Instead, design in section, meaning, three dimensionally as one places a library over a five-story high living room, then tucking parking under the auditorium. Conceptual model and section diagram (from )Īs Professor Koolhaas taught us in school: Do not design simply in floor plan, meaning, not just one-dimensionally laying out an auditorium next to offices next to restrooms. The library design comprises community spaces that engage the public on many levels, (literally) as well as a civic icon unlike anything seen before. I side with the glorious praise hailed from the enlightened world. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer spewed adjectives: “decidedly unpleasant,” “relentlessly monotonous,” and “profoundly dreary.” Others saw a design with a target on its back-and its front too.
The international architectural scene claimed the design a heroic success. The reviews of this 11-level, 363,000-square-foot building varied. The Seattle Central Library, designed by the Rem Koolhaas and shepherded by local Architect-of-Record, LMN, opened to the public in 2004-the winner of a lengthy design competition. THE SEATTLE CENTRAL LIBRARY Seattle Central Library exterior (photo from ) Library and its neighbor (photo by Anthony Poon) (Three disclaimers: Rem Koolhaas was my professor in grad school I was employed by NBBJ in the 90s and I did not have an opportunity to visit the interiors of The Spheres.) The third is by an anonymous company, one without the trappings of a sole Wright-ian genius which gives way to collaboration instead-for better or worse. The first two projects are by two of the most famous living architects on the planet. – The Spheres at Amazon by corporate NBBJ. – Musuem of Pop Culture by Pritzker-laureate Frank Gehry, and – Seattle Central Library by Pritzker-laureate Rem Koolhaas, Upon a visit to Seattle, I confronted three different buildings-all leaving a seductive imprint on the city and my memory.
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