For our 50th (!!!) episode, we discuss the biggest news items from the last week – everything from the latest BIG and DS+R shake-ups to a surprisingly controversial Seattle homeless shelter – and it's been a doozy. We take a look at:
The "sphincter from which digital art issues" (according to one Archinect commenter), aka DS+R's new Berkeley Art Museum; the controversy surrounding BIG's latest client (referred to here as the Washington "Pigskins"); recent discussions of diversity issues that have arisen on the site; the 25-year old who won a big World War I memorial design contest; MoMA's updated expansion plans; Architecture for Humanity's potential second life; and more.
Listen to episode 50 of Archinect Sessions, "How the Sausage Is Made":
SHOWNOTES:
Here's a complete list of the news pieces we discussed:
↓ The Herbivorous Butcher's grand opening in Minneapolis, MN
Another take on the BIG Pigskins controversy
The Irish Hunger Memorial in Manhattan
↓ DS+R's finished Berkeley Art Museum
↓ Toyo Ito's design for the originally-commissioned, then scrapped, Berkeley Art Museum
↓ Some Herbivorous Butcher meatless porchetta
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For those who aren't familiar with the idiom about watching sausages being made, here is some background: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/08/laws-sausages/
The Irish Hunger Memorial is great... Even in its wacko location. Makes the experience even better.
I don't agree with the idea that we should be less critical as these firms grow and their work gets bigger because they have to "pay bills." Maybe I'm an idealist....but what they make matters. The problem I have is that the media attaches the "avant garde" high-design label on these firms and give them a pass when they've transitioned into something else...many lose the craft and detail.
Again, OMA has been one of the few to keep the respect of the critical community because of their approach--always inventive in how they work.
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