Home
Yule Heibel's Library tagged → View Popular, Search in Google
I'm really not sure that putting the equivalent of a high-tech textile paper bag over an ugly building can really "fix" an ugly building. On the other hand, maybe it's an idea whose time has come, especially since it's an alternative to wasteful demolition & rebuilding?
QUOTE
"The “Tower Skin” concept is a transparent cocoon made of high performance composite mesh textile that is wrapped around an existing structure to act as a high-performance “micro climate”. Surface tension allows the membrane to freely stretch around walls and roof elements achieving maximum visual impact with minimal material effort. The skin is also easily repairable, is removable and upgradable and features a self-cleaning coating."
UNQUOTE
Hume looks at facadism - when it works, and when it doesn't.
-
Add Sticky Note
-
Yule Heibel on 2008-11-30- example of facadism at its worst
-
-
Every major city – Paris, Dublin, New York – does it. It's just that Toronto does it so often.
"We have a lot of façadism in Toronto," admits one of the city's leading heritage architects, Michael McClelland. "And almost no one likes it. But it's indicative of Toronto's political climate. Though it's easy to deride façadism, what do these people propose in its place? People who simply dismiss it don't understand. It's often the agreed-upon compromise."
It has also become an acceptable method of balancing civic growth and architectural history. And despite the obvious drawbacks, it's a strategy that can work.
- 2 more annotation(s)...
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Highlighter, Sticky notes, Tagging, Groups and Network: integrated suite dramatically boosting research productivity. Learn more »
Join Diigo