Comments on: Manny by Tetrarc http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/27/manny-by-tetrarc/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jules http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/27/manny-by-tetrarc/comment-page-1/#comment-760781 jules Fri, 13 May 2011 17:55:13 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=52323#comment-760781 it looks messy it looks messy

]]> By: theodore http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/27/manny-by-tetrarc/comment-page-1/#comment-353211 theodore Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:12:20 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=52323#comment-353211 >>> inspiration! >>> inspiration!

]]> By: Ram Flores, Laredo http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/27/manny-by-tetrarc/comment-page-1/#comment-353009 Ram Flores, Laredo Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:52:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=52323#comment-353009 Its an interesting facade, not really something i would go for, but its interesting. I like this for its noticeablity, but i think in the long run it will turn into Notoriety, right now its new and shiny, i just think that in the 10 years of rain and pigeons, this wont be as pleasant to look at from either the interior or outside of the building. Its gonna take a heck of a team to keep the "bird´s nest" clean. Its an interesting facade, not really something i would go for, but its interesting.

I like this for its noticeablity, but i think in the long run it will turn into Notoriety, right now its new and shiny, i just think that in the 10 years of rain and pigeons, this wont be as pleasant to look at from either the interior or outside of the building.

Its gonna take a heck of a team to keep the “bird´s nest” clean.

]]> By: Temoor Ahmad, Madrid http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/27/manny-by-tetrarc/comment-page-1/#comment-352302 Temoor Ahmad, Madrid Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:17:44 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=52323#comment-352302 There is a lot to be said for confidence in design and I am afraid that this building's external skin doesn't fall into that camp and as for the "sustainability" arguement, if those bars are indeed made of aluminium then someone is really flying in the face of prudent design. I don't see how this facade succeeds on any level: Interpretation of concept: It looks like an old basket with a hole in the corner. Not sure who would appreciate the "artistic" efforts here - AT BEST it would be someone thinking "Wow, I have never seen anything like that". And that is only because it is unusual in the same way that someone wearing their pants on their head is. Other wise this skin's aesthetic doesn't achieve anything. Maintenance: Extremely difficult. Practicality: All that glazing and substantial reduction in natural light and views Value for money: None. There was a comment earlier about beautiful raw polished concrete and the suspended staircase, which if true makes the execution of this facade even more of a pity. There is a lot to be said for confidence in design and I am afraid that this building’s external skin doesn’t fall into that camp and as for the “sustainability” arguement, if those bars are indeed made of aluminium then someone is really flying in the face of prudent design. I don’t see how this facade succeeds on any level:

Interpretation of concept: It looks like an old basket with a hole in the corner. Not sure who would appreciate the “artistic” efforts here – AT BEST it would be someone thinking “Wow, I have never seen anything like that”. And that is only because it is unusual in the same way that someone wearing their pants on their head is. Other wise this skin’s aesthetic doesn’t achieve anything.

Maintenance: Extremely difficult.

Practicality: All that glazing and substantial reduction in natural light and views

Value for money: None.

There was a comment earlier about beautiful raw polished concrete and the suspended staircase, which if true makes the execution of this facade even more of a pity.

]]> By: pezsapo http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/27/manny-by-tetrarc/comment-page-1/#comment-352294 pezsapo Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:53:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=52323#comment-352294 I do'nt understand all these negative opinions about the building, in my opinion the double skin (or "hair") system is a funny way to interpretate the classical and boooring louver system that we see in every "sustainable" project, sometimes this kind of building as an exception in an urban tissue is a good thing to discover, let's be less dogmatic and have a little bit more fun! I do’nt understand all these negative opinions about the building,
in my opinion the double skin (or “hair”) system is a funny way to interpretate the classical and boooring louver system that we see in every “sustainable” project,
sometimes this kind of building as an exception in an urban tissue is a good thing to discover,
let’s be less dogmatic and have a little bit more fun!

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