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Originally Posted by modkris
Arbitrary arbitrary arbitrary...it's all I ever hear from you stick-up-the-ass armchair critics about EVERYTHING that is designed in this town. Curves are arbitrary. Color is arbitrary. Any shape other than a box is arbitrary. You have the right to complain but seriously do you really think you could come up with something better? Form follows function, yes, to a point. After that what happens? An endless stream of blank boxes. No need for creative designers. This isn't going to turn Chicago into Shanghai or Dubai or whatever the fuck. This will be a great building, if it is built. If it is not we have missed yet another opportunity to enhance our great city.
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I'll have to co-sign this. The frustums are awesome, the design is awesome, build it as-is and quit the fake intellectual masturbation. The frustums, though a simple shape, have yet to be seen in a major development. If you google Frustum shaped building all that shows up is this Wanda proposal.
Most other skyscrapers are related to other designs in some way or another, or you'll find their cousin in China.
For the form-follows-function intellectual masturbaters, the function here isn't hampered by the form--some floor plates will be slightly smaller, others just slightly larger, every square foot can be used in a traditional hotel/condo (even office if they wanted to) layout.
This is excellent for Chicago. Let's not Lucas-Museum this thing with fake sophistication or concern for design, parking lots, or whatever the hell.
My only wish-list item would be its use, I wish it could be truly mix-use which is often lacking in Chicago. The shortest one could be office/retail, the middle hotel, the tallest condo with a nice restaurant on top.