The side facing the alley works quite inventively. The large glass wall facing Newbury is an interesting step. I am not sure if the whole thing should be glass as there is a residential building directly across the alley from our site. Maybe just the cantilevered portion.
Where is the band?!! What a loss! The band is such a strong element with each item emanating from it. I think it needs to re-surface. Maybe the layer was just turned off?
I wonder if you can make the curved fragment just as poetic as the cantilever facing Newbury. This peice is so close to what it needs to be, but still so large it is distracting from the store itself. Maybe reduce the scale of this element by 25% so the proportions can come back in line with its Father. As a small offspring, it seems to be pushing the parent away and not working in concert. Maybe this element cantilevers from two arms formed by the band wrapping the building. Much like someone rests their head on their hands while their elbows are on the table...
I like the form your store is taking. The very verticle elements on Boylston Street and the very elegant curve facing the library work well for me! I dig the platform as a place to view the race, pedestrians, Copley Square or sit and compute. I don't know that taking the platform over the road is making a positive impact to the site. I would like to see what the store experience would be having the ability to purchase a product and stand on the platform with the tease of crossing the road but having a limit of hovering just over the first lane of traffic! Can't wait to see more...
Gus these are looking great. Your bridge and building are really working together. I like how the wedges slope back with the building. Look forward to see more.
I saw all of your images and thought wow, what a great outlook point. A few images came to me: the glass facade of the federal courthouse by I.M. Pei in Boston. The Las Vegas Federal courthouse by Mehrdad Yazdani. I thought about that building when trying to describe poetic Architecture on my theory blog.
There is a brigde between The Bellagio and Bally's hotel. Your platform is by far more gracious! but I wanted to use it as reference since I always enjoyed crossing the street between the hotels with this bridge, it was so crowded! it is a great point to stop, re-orient, see the street from another level and go. I don't think you are crossing anything here, but I'll be willing to go sit on this oversize bench to eat my lunch and see the square from a different point.
The glass box you have created over the alley is cool! I would use glass on the hovering box only and not the entire alley facade. I wonder what this hovering space would do to the alley user? Maybe people would actually sit by their alley windows to see what's happening. Careful with the shower windows though! :-)
I wonder if your tucked stairs at the corner are missing out on the crescent space? That space is too great to miss. Ted's reference of "resting the head on their hands while their elbows are on the table" is perfect for the site. I bet there is tons of people that do that at the library, or kids at church. Here, the building does it to admire Copley Square. Keep going speedy. :-)
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Gus,
You've been busy.
The side facing the alley works quite inventively. The large glass wall facing Newbury is an interesting step. I am not sure if the whole thing should be glass as there is a residential building directly across the alley from our site. Maybe just the cantilevered portion.
Where is the band?!! What a loss! The band is such a strong element with each item emanating from it. I think it needs to re-surface. Maybe the layer was just turned off?
I wonder if you can make the curved fragment just as poetic as the cantilever facing Newbury. This peice is so close to what it needs to be, but still so large it is distracting from the store itself. Maybe reduce the scale of this element by 25% so the proportions can come back in line with its Father. As a small offspring, it seems to be pushing the parent away and not working in concert. Maybe this element cantilevers from two arms formed by the band wrapping the building. Much like someone rests their head on their hands while their elbows are on the table...
Gus,
I like the form your store is taking. The very verticle elements on Boylston Street and the very elegant curve facing the library work well for me! I dig the platform as a place to view the race, pedestrians, Copley Square or sit and compute. I don't know that taking the platform over the road is making a positive impact to the site. I would like to see what the store experience would be having the ability to purchase a product and stand on the platform with the tease of crossing the road but having a limit of hovering just over the first lane of traffic! Can't wait to see more...
Gus these are looking great. Your bridge and building are really working together. I like how the wedges slope back with the building. Look forward to see more.
Gus,
Presenting your building In the 3d Model as a part of the whole context of the site, would enrich and reveal your mass and Idea much more!
Gus,
I saw all of your images and thought wow, what a great outlook point. A few images came to me: the glass facade of the federal courthouse by I.M. Pei in Boston. The Las Vegas Federal courthouse by Mehrdad Yazdani. I thought about that building when trying to describe poetic Architecture on my theory blog.
There is a brigde between The Bellagio and Bally's hotel. Your platform is by far more gracious! but I wanted to use it as reference since I always enjoyed crossing the street between the hotels with this bridge, it was so crowded! it is a great point to stop, re-orient, see the street from another level and go. I don't think you are crossing anything here, but I'll be willing to go sit on this oversize bench to eat my lunch and see the square from a different point.
The glass box you have created over the alley is cool! I would use glass on the hovering box only and not the entire alley facade. I wonder what this hovering space would do to the alley user? Maybe people would actually sit by their alley windows to see what's happening. Careful with the shower windows though! :-)
I wonder if your tucked stairs at the corner are missing out on the crescent space? That space is too great to miss. Ted's reference of "resting the head on their hands while their elbows are on the table" is perfect for the site. I bet there is tons of people that do that at the library, or kids at church. Here, the building does it to admire Copley Square. Keep going speedy. :-)
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