Archinect - Features 2024-05-16T21:10:33-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150142062/wasted-space-comparing-horton-plaza-and-the-vessel Wasted Space: Comparing Horton Plaza and The Vessel Antonio Pacheco 2019-07-16T13:25:00-04:00 >2020-08-10T22:01:18-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/40/40fab6acd3875e7d713a2a86c6312824.gif" border="0" /><p>One is brand new, the other, at the end of its life. One is a place for shopping, the other a place for selling oneself. One, a facsimile of the city, the other, a rejection of it.</p> <p>However unalike they might seem, Jon Jerde&rsquo;s soon-to-be-demolished Horton Plaza in San Diego and Thomas Heatherwick&rsquo;s recently-completed The Vessel in New York City have much in common.&nbsp;</p> <p>Let us count the ways.</p>