In my absence, the comments will have to suffice. Today's speaker is Michael Bell from Columbia. Does it connect with the Kevin Roche lecture? Did it get you revved up for the next week or two?
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Bell jumped right into his lecture with commenting on our spacious double wide in which we host our common lectures in contrast to the crowded Columbia spaces he's forced to deal with. He mentions notes about his co-authored publications and topics such as materials(glass, concrete, metal), spaces(in a broad context), and his work with housing, specifically public housing in urban environments.
Steven Holl Architects, 'Horizontal Skyscraper', becomes his first example on the transformation of the capability of architecture of now compared to the past. The raised community hovers over a tropical garden and is as long as the Empire State Building is tall. This engineering feat makes me think of more possibilties for any place dealing with sea level rise.
Briefly touched on the topic of 'Landscape Urbanism' mentioning James Corner and states "...Landscape and Architecture are moving away from being distincts."
It became obvious that a lot of his work revolves around Public Housing as he speaks on the history of it, and his interest in the interaction of housing, urban policy, and urban space.
Spent some time speaking on a public housing study in Bridgeport, CT, and another proposed 300 acre ocean front site in Far Rockaway Queens, NY.
"Public Housing is the biggest landlord in NYC."
Questions how can one work with a site so large and also deal with respecting the people who have lived there for a long time.**
His obsession with Dr. Albert Tucker's 'Klein Bottle', the bottle with no inside, and blurring the inside and outside, referencing Mies Van Der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Two more projects, one about 16 houses, and 16 different architects, built by nonprofit organizations with intentions of helping people. Another project of his own, a home primarily made of glass and steel, on a 12 acre site in the woods of upstate NY.
Bell closes commenting on the double wide trailer again and how sometimes architecture is what it is, but also makes it clear the importance of seeing through the eyes of someone from outside Landscape Architecture interacting within it.
Bell jumped right into his lecture with commenting on our spacious double wide in which we host our common lectures in contrast to the crowded Columbia spaces he's forced to deal with. He mentions notes about his co-authored publications and topics such as materials(glass, concrete, metal), spaces(in a broad context), and his work with housing, specifically public housing in urban environments.
Steven Holl Architects, 'Horizontal Skyscraper', becomes his first example on the transformation of the capability of architecture of now compared to the past. The raised community hovers over a tropical garden and is as long as the Empire State Building is tall. This engineering feat makes me think of more possibilties for any place dealing with sea level rise.
Briefly touched on the topic of 'Landscape Urbanism' mentioning James Corner and states "...Landscape and Architecture are moving away from being distincts."
It became obvious that a lot of his work revolves around Public Housing as he speaks on the history of it, and his interest in the interaction of housing, urban policy, and urban space.
Spent some time speaking on a public housing study in Bridgeport, CT, and another proposed 300 acre ocean front site in Far Rockaway Queens, NY.
"Public Housing is the biggest landlord in NYC."
Questions how can one work with a site so large and also deal with respecting the people who have lived there for a long time.**
His obsession with Dr. Albert Tucker's 'Klein Bottle', the bottle with no inside, and blurring the inside and outside, referencing Mies Van Der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Two more projects, one about 16 houses, and 16 different architects, built by nonprofit organizations with intentions of helping people. Another project of his own, a home primarily made of glass and steel, on a 12 acre site in the woods of upstate NY.
Bell closes commenting on the double wide trailer again and how sometimes architecture is what it is, but also makes it clear the importance of seeing through the eyes of someone from outside Landscape Architecture interacting within it.
I can't believe that the lecture series is over. It felt like it went by soo fast. I thought this lecture was interesting because even though he was an architect, relating it back to landscape architecture, it showed that we need to the broader aspect of housing and materials. Also, how the people living in the space should affect the design. At least thats what I got :)
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