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I've worked in one, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The Peter B. Lewis Building: https://weatherhead.case.edu/about/facilities/lewis/default ht
by ethbro 6y ago
I've worked in one, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The Peter B. Lewis Building: https://weatherhead.case.edu/about/facilities/lewis/default https://weatherhead.case.edu/about/facilities/lewis/default
Among other problems: (1) no provision was made for the fact that Cleveland gets snow and ice, leading to barriers for pedestrians to avoid their evisceration via detaching ice sheets from the curved roof, (2) the glare off the roof is focused straight down a nearby street @ 5pm, creating driving hazards, (3) it's difficult to navigate internally from one side of the building to the other.
Most star architects are hacks, coasting one step ahead of being made to answer for the flaws of their previous projects. The more famous the architect, the more they feel obliged to ignore basic design.
- aphextron 6y agoI think this photo (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5PEXDshWZlA/UaTCV9uc1OI/AAAAAAAAAC4/C5J8rgybYlo/s1600/pbl_toward-lake.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5PEXDshWZlA/UaTCV9uc1OI/AAAAAAAAAC...) perfectly illustrates why this type of architecture is a literal nightmare. It has no concept of its' physical surroundings or geography, it's just someone's abstract fever dream plucked from the sky and plopped into a setting where it makes zero sense.