Comments on: How Not to Build a Library http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:19:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Chris W http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-33421 Chris W Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:11:25 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-33421 It looks like the Beinecke Library at Yale, put onto a photocopier and blown up to ten times its original size. It looks like the Beinecke Library at Yale, put onto a photocopier and blown up to ten times its original size.

]]> By: Nelson Hanford http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25765 Nelson Hanford Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:05:13 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25765 It seems as if the design intends to lead to the perception of being "sucked into" the wall of books, which perhaps might symbolize knowledge- but if that were to be the case, knowledge becomes a bottomless pit. It seems as if the design intends to lead to the perception of being “sucked into” the wall of books, which perhaps might symbolize knowledge- but if that were to be the case, knowledge becomes a bottomless pit.

]]> By: Niclas D http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25459 Niclas D Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25459 Well there is still a lot of ugly buildings being built i Sweden. As recent as 2007 politicians in Uppsala, the oldest university town in Sweden, built this horrible concert hall: http://www.ukk.se/Uppsala-Konsert-Kongress/Bildspel/ The building already has several nick-names like "the Borg-ship (with reference to the Star Trek robots spaceships) and Forsmark 4 (Forsmark is the close by nuclear plant with three reactors, implying the concert hall being the fourth). It is said that a former Rector Magnificus commented on the (at that time planned) building in the presence of the danish architect saying that with this building the architect must be trying to get revenge because of the march across the Belts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_across_the_Belts Well there is still a lot of ugly buildings being built i Sweden. As recent as 2007 politicians in Uppsala, the oldest university town in Sweden, built this horrible concert hall:
http://www.ukk.se/Uppsala-Konsert-Kongress/Bildspel/
The building already has several nick-names like “the Borg-ship (with reference to the Star Trek robots spaceships) and Forsmark 4 (Forsmark is the close by nuclear plant with three reactors, implying the concert hall being the fourth).
It is said that a former Rector Magnificus commented on the (at that time planned) building in the presence of the danish architect saying that with this building the architect must be trying to get revenge because of the march across the Belts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_across_the_Belts

]]> By: Dino Marcantonio http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25458 Dino Marcantonio Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25458 At last a literal chasm for all to see separates modern man from the accumulated culture and knowledge of our forebears. At last a literal chasm for all to see separates modern man from the accumulated culture and knowledge of our forebears.

]]> By: H. Mota de Alcantara http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25448 H. Mota de Alcantara Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:32:47 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25448 On the other hand... Take a look at these libraries from the site "Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries": . On the other hand…

Take a look at these libraries from the site
“Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of
Beautiful Libraries”:
.

]]> By: Luise http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25439 Luise Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:31:34 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25439 This design would keep me away from Libraries for the rest of my life This design would keep me away from Libraries for the rest of my life

]]> By: Jacqueline Jouret http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25438 Jacqueline Jouret Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:22:30 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25438 Your observations are spot-on. Those images are terrifying. And good on Oslo for rejecting the Rem Koolhaas library -- I've visited the library he designed in Seattle and found it a travesty of unwelcoming spaces, poor organization and general nonsense. If I hadn't needed to use its resources, I'd have fled immediately. Your observations are spot-on. Those images are terrifying.
And good on Oslo for rejecting the Rem Koolhaas library — I’ve visited the library he designed in Seattle and found it a travesty of unwelcoming spaces, poor organization and general nonsense. If I hadn’t needed to use its resources, I’d have fled immediately.

]]> By: kd http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25413 kd Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:28:02 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25413 It looks like something from the set of Metropolis. It looks like something from the set of Metropolis.

]]> By: Christine http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/12/16/stockholm-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-25383 Christine Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:13:04 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=8230#comment-25383 I think "dystopian nightmare" is the right phrase here... I think “dystopian nightmare” is the right phrase here…

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