From most angles, it resembles nothing so much as a small child’s precarious stack of blocks. But cut back to scale, the functional simplicity, elegant abstraction, geometric patterning, subtle textures, and other characteristic features of modern design still are capable of evoking a sense of beauty and even of serenity. One very pragmatic reason is that architecture is a very slow form of communication: it may take several decades from the moment a concept arises somewhere to the point where it becomes mainstream knowledge within the industry, and then even more time before it reaches the general public. From some angles, as displayed in digital renderings and a scale model by the architects last week, the structure’s profile looks positively svelte — even a trifle fragile, as if it might topple in a stiff wind. This does not necessarily make it bad architecture. It just means that some things are built with other purposes than usefulness and long term sustainability. And those purposes might not be known by or agreed upon by the end-user. Perhaps one small way out of that dilemma is to see all of modernism as a useful backdrop to a future yet to be designed.A total transformation is under way in the area — providing a source of satisfaction for developers, angst for artists who loved the beaten-down warehouse district the way it was, and torn loyalties for city officials committed to revitalization.
Red:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/realestate/04NjZo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&adxnnl=1&ref=remkoolhaas&adxnnlx=1368410697-WEaFcoH9StDWIMAuLsu57Q
Green:
http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2013/05/modernism-past-the-dynasty-and-the-mad-men/
Blue:
http://www.archdaily.com/366888/a-crash-course-on-modern-architecture-part-1/
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