Spot on.
And the building certainly seems to be the highlight. Architect Newspaper has a front page piece (not online though) by Anne Guiney (Bill, she is the one who had factual errors in the container piece you noted a while back). I wonder if N. Ouroussoff will weigh in? In some ways I hope not, because I don't think this project is worthy of so much NYT ink, but on the other-hand I kind of hope yes, in that Joseph Giovannini did us such a disservice with his puff piece in the house & home' section (he is supposed to be an architectural writer).
From The Architect Newspaper:
"Unlike many of his contemporaries who are exploring the use of containers as reprogrammable spaces, Ban uses them here as if they are big bricks.
'I am not interested in the spaces inside the containers-I don't think it would be nice', said Ban. 'I wanted to use them as an existing material that can have more than one function.'"
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And the building certainly seems to be the highlight. Architect Newspaper has a front page piece (not online though) by Anne Guiney (Bill, she is the one who had factual errors in the container piece you noted a while back). I wonder if N. Ouroussoff will weigh in? In some ways I hope not, because I don't think this project is worthy of so much NYT ink, but on the other-hand I kind of hope yes, in that Joseph Giovannini did us such a disservice with his puff piece in the house & home' section (he is supposed to be an architectural writer).
From The Architect Newspaper:
"Unlike many of his contemporaries who are exploring the use of containers as reprogrammable spaces, Ban uses them here as if they are big bricks.
'I am not interested in the spaces inside the containers-I don't think it would be nice', said Ban. 'I wanted to use them as an existing material that can have more than one function.'"
- selma 3-15-2005 1:43 am