That video is SO cool. I was amazed by the beginning of the video where the construction of the building was represented as a stacking of different layers. Also, the big silver reflection bean is just like the giant reflection bean in Chicago (i don't know if anyone has seen it but it's the coolest thing in the world). There are, however, a few things i did not like. The bathrooms are SO ugly and such a stereotypical 'super-modern' design. Whenever designers get too modern and futuristic the design itself looses sight of functionality and timelessness is lost. In 10 years when modern looks completely different, those bathrooms are going to look ugly, old and dated. There should be more concern for how good something is going to look in 30 years rather than how good it is going to look the first day of use - this is what distinguishes superior design from cool design in my mind.
Also, say goodbye to privacy. I know glass is cool and all, but sometimes I like to walk around my house scantily clad - another sacrifice of functionality for style.
.I have a huge amount of respect for the people that made that video, the editing must have been insane to coordinate. .The shots where it showed a bunch of parts falling out of the sky to create the building kind of drove home Jesse's point about playing and throwing things in random order and seeing how it comes out. Of course, that's not actually what's going on in the video, but you can tell that somewhere along the line here on this building, that was done (for example, they showed the bean as being created by a ball getting crushed, not by originally being created as a bean -- was that someone's inspiration for that part of the design? .I thought the all glass is cool, but the building is kind of cliche "chic." It's all boxy and bright wooden floors, just like every other chic art gallery or other modern building. There is something to be said for timeless designs, but if they were all timeless, there would be no originality. Maybe it's good for the world and for future generations for the building to look dated decades from now -- kind of like a watermark in architectural history (like what I said about the Penn Station case). .The smattering of words describing the building at the end was a powerful way of showing the creativity that went into this design -- a bunch of concepts and traits the architect wanted thrown randomly into place to create the design, or, in this case, the closing frame of the movie. Very creative and interesting. .56 Leonard is in Tribeca, not Chelsea. "Tribeca" is also one of the words in the last frame. The building seems very Chelsea, though.
The video I thought was an awesome idea, but I would have liked it more if I liked the building. The building reminds me too much of Jenga. The balance of this building just does not sit right with me. Silver ball-thing on the bottom really bothers me. I really like its shape, but there is no union with the rest of the building. There is nothing spherical or elliptical about the building. The ball thing just seems out of place. I like that there is vertical lines that bring your eyes up which is great and I think that the middle of the building is great and uniform, but when you get to the top it looks a lot like Jenga vomit. I would have liked the Jenga vomit if that had been a theme throughout the building, but it's not. The building feels to me that there are three distinct parts the base, the middle, and the top. I just feel like architect tried to combine to many ideas into this building and it just didn't work.
I can't believe this is going up in Chelsea! It doesn’t go with the vibe of Chelsea at all. Is there actually a giant silver ball on the bottom? Is it actually a sphere crushed by the weight of the building or just a shape like that put under it? Very good ad, it really gets one thinking a lot. It was really cool to see the building being built in relation to its surroundings, not just as this giant thing going up because we were able to see how it would interact with the space around it. As for the building itself, I’m not sure I like it, it’s too tall! That’s just my preference though, I tend not to like really tall buildings, and it doesn't go with the Chelsea vibe. I also liked how it gets less and less organized as the stories go up, it draws the eye towards the top, and it’s also something I haven't seen done in skyscrapers a lot. I love the giant windows!!!! Definitely something I am incorporating into my skyscraper. I know nick doesn’t like the glass, but if you're about 50 feet above ground with no other buildings around, I think you're gonna be okay walking around in your skivvies. I guess watch out for airplanes though...
Cool ad, nice use of glass, too tall, good arrangement of layers, not the right building for Chelsea.
First off, the video was great. I spent the summer working at an architecture firm, and I learned that one of the most important things is the presentation of the pitch for a project. If you don't draw the clients in, they won't use you. This video is the epitome of cool marketing of a building. It is actually very likely that this was the original video they showed to the people who built it. Most people wanting to have skyscrapers built look at many different designs from different architectural firms before picking. Now the building itself I have a few problems with. Mainly, is that there seems to be a disconnect between ideas. The building itself does not really fit with the area well (too tall, too modern). Second, the big bean, while cool on its own, has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the building's design and therefore just looks plopped in instead of thought out. I do like, however, the fact that the jumbledness of the floors only starts towards the top. It's much more interesting looking than if it was continuous throughout the whole structure. -Jordan
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That video is SO cool. I was amazed by the beginning of the video where the construction of the building was represented as a stacking of different layers. Also, the big silver reflection bean is just like the giant reflection bean in Chicago (i don't know if anyone has seen it but it's the coolest thing in the world). There are, however, a few things i did not like. The bathrooms are SO ugly and such a stereotypical 'super-modern' design. Whenever designers get too modern and futuristic the design itself looses sight of functionality and timelessness is lost. In 10 years when modern looks completely different, those bathrooms are going to look ugly, old and dated. There should be more concern for how good something is going to look in 30 years rather than how good it is going to look the first day of use - this is what distinguishes superior design from cool design in my mind.
