Comments on: Accordia wins Stirling Prize

By: justanothercitizen

justanothercitizen — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:31:35 +0000

Horrid, unimaginative, excessively boxy, uninspired, uninspiring, copycat, cloned. The same old same old.

These things should get fines and bans, not awards and kudos.

By: Tsais

Tsais — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:00:04 +0000

Accordia… well, did nobody notice that its retarded to place the chimney out in open air, cause chimneys in winter radiate warmth through your house, saving quite a bit of heating cost. Unless you make the blunt mistake of placing it outside. At best, the chimney, if you have only one, goes in the very center of the house.

And I guess the stair-stepped Balcony arrangement is designed to make sure burglars aren’t limited to breaking into the lower floor apartments anymore.

I do dislike designs where someone’s ok idea of aesthetics overrules function.

By: Ninian

Ninian — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:51:08 +0000

Is that really the real JG Ballard? I demand to know…

By: knowing me

knowing me — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:08:05 +0000

Since you asked: Accordia is not just housing for the wealthy, it also includes a good percentage of affordable housing. You can’t tell from the photographs because these houses look just like the slightly larger, posh ones.
The merits of the scheme come from the idea that well designed communal space can contribute to making communities. And there is definitely a community there, the prevalence of family housing means the children have brought neighbours together.
Have a look at Maccreanor Lavington’s website, they actually show some of their houses as occupied.

By: Melshimber

Melshimber — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:09:16 +0000

The photographs show a well considered scheme that shows a particular interest in how the materials are arranged in a very pleasing way. The interior photograph looks sparse but with people loving living there it has to be seen as a positive effect on the built environment. That must be what Architects are striving towards – creating great, beautiful places to live, work and socialise.