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Junglab2002
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Let me be very clear - a building's FUNCTION, is its function. This is way beyond being a tautology - it is identity.
I don't think it at all inconsistent, however, to state that a building's role strays beyond the borders that function imposes. One such role may be to "be a good citizen", whatever that means, or to "complete a collection of buildings at an intersection" a la Barber, or to "draw in the masses" a la Rochon - these are all potential (but by no means definitive, or exclusive) OTHER roles for a building, aside from its function.
Let me also be quite clear that I am not saying this building is a disaster, should not have been built, I can do better, blah blah blah.
I am not an architect, and I DO see something tantalizing in Diamond's deconstructivist approach - I just don't feel that it succeeded in being sufficiently compelling IMHO. He is equally deconstructivist in designing community centres and the like - this being a cultural lighthouse (in more than one sense) I simply feel it should shine a bit more.
BB, as for your comments on the York and Richmond facades, I am not advocating some sort of rambunctious Starchitect wunderbau. In my mind, the rear facade is constantly on display to pedestrians and drivers westbound on Queen, and yet it simply fails to convey any sense of the structure's importance. From tis perspective, if you will allow me the conceit of making the fly tower disappear (or the ignorance of not knowing its function), this building so efficiently fades into the background that it's function becomes unintelligible.
Let me be very clear - a building's FUNCTION, is its function. This is way beyond being a tautology - it is identity.
I don't think it at all inconsistent, however, to state that a building's role strays beyond the borders that function imposes. One such role may be to "be a good citizen", whatever that means, or to "complete a collection of buildings at an intersection" a la Barber, or to "draw in the masses" a la Rochon - these are all potential (but by no means definitive, or exclusive) OTHER roles for a building, aside from its function.
Let me also be quite clear that I am not saying this building is a disaster, should not have been built, I can do better, blah blah blah.
I am not an architect, and I DO see something tantalizing in Diamond's deconstructivist approach - I just don't feel that it succeeded in being sufficiently compelling IMHO. He is equally deconstructivist in designing community centres and the like - this being a cultural lighthouse (in more than one sense) I simply feel it should shine a bit more.
BB, as for your comments on the York and Richmond facades, I am not advocating some sort of rambunctious Starchitect wunderbau. In my mind, the rear facade is constantly on display to pedestrians and drivers westbound on Queen, and yet it simply fails to convey any sense of the structure's importance. From tis perspective, if you will allow me the conceit of making the fly tower disappear (or the ignorance of not knowing its function), this building so efficiently fades into the background that it's function becomes unintelligible.