Museum "tub" (construction, plan, space, architect)
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The good thing about the siting/sloped walls is that in twenty years someone can redesign/reface the exterior without disrupting the interior spaces.
The sad truth is that lightless, boxy buildings can often make the best museums since they protect artwork & allow for flexibility- ie you almost rebuild portions as sets to complement the exhibits instead of having to lessent he exhinit to suit the space. But there is no reason for this thing to look like my grandmothers daily butter server.
The article points up some of the important "oops" type thinking that these sorts of major projects encounter -- from cost overruns to incompatible nearby land uses to believing "big" is enough to make a splash that changes tourist patterns and such, the fallacies of these sorts of projects illustrate some of the pitfalls of what often happens when "big government" looks inward instead of relying on private developments..
Sadly I suspect that many of the "visual statement" art museums built over the past decade or so will not age well...
Why do buildings always need to 'blend with their surroundings? Seriously? It's a STATEMENT building, an important thing in the city scape. A city needs points of interest that stand out.
Why do buildings always need to 'blend with their surroundings? Seriously? It's a STATEMENT building, an important thing in the city scape. A city needs points of interest that stand out.
And the problem is the statement its making. Flapping its arms like an idiot yelling 'look at me, I look ridiculous' That one needs to be put out of its misery. Put that concrete to some good use, i'm sure some septic sewer somewhere needs refacing.
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