tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post2189826196704472765..comments2024-02-29T19:23:06.475-08:00Comments on architechnophilia: Lee Chin Crystal - Art meets architectural geniusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-28430878754974013832007-06-14T21:42:00.000-07:002007-06-14T21:42:00.000-07:00Unfortunately the Crystal we got is not the Crysta...Unfortunately the Crystal we got is not the Crystal we were sold. The original plans - impossible but beautiful - called for the walls to be glass. Nobody at Libsekind's end realized the three major problems that meant: 1) the entire museum will need much stronger air conditioning to prevent everything and everyone inside from melting; 2) direct sunlight on the displays is a good way to run hundreds and thousands of year old artifacts; and 3) Bloor West is a major east-west corridor in the city, and when the sun sets in the summer the Crystal is going to blind everyone driving east (and vice versa in the morning).<BR/><BR/>Now the ROM looks like it has been colonized by the Bata Shoe Museum down the street, which has some wacky angles of its own.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02657293419159182880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-50083714415287813992007-06-13T09:23:00.000-07:002007-06-13T09:23:00.000-07:00it is easy to call someone a fool or naive, especi...it is easy to call someone a fool or naive, especially when hidden by anonymity.mad architecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332658183116374950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-33620463271923483742007-06-11T15:53:00.000-07:002007-06-11T15:53:00.000-07:00Naive and unsophisticated observers typically fall...Naive and unsophisticated observers typically fall into the trap of thinking, "If it is different, then it must be a work of genius." Libeskind's contraption is hardly architecture. And I challenge any sentient person to demonstrate that it is, much less a "masterpiece". It is a fools idea of architecture, and Libeskind is little more than a fool. If you think it IS architecture, then you should explain why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-88238532113814458352007-06-10T04:01:00.000-07:002007-06-10T04:01:00.000-07:00Now that's I called what is spectacular becomes mo...Now that's I called what is spectacular becomes more spectacular. I have viewed the pictures of this Libeskind's masterpiece, both outside and inside. It's impressive approach of architecture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com