http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 24 May 2013 16:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/comment-page-1/#comment-180772 MZ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:13:09 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/#comment-180772 oddjob: I think, the ceilings are no plastic: they are expanded metal mesh ("streckmetall" in german) panels. oddjob: I think, the ceilings are no plastic: they are expanded metal mesh (“streckmetall” in german) panels.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/comment-page-1/#comment-180397 isuka Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:10:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/#comment-180397 it's like as though someone wedged a chunky boomerang through that elegant old structure. im not against contemporary interventions within old/existing edifices but this one has been executed rather clumsily. It is tiring to see the new designers penetrate buildings with their amorphous blobs and geometric blocks without any humility, levelheadedness and sensitivity to its surroundings or context. it’s like as though someone wedged a chunky boomerang through that elegant old structure. im not against contemporary interventions within old/existing edifices but this one has been executed rather clumsily. It is tiring to see the new designers penetrate buildings with their amorphous blobs and geometric blocks without any humility, levelheadedness and sensitivity to its surroundings or context.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/comment-page-1/#comment-180092 m:D Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:38:58 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/#comment-180092 nice, i actually like the translucent ceilings nice, i actually like the translucent ceilings

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/comment-page-1/#comment-179471 gaque Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:54:28 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/#comment-179471 aha, dan flavin, of course! thank you aha, dan flavin, of course! thank you

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/comment-page-1/#comment-179363 jt Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:56:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/18/seu-university-of-la-nucia-by-crystalzoo/#comment-179363 would guess dan flavin first "aestheticized the fluorescent tube." would guess dan flavin first “aestheticized the fluorescent tube.”

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