Comments on: Two Seasons Hotel, Stavanger, by JDS Architects with Brandsberg-Dahls Arkitekter

By: edward

edward — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:23:28 +0000

I don’t think we need a new architecture every Monday, as some famous person once said. This looks like a high quality response to the program, I especially like the first pic which seems to show the sidewalk extending into the structure.

By: shiva

shiva — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:32:13 +0000

i think the main idea is pleasing , and responding for the required usage but i’m also in doubt about the scale of this project . will the roof ever be seen ?

By: JZ

JZ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:09:17 +0000

Just to add a couple of ” boring ” points

A.Big’s building is way out of regulations especially concerning the height limit
B.Theres already a parking built underneath so the structure is pretty much defined
C.Its a 3 star hotel aka low budget / big ambitions

Its cool to read all the feedback
Personally I think under these circumstances we did pretty well!
now we have to build it :O

By: jonizz

jonizz — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:40:48 +0000

almost the same building is now in realization process in czech - A4 architects , sacre ceur residences check it up, it looks like a copy :¨)

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:28:28 +0000

tyler is onto something here, in our school of architecture everything is geared toward a narrow range of corbusian type solutions, every thing must be glass/transparent and floating(creating monotomy and structural/financial nightmares) what about contrast,experience and context?

By: leandro locsin

leandro locsin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:51:27 +0000

these architects has only one techique in dealing with “porosity” concerning the urban fabric.

only one method is applied on all sides. why o why ?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:11:18 +0000

It looks okay from this view. Has a bit of the Escher feel to it with an infinite loop idea on the top. However from street view it is very much a box with a slating top. From this model I can’t imagine that’s it’s scale will create much of mystically floating effect. I really do like this idea for being open, but there is still much to be desired here.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:26:17 +0000

Fred- I agree, I like the big one. And I do get it, as an urban planner / designer, I understand the careful juxtaposition of low density housing and mid rise commercial space, I just find the constant attempt by architects to perfect the
Corbusian floating trick very tiring after a while and not the correct solution for this design problem. Oh, and Blue, I’d love to show you my portfolio sometime. I love criticism.

By: Lite

Lite — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:56:54 +0000

Hey blue, you know what, i am one of the guys who’s critisizing almost all the time.
Not now, though, i like the project and their posture on it.
Gooood Stuuuuuuff!

By: Sasha

Sasha — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:10:43 +0000

the large entry looked somewhat interesting. this is similar to that one building on the islands (borneo?) in amsterdam.
hard to judge just from images…how about some plans?