Comments on: Golf’s Tower by Hackenbrioch Architekten

By: arjun

arjun — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:53:40 +0000

not really sure what the weather in lima is like but there is a serious lack of cross vent caused by the structural arrangement and i guess there need to be a whole bunch of domestics around to keep moving the partitions and curtains. wonder what the interior space looks like when the screens are shut, could be quite dark and dingy.

By: Kevin Morris

Kevin Morris — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:39:36 +0000

I like the facade, and the mechanics are really not that complicated.

In terms of maintenance, those shades will likely have tremendous benefits to building occupants, the environment and the building owner. Here’s an example in an article in the Wall Street Journal about the problems with glass facades when no external shading is integrated into the design (faded fabric, extreme heat gain, privacy):

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121997078093581911.html?mod=residential_real_estate

By: Juca

Juca — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:39:14 +0000

Totally agree with Post. Location and size of the service bedrooms in comparison with the laundry room is obscene.

By: _ee

_ee — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:58:02 +0000

hate to break it to you, @Barton, but that facade graphic is just a graphic. It’s lazy and a quick rendering trick to use one bitmap and avoid the gridded look of panels that would actually occur. Unless you think they’re actually going to custom lasercut every single one.

@Peter, thanks for proving there is at least one dezeen reader who can actually read a plan.
@ Everyone else, are you thinking of HdeM’s Rue des Suisses in Paris? Just visited and I immediately thought of it, or do you have a different reference? @ D_SPOT, you mean Ricola?

Finally @Anne, Thank you!!

By: D_SPOT

D_SPOT — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:56:48 +0000

bad H&DeM from 86

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:53:23 +0000

Well you know guys, that ARQUITECTUM stuff is simply a lottery. The point is to make money for the organisers – there never is, or will be, a real project. Quite a clever scheme, but no self-respecting architect or designer should participate in such a fraudulent scheme.

By: Etienne

Etienne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:25:44 +0000

…well, when i look at the finalists at the competition website, i can only wonder: this design should have won the competition!

By: Barton Smith

Barton Smith — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:00:54 +0000

I surprisingly don’t mind the scratchy facade graphic, like an oversized fiberglass texture.

By: julien

julien — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:43:48 +0000

This is just their LOST entry for ARQUITECTUM GOLF TOWER COMPETITION. They are not designing it!! Check it out at arquitectum.com under golf tower competition. On their own website, the architects mention it was a competition and they don’t pretend it would be built. I don’t understand the ambiguity…@ Dezeen?anyone?

By: peter

peter — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:52:02 +0000

@ajua @mp Thats a no-brainer. The left side its vertical and the right side its horizontal.