Nicolai's favors the team led by West 8 [edited- originally read 'Diller & Scofidio'], with Hargreaves and Field Operations gaining approval. Rex's grid gets panned for being too simplistic and less refined, and WRT gets slammed for being 'sadly conventional'.
NYT
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As seen in archinect news:
1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
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notice how DS+R gets first billing on the caption for the above image, while the landscape firms (West 8 in this case) are the actual team leaders (as i understand it). slight but not insignificant.
thinking small OR attempting to create sublime beauty based upon contemporary cultural experiences on a relatively small site...why does olmstead have to loom like a black cloud over new landscape initiatives? wwod? who cares...
I don't understand why D+S gets so much publicity just for photoshopping grass into New york (High Line, Lincoln Center).
- REX
a harsh criticism by any measure
AP- it's been edited- thanks! I have nothing against W8. just in the flow of writing I spotted DS+R in nicolai's piece and so transcribed them into my writeup.
actually, i was commenting on NYT's ordering of the names, figuring you just objectively followed suit. point being, NYT giving primacy to the local darlings, rather than the practice most likely responsible for the overall design (for better or worse)...
Nicolai seems to be DS+R's lap dog. Wonder how much he was bought for and if the IRS will allow it as a marketing expense.
My two favorite proposals were the Molusk
and REX's,
I liked Rex;s because they leave alot of space for further growth and they leave it open.
I kind of like the idea of the grid system imposed on nature,
Brings up the whole nature vs non-nature debate.
(for further along this line see my news post http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=59760_0_24_0_C)
Personally i thought the Molusk the most "beautiful" in terms of overall program.
Anywho,
My thoughts....
after having attended the public presentations last night, i agree nam.
the rex proposal is the only overtly big idea of the bunch. "this is not a landscape proposal...this is a development strategy."
the field ops park stands out from the other "landscape proposals" because of the 99% focus on the periphery and potential for future development of any sort to take over the center. ...not to say the center wasn't considered, but that it is flexible as proposed.
the big distinction between these 2, as i currently see it, is that field ops did it without making a huge deal out of it, and rex did it, called it something different and voila, it's seen as seperate from the lot...
this is the more informative site to see the work and judge for yourself.
http://www.park-centeroftheworld.org
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