Also, say goodbye to privacy. I know glass is cool and all, but sometimes I like to walk around my house scantily clad - another sacrifice of functionality for style.
when will it be built?
-Nick
Nick is right -- that was awesome.
A couple of things:
.I have a huge amount of respect for the people that made that video, the editing must have been insane to coordinate.
.The shots where it showed a bunch of parts falling out of the sky to create the building kind of drove home Jesse's point about playing and throwing things in random order and seeing how it comes out. Of course, that's not actually what's going on in the video, but you can tell that somewhere along the line here on this building, that was done (for example, they showed the bean as being created by a ball getting crushed, not by originally being created as a bean -- was that someone's inspiration for that part of the design?
.I thought the all glass is cool, but the building is kind of cliche "chic." It's all boxy and bright wooden floors, just like every other chic art gallery or other modern building. There is something to be said for timeless designs, but if they were all timeless, there would be no originality. Maybe it's good for the world and for future generations for the building to look dated decades from now -- kind of like a watermark in architectural history (like what I said about the Penn Station case).
.The smattering of words describing the building at the end was a powerful way of showing the creativity that went into this design -- a bunch of concepts and traits the architect wanted thrown randomly into place to create the design, or, in this case, the closing frame of the movie. Very creative and interesting.
.56 Leonard is in Tribeca, not Chelsea. "Tribeca" is also one of the words in the last frame. The building seems very Chelsea, though.
My $.02.
--Steve
The video I thought was an awesome idea, but I would have liked it more if I liked the building. The building reminds me too much of Jenga. The balance of this building just does not sit right with me. Silver ball-thing on the bottom really bothers me. I really like its shape, but there is no union with the rest of the building. There is nothing spherical or elliptical about the building. The ball thing just seems out of place. I like that there is vertical lines that bring your eyes up which is great and I think that the middle of the building is great and uniform, but when you get to the top it looks a lot like Jenga vomit. I would have liked the Jenga vomit if that had been a theme throughout the building, but it's not. The building feels to me that there are three distinct parts the base, the middle, and the top. I just feel like architect tried to combine to many ideas into this building and it just didn't work.
I can't believe this is going up in Chelsea! It doesn’t go with the vibe of Chelsea at all. Is there actually a giant silver ball on the bottom? Is it actually a sphere crushed by the weight of the building or just a shape like that put under it? Very good ad, it really gets one thinking a lot. It was really cool to see the building being built in relation to its surroundings, not just as this giant thing going up because we were able to see how it would interact with the space around it.
As for the building itself, I’m not sure I like it, it’s too tall! That’s just my preference though, I tend not to like really tall buildings, and it doesn't go with the Chelsea vibe. I also liked how it gets less and less organized as the stories go up, it draws the eye towards the top, and it’s also something I haven't seen done in skyscrapers a lot. I love the giant windows!!!! Definitely something I am incorporating into my skyscraper. I know nick doesn’t like the glass, but if you're about 50 feet above ground with no other buildings around, I think you're gonna be okay walking around in your skivvies. I guess watch out for airplanes though...
Cool ad, nice use of glass, too tall, good arrangement of layers, not the right building for Chelsea.
Nora
First off, the video was great. I spent the summer working at an architecture firm, and I learned that one of the most important things is the presentation of the pitch for a project. If you don't draw the clients in, they won't use you. This video is the epitome of cool marketing of a building. It is actually very likely that this was the original video they showed to the people who built it. Most people wanting to have skyscrapers built look at many different designs from different architectural firms before picking.
Now the building itself I have a few problems with. Mainly, is that there seems to be a disconnect between ideas. The building itself does not really fit with the area well (too tall, too modern). Second, the big bean, while cool on its own, has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the building's design and therefore just looks plopped in instead of thought out. I do like, however, the fact that the jumbledness of the floors only starts towards the top. It's much more interesting looking than if it was continuous throughout the whole structure.
-Jordan
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