When asked why the company chose not to commission Rem Koolhaas' OMA, who are already involved with designing the department store’s art foundation, Costa says that the decision to select BIG was based on the firm’s disruptive thinking and that OMA was already working with German department store KaDeWe in Berlin. “We were confident to work with new architects,” he says. — Business of Fashion
Tune in to tomorrow's Archinect Sessions to listen to a fuller discussion of what this disruptive design choice means for BIG, for Paris, and for flagship stores everywhere. In the meantime, here's a window display from Galeries Lafayette, circa 2007:
And here's a quick refresher on what Bjarke's been up to:
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"Disruptive thinking"
Its come to the point that I dont even want to click on a link that includes the BIG name. Have we hit Peak Bjarke?
Nate, who is your favorite living architect?
BIG.
Seriously. I want to know what you like. You hate BIG. Who do you admire and who would you rather see developers hiring? I'm not being cynical. Its a simple question. Can you answer it? who is your favorite living architect?
Rem Koolhaas.
Don't hate BIG, just think it's heavily marketed generic stuff reminiscent of Villa Contemporaine thinking: generic diagram concepts with functional narratives masking bad architecture.
Why should bad architecture be allowed, when there are many other options? The media is telling us this junk is worthy of spotlight? Nay I say! NAY. And it looks like this view is catching on...
Power to the people!
Like all the ones on the Obama shortlist you find "generic."
As Rem Koolhaas said, "I have enabled many people"
I agree with you on Rem Koolhaas. Who in the media is selling you this junk? Is Architect selling it by posting it?
Second, I don't find the architects on Obama's shortlist "generic". I find Goldberger's taste to be generic. Sometimes I find his writing and his questions during interviews to be unimaginative.
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