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This does not hold up as an essay, more so from an architect, if she does not discuss the reason why Facebook settled in that Sun campus and why the new buildin
by xixixao 11y ago
This does not hold up as an essay, more so from an architect, if she does not discuss the reason why Facebook settled in that Sun campus and why the new building is not a skyscraper... It is not hard to find out: Facebook (and Google) love large floors, large open spaces. They are much easier to operate in. This is why the Google office in New York is not in a skyscraper but in largest-floor-plan building, spanning a hole wide city block, in NYC.
If the function is not the first consideration of the architect, well, then they are not really doing their job. So we want to start building more skyscrapers again, we need to show their physical utility. Perhaps change the way people move in such space. That is a grand challenge for, wait for it, some architect.
- jseliger 11y agoif she does not discuss the reason why Facebook settled in that Sun campus and why the new building is not a skyscraper... It is not hard to find out It's actually illegal to build skyscrapers in SV (see, e.g., here: http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/05/facebook_george_lucas_and_nimbyism_the_idiotic_rules_preventing_silicon_valley_from_building_the_houses_and_offices_we_need_to_power_american_innovation_.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/05/face... although one could cite many further articles on the subject). FB can't build skyscrapers (or even in many cases mid-rises) because local municipalities won't let it.