Comments on: Nepal Pavillion for Shanghai World Expo 2010

By: Pen

Pen — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:46:24 +0000

Nep,
What kind of an idiotic response is that…apologies Juan.
Juan, yes, it is a shame tha we have not taken advantage of our rich culture to create a better contemporary architecture.

By: Pen

Pen — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:38:52 +0000

I totally disagree with you…good architecture does not always mean that it has to be “sleeky and shiny”. The theory of Critical Regionalism Architecture would be fitting for Nepalese Modernity……Contemporary Nepalese architecture can still use the basic materials, texture and method of construction and draw inspiration from the past architectural forms but re-interpretate the forms and space to reflect the current day.
The Stupa is badly interpreteted in the 2010 Expo…looks more decorative without any intellectual arguments for what it is.

By: nepal

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By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:45:56 +0000

No.

This is Disneyland architecture.

And its ignorant.

By: Pen

Pen — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:52:44 +0000

I am a Nepalese and trained as an architect overseas. I am embarassed with what Nepal had put up at the expo. Such a rich culture and history to draw inspiration from yet they put a replica of what was done hundreds of years ago.
I hope this will not be repeated again.

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Nepal Pavilion – World Expo 2010 | Study Shanghai — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:48:48 +0000

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By: sagoon

sagoon — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:55:49 +0000

i am a nepalese and let me know you that we too use the materials after the expo is over and the other fact is nepal’s gdp is not that small it’s just 3 times less than that of denmark.

By: bms

bms — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:19:41 +0000

Sure we stole! the architecture i mean.
But we stole it from our own backyard, or junkyard if you like, considering the state of all our culture, heritage, tradition and all things good and nice.
Speaking of which, and speaking of the other pavilions, especially the high tech, highly personalized novelties: they have as much culture etc as the Large Hadron Collider.
Sure we have God on our side, and they have the Hubble Telescope. But at the confluence between the two: THAT’S where Architecture happens, and THAT’S where we push and peddle our wares!

By: kedar

kedar — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:08:13 +0000

Great………….
compared to others it looks really excellent.

By: Ritza

Ritza — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:22:56 +0000

I was reading all the comments and ur comment stroked me so badly.. I’m a Nepalese and i wud agree the quality of the design which is shown here is not gud… but the real building is quite nice.. hve u seen the pic?? you pronounced this design “cheap pastiche”…. but i think its representing our country may b its an imitation of different cultures from Nepal. and again u said ” weirdo knee-jerk romantic representationalism” plz wud u define wht xactly u meant when u said this??? its neither weird nor romantic… thnx

By: Yeti in Kathmandu

Yeti in Kathmandu — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:18:03 +0000

Yes, its definitely you…who else can be so sarcastically witty.

By: shakeen.limbu

shakeen.limbu — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:27:33 +0000

haha. sorry about that. i think the presentation could’ve used a little bit of photoshopping to not make this look like an object. also, this thing is a copy and paste from what already exists in kathmandu so i don’t think this qualifies as a design but rather a product.

By: bms

bms — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:54:23 +0000

no i am the yak in mustang.
what else can i say to the yeti in ktm?
from a position of anonymity you have me at a disadvantage.

By: yeti in kathmandu

yeti in kathmandu — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:28:50 +0000

Hi bms,
are you the bms that I think you are???

By: Neps

Neps — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:02:14 +0000

By the way we are not Nepalian we’re Nepalese and what the hell do you know about our culture?

By: sajan

sajan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:18 +0000

wow,its amazin…great.

By: bms

bms — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:06 +0000

designer’s dilemma.
that’s why we turn to umberto eco for solace. and for protection.
you might want to look him up.

By: bms

bms — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:23:15 +0000

point taken. well, this is the thing that’s going to come up in shanghai.
making fun of sketchup appears to be fashionable on this web page, much to our consternation.
would welcome more creative and substantive comments though.

By: bms

bms — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:39:51 +0000

care to be more specific? would be more useful you know.

By: TM

TM — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:12:53 +0000

I started reading the posts for every pavilion and got really mad!!

Seriuosly, I hated my country´s pavilion (Brazil) and wanted to see what people had to say about it. Most of the comments were ok regarding bad quality (except a dumbass who said that the wood for the pavilion came from the forests WE cut clear, not knowing that the main explorers of the rain forest are indeed foreing companies), but after reading the posts for the other projects I got to the conclusion that people lost focus on each country´s proposal, not taking its meaning into consideration and not even knowing at all the country they are talking about. People started criticizing every project and saying that people should be ashamed of their country´s architecture ¬¬.
I guess everybody is so f… good that could elaborate proposals to synthetize every country´s simbolism, culture and natural features with a architectural element better than the any other architect.
I understand bad designs deserve criticism to enhance architectural quality, but in my opinion people are over reacting and badly judging everything wihtout further considerations, it becomes silly and pointless to give any opinion at all when based on that kind of approach.