Comments on: Retail Park “B-Park” / BURO II http://www.archdaily.com/14368/retail-park-b-park-buro-ii/ Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects and competitions every day. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:11:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: freddy wolf http://www.archdaily.com/14368/retail-park-b-park-buro-ii/#comment-18970 freddy wolf Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:58:12 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=14368#comment-18970 This is like all those other ordinary malls in those industrial zones in Belgium. With a touch of 'design' like a lime desk ! Waw ! (yawn) Trying to make architecture by stretching a building like the modernists in their days ... It looks like they 've put a new façade on an old '70s warehouse. Not architecture. This is like all those other ordinary malls in those industrial zones in Belgium. With a touch of ‘design’ like a lime desk ! Waw ! (yawn) Trying to make architecture by stretching a building like the modernists in their days … It looks like they ‘ve put a new façade on an old ’70s warehouse. Not architecture.

]]> By: Partick Bateman http://www.archdaily.com/14368/retail-park-b-park-buro-ii/#comment-18962 Partick Bateman Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:19:44 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=14368#comment-18962 "The clean rhythm of the parking bays is completed with a patchwork of various elements that determine the character of this space. The integration of the green elements on the parking lot determines the view" is this a joke? its utter rubbish. just a typical faceless out of town shopping centre/big shed, surrounded by acres of asphalt. “The clean rhythm of the parking bays is completed with a patchwork of various elements that determine the character of this space. The integration of the green elements on the parking lot determines the view”

is this a joke?

its utter rubbish. just a typical faceless out of town shopping centre/big shed, surrounded by acres of asphalt.

]]> By: Niels http://www.archdaily.com/14368/retail-park-b-park-buro-ii/#comment-18952 Niels Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:40:59 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=14368#comment-18952 I'm missing a certain architectural 'finesse' in this design, a way of finishing the design and let it stand out from the crowd. It's a well known typology for a Western European shopping mall, and apart from the lime desks and the circular lights in the ceiling I see not much difference. I’m missing a certain architectural ‘finesse’ in this design, a way of finishing the design and let it stand out from the crowd. It’s a well known typology for a Western European shopping mall, and apart from the lime desks and the circular lights in the ceiling I see not much difference.

]]> By: the big black and white zebra http://www.archdaily.com/14368/retail-park-b-park-buro-ii/#comment-18948 the big black and white zebra Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:36:32 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=14368#comment-18948 Some things I like here... the lime info desk, the circular lights and the car park waterfalls - BUT... what's with the appalling signage by landlord and retailers, and the ungainly monstrosity of an illuminated fascia for tenants signage... ouch! Some things I like here… the lime info desk, the circular lights and the car park waterfalls – BUT… what’s with the appalling signage by landlord and retailers, and the ungainly monstrosity of an illuminated fascia for tenants signage… ouch!

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