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It looks like someone really liked wood slat room dividers [1]. Or maybe a lobbyist for the wood industry was involved. Wood slat partitions were seen in mid-c
by Animats 2y ago
It looks like someone really liked wood slat room dividers [1]. Or maybe a lobbyist for the wood industry was involved.
Wood slat partitions were seen in mid-century modern designs, when rooms became more open plan but some sense of division was needed. They were also used in the 1970s to make small cheap apartments look bigger.
Still, it's good to see some US airports looking better. Most of the Asian countries have much nicer airports than the US.
[1] https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/wood-slat-partitions-room-dividers https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/wood-slat-partitio...
- bobthepanda 2y agoTimber is basically one of the founding industries of the PNW, so it’s perfectly appropriate and local for PDX to use it.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoVancouver BC did a huge timber pavilion in Beijing around the 2008 Olympics. It was an interesting experience, I’m not sure what their goal was. I find Chinese airports to be really generic though, yes, they have high metallic ceilings, but they somehow still manage to be drab. Maybe Chengdu can do a bamboo airport or something.