Shocking, just shocking...

[jducoeur]

The news of the day is that MIT is suing architect Frank Gehry, because -- shock, surprise -- it turns out that Stada Center is badly designed. I could have told them that years ago.

Yes, yes -- the problem isn't that the building is ugly, it's that it is actually disfunctional. But y'know, those aren't unrelated. The rules of architecture were developed for good reason, and casting them (not to mention common sense) aside in the name of Art is always a bit dangerous...

Comments

[vairavi.livejournal.com]

I adore Alexander.
So far I've discovered that I have a truly stunning ability to make up gold-plated loads of crap that my instructors just adore. The less practical a thing is, the better.

(And fortunately, although I attend an Architecture school, I've recently switched from the B. Arch. program to a more Liberal Studies degree with a concentration in Historic Preservation...which is what I genuinely care about.)

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

I worry that dishing out the kind bullshit people want to hear may be habit-forming. So I tend to think of it as a useful skill — but, like binding up wounds, one that it's preferable not to need. I trust the Historic Preservation faculty are happy to let you talk sense?