Comments on: OMA´s new landmark for Shenzhen: Crystal Island competition

By: Tuf-Pak

Tuf-Pak — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:34:27 +0000

My apartment is 3 blocks from here. In addition to saying you could basically drop a bomb here and not help but improve the area… Not to defend this particular project but I’d like to say that I think we really shouldn’t try and claim that this is an empty concept when we get 3 images and little else.

Secondly, to argue that OMA has embarrassed it’s legacy in the years after 1995 is pretty insulting, and demonstrably false. I think, of all the contemporary “name” architects, you’d be hard pressed to find many firms that find such startlingly inventive solutions to each new project.

Souterrian, CCTV, the Dutch Embassy, Casa Musica, Seattle Library, I think they stand up pretty well compared to the theoretical and competition projects of the 80’s and early 90’s.

By: Lucas Gray

Lucas Gray — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:57:19 +0000

Clearly there are some missing images or something. Nothing shown adequately explains what exactly their design is.

By: mr.pink

mr.pink — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:37:33 +0000

“despite all my logic and my theory i throw a motherfu*ker in, so you ignorant nigga’s hear me”… quote from ms hill

a little respect, please….

By: belly

belly — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:06:09 +0000

for a person living in shenzhen,the design is great!

By: G

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:36:28 +0000

Medusa,

I haven’t read the article but I think the points you listed hits the nail on the head. If shown this kind of work to an architecture public in the 1990’s, nobody would believe it to be the same OMA! I guess it isn’t…

By: Nada

Nada — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:03:06 +0000

Honestly absolutely don’t get it.

By: David Basulto [tricky]

David Basulto [tricky] — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:50 +0000

It´s a very schematic concept, but I think that in that way it highlights what is important: separating the program into several pieces on a busy context potentiates interactions between the design buildings and the rest of the activities on the city center, instead of a closed campus completely focused on itself.

By: ivy

ivy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:48:41 +0000

i don’t get it.. !

By: mimar

mimar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:17:52 +0000

OMA? who was that again?
oh yes, the office from the guy who one day decided to travel the whole world, talk a lot but say nothing, publish thick books with lots of random shit and no content?
yes, ok, he had some nice ideas – in the beginning – but then either lost his mind or just decided to make lots of money with bullshitting…

take it easy guys

By: Rony

Rony — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:49:52 +0000

… I agree with Medusa i have read the book…

and lets start over : I don’t get it