Just a wee bit better out there today, the windchill effect is only a measly –34 oC. [Measly she says, as if that wasn’t cold enough.] Feeling like an overstuffed teddy bear at the moment, am wearing on set of longjohns, two pairs of socks, one thick pair of pants, a t-shirt, a sweater, and a fleece with my scarf wrapped around my neck. What?!? It’s bloody cold in the office today.
In other news: Why do people come up with designs like this? Do they really think that this building is a good choice?
Posted by munin at Enero 23, 2003 10:12 AMum, that is a very...interesting... design. is it just me or is that a bit...oh nevermind. i'll get my mind out of the gutter now.
hope you warm up quickly!
Posted by: nikki g. on Enero 23, 2003 10:26 AMI'm actually surprised at that design. Not because of it's design, but because of the designer. It lacks the organic feel that most of his works contained.
As the article says, he primarily worked late 19th century, early 20th. And a lot of his designs were based on natural concepts. His Casa Mila had a seashore concept to it.
I believe some of his other architecture involved the use of the natural way a material sags, such as clay, and inverting it to form a natural looking curve.
My favourite work of his is Casa Batllo. Primarily because of the interior.
Other than that, this design looks like a futuristic building to be found in the SimCity series... among other things... not what I would call a good memorial building. But to find something to put there that would be appropriate, symbolic, representitive... probably one of the most difficult social/architectural problems in a long time.
Posted by: Hugin on Enero 23, 2003 11:00 AMI agree, Gaudi's work in Spain is amazing. I'm not sure that this particular design is really ummm...appropriate.
Posted by: Amber on Enero 23, 2003 11:38 AM