Comments on: Pinohuacho Observation Deck by Rodrigo Sheward Giordano

By: pipe down

pipe down — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:17:04 +0000

shsss … just enjoy the moment.

mr. Giordano should be highly commended.

By: dariusz

dariusz — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:18:13 +0000

I agree with the gorgeous photos of the process of building. Real hard work. A realistic rendering would absolutely kill this wonderfun, simple, yet gorgeous object of architecture!

By: nothingbutcode

nothingbutcode — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:26:01 +0000

it is interesting to me to think about an architecture with an ambiguous goal, in a setting that may not receive much visitation, yet stands alone almost as a testament to itself.

i’m not sure.

there is something very moving about that.

By: Oggy

Oggy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:40:38 +0000

excellent!

By: Jon-Paul

Jon-Paul — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:28:54 +0000

Can this culture of preservation, art, design and dialogue be fostered in Central America as well?

By: Mario Furčić

Mario Furčić — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:08:56 +0000

sitting bench is possitioned too close to the opening, your visual field is the same as sitting outside. but if the bench was possitioned on the far end, then the opening would become a window because of the perspective.
that is an important detail because a window is a frame for the landscape. imagine, sitting outside and inside the pavillion is exactly the same, instead the pavillion should have brought another view of the nature – a picture with a frame opposed to a 180° view angle of an eye.

of course, you can stand at the entrance of the pavillion and observe the described effect, but it seems like the author didn’t understand the effects of his building. also, the photographer used a zoom lens which negates the effect of the framing because it doesn’t show perspective shortening, he should have used a 50mm lens which equals the human eye visual field.

By: Less Please.

Less Please. — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:23:02 +0000

what beats this sturdy beauty’s instinctual appeal. A stonehenge for the future. I want to rediscover this en plein air. Cheers, with a pint!

By: terrain

terrain — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:47:06 +0000

You may like to project or not – but this is a great project documentation.
To show the labor of building, material use and athmosphere has become a rare moment.
Thank you for pausing with the usual set of renderings.
Congrats!