tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post112970184604568714..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Today + IIT's Koolhaas GemJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129869691538075792005-10-20T21:41:00.000-07:002005-10-20T21:41:00.000-07:00Treasure, thanks for stopping by! You know I peep...Treasure, thanks for stopping by! You know I peep your blogs all the time too!<BR/><BR/>Zun, a great point about Koolhaas's juxtapositions and how the constraints of scale actually worked in his favor in this building. I'm going to look for images of the CCTV HQ online. I also love what I've seen of some of his other small buildings like the Maison à Bordeaux, and the Kunsthal in the Netherlands, which has the same sort of ramped, shifting floors as this building. Both have been highly praised. I especially love his use of colors, which may date, though right now they give off a feeling of being utterly in the future, which I guess is another way of saying they're effectively utopian....<BR/><BR/>Reggie, is the Seattle PL building not functioning so well? I'd read that he'd discussed some of his innovations with the librarians, but I guess it's one thing to theorize and another thing to see how systems actually work under real-time conditions. The building just looks SO amazing. I've never been to Seattle, and that is high on my list of must-see buildings there.John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129865176464064082005-10-20T20:26:00.000-07:002005-10-20T20:26:00.000-07:00I am VERY anxious to see the Seattle Library! I wa...I am VERY anxious to see the Seattle Library! I was in their previous building which was a prime example of a 1970's-style functional civic building...zzzz. Rem's building is far from that, although I have heard some carping about how it looks better than it works as a functioning building....I want to see for myself. <BR/>Great photos John -- keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129741110299363102005-10-19T09:58:00.000-07:002005-10-19T09:58:00.000-07:00How exciting - thanks John! I love Koolhaas' juxta...How exciting - thanks John! I love Koolhaas' juxtaposition of industrialism and humanism. Beautiful how he turned a design constraint (the El) into a pivotal focal point. Sure, the student center does not manifest the drama of the Seattle Public Library or the stunning boldness of the CCTV headquaters project in Beijing. Yet it's these smaller-scale projects - where Koolhaas cannot overwhelm us with raw scale - that his optimism for a global urban vision has to come through. And he mos def succeeded here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129735286760692662005-10-19T08:21:00.000-07:002005-10-19T08:21:00.000-07:00Ooh . . . Cool pics!Ooh . . . Cool pics!dissertationtofollowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12372141571727449867noreply@blogger.com