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Originally Posted by ozone
I'm not sure why people prefer the MacFarlane/Handel proposal. The plaza looks to be just perpetuating the same problems that the older Bunker Hill development. Plus IMO the tower is an ugly mishmash. And the Lowe/Gensler proposal looks like they mistakingly talked with ASU instead of UCLA.
To me the Omni proposal is the most well-thought-out of the three. Even if you are aren't a fan of the cube stacks there is no denying that it would stand out more that the others. There are other renderings of the Omni proposal that shows that better. Someone complained about the simplicity of the design but that is one of the things I like about it.
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Because its everything that people have been complaining about LA for a long time.
"LAs skyline is too boxy"
Oh look, lets literally stack random boxes on top of each other like jenga.
"LA towers cater to cars too much with curb cut outs and driveways"
Literally the entire 4th street side (Minus the station) is a curb cut out/driveway.
"What kills bunker hill is the huge plazas with no vegetation and lack of pedestrian flow"
Now, i will give credit when its due and say Onni gave us the best pedestrian flow out of the three, but, Onni literally gave us concrete with noooooo landscaping. No trees, no bushes, no flowers, no grass (at the base at least) . Which again tells people to keep on walking through, instead of chill and relax for a little while.
Yeah there is the huge staircase that you can sit on, blah, but why ? what for ? who would want to sit in an environment that's full of glass and concrete? its not comfortable or relaxing, and then add in the homeless aspect of it and its a nightmare.
Del Amo mall has the same feature on a smaller scale. BUT. There's plants, bushes, cushions, places to charge your phone AND its climate controlled, its actually pleasant and relaxing. This will not be.
There's nothing wrong with Simplicity, but when its TOO simple, the public space will look REAL public and not connected to the buildings themselves. The other 2 gives the illusion that its still part of the building so homeless will think twice about squatting.... The concrete mess at the base of onnis plan will have security shooing the homeless away on a daily, especially that close to a metro stop.
I'm not totally against Onnis though. Keep the shorter tower and water down the taller one and move it somewhere in south park. Maybe sandwiched between those big parking lots between the Ritz and the car wash site.
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The Macfarland proposal actually takes a step forward in modernity, Onnis jenga like cubes have been around for at least 2 decades, they get proposed on different scales in most major cities in the world and they rarely get approval. Not to mention LA already has 2 similar jenga like things in the works. 3 if we take that weird thing being proposed on 5th street between Hill and Broadway seriously.