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I'm reminded of the San Francisco Federal Building. It was designed with many of the same goals to "bridge the indoors and outdoors" and do away with traditiona

by dsl 12y ago

I'm reminded of the San Francisco Federal Building. It was designed with many of the same goals to "bridge the indoors and outdoors" and do away with traditional concepts in favor of being green and environmental. It won many design awards, but later required massive retrofits to install traditional HVAC and ultimately was a complete failure.

falsedan 12y ago
The render on the blog post shows huge amounts of sunlight, curved geodesic, and the indoor path curving over the 'entrance', increasing the distance for someone on the inside to get out.
bluthru 12y ago
Do you have a link that talks about the Federal Building installing AC?