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As a society we need to do whatever it takes to keep architects happy. Whenever they get depressed they have a tendency to take it out on the rest of us. If t
by lupusreal 2y ago
As a society we need to do whatever it takes to keep architects happy. Whenever they get depressed they have a tendency to take it out on the rest of us. If they despair, they want everybody else to suffer too and design inhuman monstrosities that beat down the spirit.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_Station_concourse.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_Station_conco...
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean, that's like that because they wanted to build Madison Square Garden on top of it; any architects involved were working under impossible constraints.
- lupusreal 2y agoJust because the plan requires a low ceiling doesn't mean the end result needs to look like a dead midwest shopping mall. It doesn't have to be like this specifically, but it demonstrates the point: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=moscow+subway&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=moscow+subway&iax=images&ia=images
- rsynnott 2y agoA space that wide with a ceiling that low is always going to look a bit shit, unfortunately. The impressive subway stations linked are a combo of quite high spaces, and narrower spaces with lower ceilings, which can look good. But "broad wide space, low ceiling", there's really not a lot you can do. A common approach for this sort of big low-ish train station is a partially or completely glass roof, ideally not flat, and that can look okay, but obviously not an option in this case.