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Originally Posted by CGII
How is this building a failure, exactly? It's a homeless shelter/reintegrating housing. Every detail about this building seems crafted for the 'scale and needs of the individual.' In a project like this, fancy mullioned windows are a luxury; this building is built with design goals that are not 'give the residents spaces where they can feel better through gazing into private, occupied space.' It's a homeless shelter where the intent is to provide humanitarian relief for a high volume of displaced people and do so in an ecologically sustainable manner within a tight budget, which are very reasonable design quantifications.
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When it comes down to it, the core, internalized feelings generated by a design, as you very well know, are intensely personal and subjective. Perhaps you are highly pleased by this building's appearance. Perhaps you think it does improve the cityscape of Philadelphia and the attitudes of those who encounter it. Wonderful!
I just presume you are on the very rare side of the spectrum of conclusions, and thankfully so.