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May 26, 2016 7:31 PM |
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Originally Posted by Teakwood
(Post 7454166)
I was just in Cleveland a couple of weeks ago (insert photo thread plug here), and Vinoly was responsible for the modern expansion of their art museum. From the outside, the addition is a disaster from about 90% of angles. Worse than the Kimmel Center, but better than Penn Medicine. However, I found that inside, the addition meshed rather well with the existing structure, and created a pleasant and logically planned out overall museum experience. The main atrium also contained many of the interior design elements that are found in the Kimmel Center. It seems that what Vinoly is good at is creating public spaces, but only for the public that is inside. I wouldn't say his works are generally bad, just incomplete from an exterior standpoint.
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In most cases, (but not the glass cube!) the architect has a program that needs to be fulfilled, building so big, cost so much money, on a certain site, to hold "X" and maybe "Y" and sometimes they are also told details like 'build it out of brick/glass/stone/wood etc. and they have zoning and building code issues to keep in mind. But the part of their job that most people can see and judge them on is how the building looks.
So you can have a very successful building, even an outstanding one in terms of how the building 'works' but it can look like cat crap. Likewise the other way around, a building can look incredible but be a complete failure. Imagine a museum who's galleries are too small to hold the painting that are suppose to be hung in them.
This is what can make the job of an architect, not that its ever just one person, challenging. I think its also why there are so few really good buildings. Its so much easier to build "trash for cash" then it is to start to finish work and sweat the whole process.
Also, generally for an architect to do a truly successful building they need to have an informed client, someone who pushes the architect, but knows when to stop pushing.
(I am not a architect; I sometimes do work for them and its great to work with an good architect, but its often like working with mud if the architect has stopped caring)
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