Comments on: Goldhawk Village by Peter Barber Architects

By: Abdelatif

Abdelatif — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:12:58 +0000

Oh, very good presentation, but not only ! the spaces hierarchy and the humanist and complexe design contrasts with the cold habitat units that we often saw !
I only regrete that all buildings are the same and there isn’t a lot of customisation.
I learnt something today.
excuse my bad english !

By: David Zutta

David Zutta — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:07:50 +0000

heyy, a think this is a new concept for the representation, the architecture must be always revolutionary, whit new things, evolutive, and the people think that the architecture whit rare forms is very good, but this architecture is an show, whit farandula.

By: huff

huff — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:06:44 +0000

the comments say so much about dezeen and its readership, its all about images.
One of the most successful aspects of this scheme, and indeed peter barber’s previous work, are their engagement with the urban environment, they are very human spaces, they engage the occupier with the street and the surrounding community, this is presumably the reason why they won.

By: Milly

Milly — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:02:06 +0000

Yes the sketch presentation is very refreshing, but where is the design, surely we can be a bit more creative than that, just look at Hollland!!. And in my experience living in a flat split over 4 floors does not work…

By: Hibai

Hibai — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:25:01 +0000

Wonderful. Not only the concept of car-free compact and friendly city, but the presentation as well.

By: m

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:22:51 +0000

Nice to dee a competition winner who did not spend ££££ on super realistic renders, but manage to convey a nice atmosphere of the environment they are proposing. Well done.

By: Indi

Indi — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:26:16 +0000

The ‘hand sketches’ have the look of something at the very least drawn over a CAD drawing, or scanned in and then coloured with Photoshop. Very effective but not quite the real touchy-feely deal.

Not all apartments need to be huge, or all in a development accessible to people with mobility difficulties. Typical means just that. And a biog Hey Hey to Krusty- maybe you wouldn’t want a car if you lived there!

By: nickthegreek

nickthegreek — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:01:17 +0000

OH MY GOD IS THAT A PEN!!!

By: Crusty the Clown

Crusty the Clown — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:35:47 +0000

Stairs are not accessible for the Handicapped!

Will Europe ever catch up with the States regarding equal access for the disabled?

It’s like y’all are living in medieval times – no cars and no wheelchairs

By: gaque

gaque — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:09:55 +0000

anyone else see the japanese influence?