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We Want Holl!
Fiction becomes reality as angry disenchanted pro-architecture partisans plan protest in support of Steven Holl. The group is enraged slightly preterbed over Holl's dismissal/resignation from Denver Justice Center project. RMN l previous
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WELCOME to "Thank you, Steven Holl..."-a blog intended to raise awareness [and pulses] about the now defunct Denver Justice Center Courthouse that was proposed by the formerly designated architect, Steven Holl...
I didn't know that was a rally. This is becoming more surreal everyday.
Though we lament the unceremonious dismissal of Architect Steven Holl and are disappointed over the unfortunate turn of events at the Denver Justice Center Project, we are neither "angry" nor "enraged" nor do we blame any particular group(s) or individual(s).
We are a group of young local Architects, FreeDesign, who together with Deproduction Drive-in, a local organization who provides production services & media education to empower individuals and community-focused organizations, hoping to help to bring about constructive dialogues on the subject of Design to our City. Please visit http://thankyoustevenholl.blogspot.com for more information.
We hope to see you this Thursday night at 8:00 pm and hope that you can join us in helping to make our elected city leaders once again aspire to great Design and to raise the level of Design consciousness in Denver.
-FreeDesign
DENVER, October 16, 2006/ --The excitement and pride over the recent opening of Denver Art Museum Hamilton Building, a world class museum, a wonderful public plaza and an amazing joint civic and public achievement highlights the immense tragedy that has recently unfolded at the Denver Justice Center. With much promise, and through a public process, the City hired an Architect who would deliver a Courthouse building worthy of international acclaim. That possibility has been greatly diminished through the unceremonious dismissal of Architect Steven Holl.
We are a group of Denver residents who lament
●the loss of Civic Aspiration
●the loss of Trust in Public Process
●the loss of Opportunity for Visionary Architecture
●the loss of Architect Steven Holl
●the loss of Accountability by our City Leaders and their appointed Staff
As commentary on the recent events, we will be projecting Steven Holl’s presentation of his design proposal for the Courthouse building on the west facing facade of the Denver Art Museum Hamilton Building this coming Thursday October 19th Thursday from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Please join us in viewing and helping to broadcast the amazing Architecture that might have been.
The Citizens of Denver deserve better than the tragedy and erosion of public process that has unfolded at the Justice Center.
like I said in the member news area: sorry, I guess that was my fantasy projection of an enraged group of civic-minded people protesting for good architecture.
in addition, I might add that there is nothing wrong with being angried or enraged for a cause, especially if your going to spread your message through art.
good show, please send us photos of your solidiarity meeting, protest, or whatever you might want to call it.
maybe it was the image of ravinous architects foaming at the mouth in protest that got us worried we would scare regular folks away...
no need for apologies, we just felt that it needed some clarification. we at Freedesign appreciate all the support and exposure that the members of archinect have been willing to grant us. hopefully this event will spawn some constructive criticism about the civic planning process in denver, and give people initiative to strive for better public spaces.
-Freedesign
We look forward to your photos and commentary. We would be happy to publish it and spread your message further.
Susan Barnes-Gelt (bs13@qwest.net) served eight years on the Denver City Council and was an aide to former Denver Mayor Federico Peña.
: from barnes-gelt's article.
pithy and catchy but...don't cities need both black AND white? and maybe some grey and green and yellow and red?
objects have their place in the fabric, ms barnes-gelt. though they might need to be spread out through the community. and they should probably not be 5x the projected budget...
steven holl might want to try to see if he can still be a good architect with a project that is actually affordable. we all work better with constraints, right?
I hate that propostion--that great architects can meet a budget or that great architects are tested through dealing with a limited budget...
Although I agree, fundamentally with the underling premise of these two positions, I find it hard to believe that anyone now described as a great architect, starchitect or whatever, have to deal with these constraints.
So the question then would revolve around the rhetorical question of what is a good architect?
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