http://www.critiquethis.us/2009/09/25/1111-lincoln-road-by-herzog-de-meuron-context-what-context/ Critique This is an architecture blog in a magazine format which critically examines the state of architecture within the United States. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.critiquethis.us/2009/09/25/1111-lincoln-road-by-herzog-de-meuron-context-what-context/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 City parking « rotational Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:57:16 +0000 http://www.critiquethis.us/?p=1539#comment-2366 [...] Herzog & de Meuron, you try to invite the city into its structure, rather than close it off. 1111 Lincoln Road is a newly opened car park in Miami, situated on the border of its social downtown heart and its [...] [...] Herzog & de Meuron, you try to invite the city into its structure, rather than close it off. 1111 Lincoln Road is a newly opened car park in Miami, situated on the border of its social downtown heart and its [...]

]]> http://www.critiquethis.us/2009/09/25/1111-lincoln-road-by-herzog-de-meuron-context-what-context/comment-page-1/#comment-130 giorgio righi riva Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:56:05 +0000 http://www.critiquethis.us/?p=1539#comment-130 I agree,with you this problem of scale and context is similar at 40 bond street, one more problem there at 40 bond , the incontextual materials. may be a not great architectural project, but is agreat work of art, yes is more artistic than architectonic.The last herzog meuron and similar architects that push on the aesthetic, formalism,exciting ways, they want give a message: the soul is more important tha human body, this is the end of pure pragmatism , functionalism, modernism.Not mean that is not attention to function but no more only functionality,sometimes is a prefet function of form and function sometimes the formal is more than function.Sincerely, i love art is the connection with man and God, and if this new architecture play a free style like artis , is agood thing.The new architecture is more artistic, and when we conteplate that we can enrich our spirit,and is a ispiration for the new artist generations, because many people dont go to museum,and is not interest in art, but when you make a big arch-sculpture like 1111 lincoln road,the people is obliged to see it.Yes is aeretical, not correct if you follow the architectural academics dogma, but this trasgression this confused mix, is a great art is a fusion they have fused the old and the new but without evident connection, is a hybrid, but i like this trasgression. best Giorgio I agree,with you this problem of scale and context is similar at 40 bond street, one more problem there at 40 bond , the incontextual materials.
may be a not great architectural project, but is agreat work of art, yes is more artistic than architectonic.The last herzog meuron and similar architects that push on the aesthetic, formalism,exciting ways, they want give a message: the soul is more important tha human body, this is the end of pure pragmatism , functionalism, modernism.Not mean that is not attention to function but no more only functionality,sometimes is a prefet function of form and function sometimes the formal is more than function.Sincerely, i love art is the connection with man and God, and if this new architecture play a free style like artis , is agood thing.The new architecture is more artistic, and when we conteplate that we can enrich our spirit,and is a ispiration for the new artist generations, because many people dont go to museum,and is not interest in art, but when you make a big arch-sculpture like 1111 lincoln road,the people is obliged to see it.Yes is aeretical, not correct if you follow the architectural academics dogma, but this trasgression this confused mix, is a great art is a fusion they have fused the old and the new but without evident connection, is a hybrid, but i like this trasgression.
best
Giorgio

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