Presumably. And this is why people hate architects. These people spent a metric fuckton of money custom-casting these brass drain grates instead of just figuring out how to terminate the brick pattern neatly. Brick is easy to cut!
Theyāre the ones whoāll give you the straight story - cuz they need to fix all the crap that breaks (leaks, falls down, burns) because of artistic license.
Ironically itās on campus of mass institute of TECHNOLOGY !
Yes, but none of the issues actually involve the abstract design or artistic license, and revolve solely around construction faults, drainage issues (not resulting from the unusual shape!), and gaps in the construction material through which water would leak into the building, and mold would grow in the now wet wall space.
I take it you havenāt built many things. The weirder the angles get, the harder it is to get all your flashings correct and so on. The weird angles are absolutely part of how this happened.Ā
Both of you can be correct here.
Perhaps the choice of the construction company and the actual builders and engineers is critical for successful construction of Ā« non-traditional Ā» designs ?
If your professional acumen doesnāt include these design edge cases you are more likely to use default techniques which could lead to problems as already mentioned above.
I cannot lend any support for or against Mr Gehry taking on the properties of a rectal sphincter. Thatās out of my area of expertise.
It would be much more better(?) if the windows in those facades were inclined too. Like don't need of course a unique design for each window, maybe two inclined window designs would be enough... Isn't?
The paving was terminated neatly. And look at those nicely cut stones.
The thing is, if we just made everything straight forward, everything would be boring. After all, they could have also paved the entire area in one direction and used those generic square drains. But then no one would look at it.
I said the pattern, not the brick. The pattern of each wedge should have been modified to terminate in a way that related nicely to the wedge next to it. This is just lazy bullshit. And still requires cutting bricks (thereās no stone here) around the linear drains where each wedge slams awkwardly into the next.Ā
People donāt even always realize what they hate is the architect. Often people justā¦know a space doesnāt work and donāt know why. In fact the reason is often the architectās vanity and/or laziness.Ā
In the building trades, everyone hates architects, though. Because instead of resolving that design along a nice line, the architect made the person laying the brick pavers cut that damned stupid notch along the linear drain. Because architects very commonly donāt know or care when theyāre making something clumsy and difficult to actually do. All architects should have to do internships in framing, plumbing/wiring, tile-setting, and roofing before they can get a stamp.Ā
Architect here. While I disagree with your overall sentiment toward my profession, I do agree with your last sentence and have often said the same thing.
Iāll preface this by saying that Iām in the US, so requirements can and do vary worldwide. We have extensive licensure requirements here, but what often ends up lacking is a practical working knowledge of construction practices outside of a drawing environment.
I understand that not everyone has the physical ability to perform construction duties, but I do believe that classes offering hands-on building experience should be a requirement in college, not an elective.
For example, you donāt need to set foot on a construction site to know how to apply a water resistive barrier system. My university had classes where students would build small mock-ups of such systems to put actual physical qualities to lines in a drawing. The problem, again, is that it was an elective, not part of the core curriculum.
Without this particular learning experience, people fresh out of school will learn how to properly draw waterproofing details but may not understand how the lines in those drawings actually correlate to real building materials in the actual built environment.
Iām rambling, but Iāll end by saying that a great architect is an asset to any project, because they have made an effort to learn how the built environment goes together in reality, not just theoretically, and will collaborate with other disciplines in a way that relies on their expertise rather than undermines it.
Yes, sure. I love architecture, and someone has to create it. But that means I think we need to expect better of the people who do it. And when everyone from entry-level drafters to Frank Gehry is out there drawing shit they donāt understand, what we get is shit architecture and I think weāanyone who cares about architecture, which should be every human being who likes living indoorsādeserve better.
An architech's unrestrained fantasy is often translates itself into a nightmare for engineer and (usually tolerable levels of) inconvinience for public consumers
I mean I donāt hate architects or industrial designers but my fucking god we solved The Chair so now the only contribution the designer can have is to fuck it up in their own special way.
Yeah, at most this is plates and tig welding. If i cant see this from above i give no comment on the skill of the architect. But the paving itself is nice.
Also, not suprised if this is a reference point for survey, cuz why not.
it kind of looks like it would make a really great water tornado in the puddle as it begins pulling the water out at a father distance and then pulls it in a circle as it gets caught in the shorter grates. Idk it just looks like itās swirl that shit
That's actually so cool! I'm glad that someone finally uses a mildly interesting sub instead of the mildly infuriating one for this. This is just interesting, no need to be angryĀ
Its not pretty, but i kind of like it. Its not perfect snd that makes it better, we have a constant need for symmetry which can make it biring if we only see it. Its kinda the same with colorfull houses or cars. I wouldnāt want one, but imagine every single car you ever see is just black. It would all be so boring and monotone.
It would be interesting to see a wider view of the paving there, to see how the asymmetry around the entire "wheel" ties into the surrounding paving. Unfortunately, Google can only find it here, and none of the other Reverse Image Search sources can find it.
That makes it perfect, in a world where everyone is running around in order to achieve perfection in an imperfect world. It is refreshing to see some of the not so perfect around.
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