Comments on: Inotera Headquarters & Production Facility / tec Design Studio

By: ellen

ellen — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:47:58 +0000

ya ya, that’s the right phrase, much too much of everything…and only on the surface, therefore the whole idea is very shallow.

like too much make-up.

By: hj

hj — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:09:10 +0000

the glass and zigzagging columns remind me of Neutelings-Riedijk TV museum, but not in a good way. It’s just much too much of everything.

By: Lucas Gray

Lucas Gray — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:59:57 +0000

I looks like a marriage of Sauerbruch Hutton and Alsop but with a little less elegance. You don’t need 192 colors. Pick 10 and work with that.

By: ellen

ellen — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:32:08 +0000

sorry ala, should i say tedious? i really dont like things like this.

u know they r all of different sizes, random colours (in a way is easy bcos no one will notice anywrong placing), so many joints…well, it juz did not appeal to my liking for no-nonsense architecture…

anyway, i m sure there are some1 out there who will like it. design and creativity are very personal.

i wish the original project architect can say something here. or is that u?

By: Ala

Ala — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:55:51 +0000

@Ellen, it is not difficult to build. It is a typical curtail wall facade, where glass panels are joined by structural silicone.Those joints are water proof at least for some 20-30 years.

By: lm

lm — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:43:18 +0000

If you want to see a good glass architecture example, then check Diener&Diener Architects at Novartis Campus in Basel, Switzerland! There TEC “design” studio could learn a lot!!!

By: bib

bib — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:41:36 +0000

This is a very good example for a very bad glass architecture – same terrible as Sauerbruch&Hutton “architecture”

By: kc

kc — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:45:07 +0000

makes me feel like I have a hangover..I like the small white thing across the street though..

By: JDR

JDR — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:40:26 +0000

so heavy, my stomach .. pfff

why did they decide to break up the facade in little peaces. Looks like a crushed skyscraper, a vertically downsized part of manhattan.

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By: ellen

ellen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:31:53 +0000

i worked in there b4, funny, when u sat in your work station, looked around, it is juz another office building, u wondered what was the fuss all about? (coloured glass?what colour glass? but it is a good landmark description to the taxi driver, they knew which building we meant.)

one thing commendable about this building – it is bloody difficult to build and hats off for those contractors persisted to end without much leaking through the facade.

is the true spirit of ARCHITECTURE to make contractors’ lives difficult? u cannot help to wonder when standing under the v-column staring at the colourful facade.

i was only happy that i was not the project architect then, phewwwww…