Comments on: Prada Transformer by OMA/Rem Koolhaas 2

By: Nazmy

Nazmy — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:27:19 +0000

The audacity and outrageousness of the ideas spilling from OMA never ceases to amaze me…love their sense of humour as well!!!

By: g

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:28:14 +0000

Wow, cheers to Sandor and R!

Perhaps there is hope for humanity…and the interweb!

By: Sandor

Sandor — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:12:19 +0000

@R: Re-reading my comment I’d have to apologize if I was to blunt. I’d have to disagree with you on stating that it is about shape. For that is, I think it is about shape, but isn’t about shape Yes, the shape is chosen for a reasen, but it’s not about making shapes just for that reason. Maybe that is what you meant, I don’t know. But by covering the steel and a direct link to what the shape is, it already becomes clear that it is not about ‘making a nice shape’. I do have doubts on the chosen geometry as being the perfect floorplan per condition.

By: F.Saster

F.Saster — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:57:31 +0000

i have to say this, it is such a weird idea of one function is base on a geometry, i’m saying it as function follow geometry?!

By: hD

hD — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:32:46 +0000

4 cranes over a week’s time one would imagine is alot cheaper than rebuilding…

By: R

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:20:00 +0000

@Sandor> I see your point. I was not trying to degrade the architecture though, I only found Rem’s comment I mentioned above rather bullshit. I know it is about shape; I can see that and I do not mind it being either. Actually, I like the design as it has something blunt and rough due to direct combination of basic geometrical shapes. I liked the renderings better though as in the actual object the steel frames are not visible enough on the outside.

By: ab

ab — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:40:44 +0000

at least this is a project trying to do something new, i guess that’s why people are not that aggressive about it.

it can fail, next one (and maybe by another architect) will be better. popular architects with power should be trying new ideas like this instead of repeating the same shit / signature projects everytime.

By: Sandor

Sandor — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:34:37 +0000

@ R:

‘by simply rotating it’ is something different then saying that it is simple to rotate. But if all of the comment stick to this level, then I guess none understand what it is about.

All of you that keep on commenting that things should have a further meaning then just shape, and here you are just commenting that, come on!

By: kk

kk — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:01:53 +0000

so where’s all the adoring commenters from when the renders were published??

By: bibo architect

bibo architect — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:26:34 +0000

its either Very bad space or very very bad photographer!!!