The Architecture Thread

[iacas]

I'm a big fan of beauty WHILE including functionality.

Aside from the "art" nature of the honeycomb "vessel" thing, what is the function? To help people get exercise?

[Hardspoon]

10 minutes ago, iacas said:

Aside from the "art" nature of the honeycomb "vessel" thing, what is the function? To help people get exercise?

Haha - pretty much.

I actually wouldn't consider that "architecture" at all.  It's interactive sculpture.

[Buckeyebowman]

On 11/13/2015 at 2:57 AM, Shorty said:

Architecture is about light and space, not matching ceiling heights to shelving.

How about efficiency? Especially when you expect taxpayers to foot the bill!?

[iacas]

There's a Club now for architecture fans.

[Zekez]

On 11/14/2015 at 1:31 PM, Shorty said:

Any architect that designs a library to contain books is not doing his/her job.

Sad as it may seem it is a reality.

Why?  Are you insinuating that books will become less and less prevalent and necessary as time goes by?

[Hardspoon]

8 hours ago, Zekez said:

Why?  Are you insinuating that books will become less and less prevalent and necessary as time goes by?

The circulation, storage and organization of physical books will continue to be come less relevant to the design of libraries.

That said...it's not the architect who isn't doing their job in @Shorty's scenario.  It's probably more like: "Any library that directs its architect to design a library around its physical book collection is doing a poor job."  

 

[Buckeyebowman]

On 10/14/2017 at 10:49 PM, Hardspoon said:

The circulation, storage and organization of physical books will continue to be come less relevant to the design of libraries.

That said...it's not the architect who isn't doing their job in @Shorty's scenario.  It's probably more like: "Any library that directs its architect to design a library around its physical book collection is doing a poor job."  

 

Yes, maybe they should hire website designers to build the building!

I've seen poor architecture in grocery stores! The top shelf was far too high for little old ladies to pick anything off of! It was hard for me to pick anything off of them, but I didn't have to stock them very often since they were basically unshoppable! Tons of wasted space. That's what I mean by efficiency.