From time to time, our Omnibus columnists check in to provide commentary on issues of design, policy, and history and their impact on the life and form of the city today. Stephen Rustow’s first column scaled the heights of New York’s skyscrapers to consider “The Privatization of Prospect.” Here, in his second installment, Rustow looks at three intangible forces that greatly influence the shape of our built environment: zoning, finance, and the building code. — urbanomnibus.net
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Hugh Ferris!
These are so much more beautiful than anything from a computer.
Lye they have an algorithm for that...I could fake it and match it pretty well.....but - back when I taught computer rendering, at the end after all the key commands had been taught I would start with Hugh Ferris right after Salvador Dali...Persistence of Vision - POV-RAY one of the first best PC rendering programs........sant e'lia progression from Wagner to Futurist, raimund abraham, lebbeus woods, h.r. giger, the entire Vray standard stuff ...... Lens Flare and overlay and paint white, make really really bright and washed out is still trending...
I will take your word for it, but there is something about using pencil or more likely conte crayon and paper.
Just look at that textured radiant sky - gorgeous.
Still the best ZD-1 (nyc dob Zoning Diagrams) ever. Hugh's studies of the 1916 Zoning Ordinance......inspiring a maximized envelope to receive tightly squeezed and packed interiors with maximum circulation and mechanical efficiencies, in turn presumed to maximize the content and profit of the proposed development .......to your point Lye - real materials and real design versus valued engineered knock offs, most people can barely discern the difference in this city, but there is a huge difference between marble and tile that looks like marble, wood and laminate, German Hardware and Chinese knock offs.....Hugh's drawings vs the code required ISO of the maximized building envelope.....the difference is craft without automation by computer, craft that isn't reversed engineered and copied, but rather craft with creative initiations.
mmmm, craft. Need more craft.
Craft - Mac and cheese.
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