms.

According to reports, the ItalPinas that Nati spearheads seeks to go beyond the selected cities in the coming years. In fact, the cities with notable economic and demographic growth potentials are on the radar. Likewise, the company also plans to invest in natural areas that are still undeveloped in order to give well-integrated ecotourist developments, Business Mirror reported. Watch New Skyscrapers in The Hague, The Netherlands here:

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