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^ Damn that thing is good. I hadn't seen so many photos of it before. It's just breathtaking.
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mondo cool^
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The Perimeter Inst is such a beautiful building without trying to hard. That abomination of a civic center from Singapore tries way, way too hard.
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more of that building in Tokyo
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^^^ Again I see nothing progressive or intelligent about that design, its just another example of "look at the cool shape we can build this building in" not of any deeper level of thought. Plus it resembles a vagina...
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The Coccoon Tower is amazing! Great example too. The retractable helipad is a great example of progressive architecture. And I used to think the white stripes were all aesthetic but after giving it a thought, it makes sense to reinforce the structure while creating some eye-candy.
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You don't to be in architecture school to understand the philosophy of architecture and design. When I see something that is clearly sculptural, I'm going to call it out as bullshit because I don't believe the shapes of buildings should be purely sculptural like that. Its merely looking cool for the sake of looking cool, has nothing to do with reason or functionality. BTW, I realize that parts of that design are determined by the structure, but the point is, building the structure like that in the first place is entirely pointless. I have a hard time believing that the structure there is any more efficient than a box or circle or any other basic geometric shape. Also I don't see that building making radical use of any sort of new materials in an efficient innovative way. So, Mr know it all, tell me how it is Progressive in any way other than "ooo look at me I can be a weird shape"... Ultimately 99.8% of the buildings on this thread are going to be ignored by history because they are simply weird for the sake of being weird. This is just like Romantic and Second Empire art in the 19th century, it is an artistic dead end. The random shapes we are building today are just as superfluous as the random cherubs and mythic themes of romanticism and second empire. There is nowhere for this thread of design to go because it has no philosophical underpinnings. Its all fluff. What I am looking for is the next Réalisme to this Romanticism. When are we going to see the next impressionism or the next modernism in design? This stuff sure isn't headed anywhere its devoid of higher thought. Its not like these crappy firms are obsessed with shape like Monet was obsessed with light and are just trying to experiment with the subtleties of form. So tell me Adrian, what philosophical motive is behind the form of this building? |
^ I agree with most of what you have said. The above building that you are referring to strikes me much more as an essay in romantic notions of structural strength than in actual structural refinement. Will it stand up? Certainly, they wouldn't have built it otherwise. Did the architects put their engineers through the wringer to end up with that contrived notion of earthquake bracing? I'd say so.
Herzog and de Meuron (as much as I love those guys) have in some ways done a disservice to the architecture world with their Olympic stadium. While tremendously beautiful and compelling, it should be been labeled as Mannerist from the get-go and there should have been no pretense about structural necessity. Now we have a lot of copycat structures materializing and falling into the trap of pseudo structuralism and outright deception. It's disturbing. |
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btw instantly rejecting a building just by its 'wow-shape' doesn't mean it's bland and facadist in its interior or design or function. Many of these 'wow' buildings are designed by top architects and firms btw - for example Cocoon Towers' architect, Kenzo Tange is a Pritzker prizewinner.
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^ A few points here, not trying to start an argument or to weigh in any further on this particular building:
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