Comments on: Stack ’em High, Sell ’em Low http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/10/22/stack-%e2%80%99em-high-sell-%e2%80%99em-low/ The Heuristic Journal for Gonzo Blurbanism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: I.W. http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/10/22/stack-%e2%80%99em-high-sell-%e2%80%99em-low/comment-page-1/#comment-9238 I.W. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:29 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=2023#comment-9238 A colleague of mine sees the lack of façade philosophically: hole-filler architecture is legitimised by the fact that is restores historical street lines. In one way I'm inclined to agree - old streets are a bit like the carriers of a city’s Qi (Ch’i) – but only to a point. This building should be saying something positive about the notion of not expelling the elderly to suburban enclaves. But you’re right, one doesn’t really notice the building. It turns the street into a corridor. When you do notice it, you regret it. A colleague of mine sees the lack of façade philosophically: hole-filler architecture is legitimised by the fact that is restores historical street lines. In one way I’m inclined to agree – old streets are a bit like the carriers of a city’s Qi (Ch’i) – but only to a point.

This building should be saying something positive about the notion of not expelling the elderly to suburban enclaves. But you’re right, one doesn’t really notice the building. It turns the street into a corridor. When you do notice it, you regret it.

]]> By: humanshield http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/10/22/stack-%e2%80%99em-high-sell-%e2%80%99em-low/comment-page-1/#comment-9237 humanshield Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:00:32 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=2023#comment-9237 Yeah, that facade is a product of Stimmann's 'critical reconstruction?!? Its weird I never noticed it before. It almost looks like it was built behind the iron curtain. Yeah, that facade is a product of Stimmann’s ‘critical reconstruction?!?

Its weird I never noticed it before. It almost looks like it was built behind the iron curtain.

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