Comments on: Golf’s Tower by Hackenbrioch Architekten

By: bryan

bryan — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:48:45 +0000

we are a Irish practice and we are thinking to enter the competition for Loft Boutique organized by Arquitectum. There is post here saying it is just an organization that makes money and none of the competition is real and nothing ever build. We know little about Lima and wondering is anybody could give us some feedback. There is a lot of time and money spend for a competition and we try to select the real one. Any feedback welcome. bryanmurphy69@yahoo.ie

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!!