Comments on: V&A Exhibition Road project shortlist

By: James Lee

James Lee — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:54:53 +0000

I wouldn't call it gracious but i do understand your point of view…
Not that sure though about your description of exterior/ interior transition applied to this particular scheme…it works far better on Fretton's scheme for example, even in its more conservative approach… where you have a clear courtyard, a transition space defined by the colonnade and the museum…
Won't even comment on Snohetta's…they always come up with neat concepts but seem to have a totally wrong sense of scale…(like the "airport" in oslo with its nice slopped roof and elegant wooden interiors)…

By: gab xiao

gab xiao — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:29:48 +0000

The gracious carving/sloping of the courtyard in Aoki's scheme allows for a strong urban presence of the existing historic architecture into the newly created interior space. It also brings the outside in (including the urban spectacle happening in the plaza). Same idea is present in Snohetta's proposal, only that the seemingly relentless flight of stairs take you into a rather odd tectonics (note the ceiling).

By: James Lee

James Lee — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:19:03 +0000

Either Fobert or Fretton…all the others seem somehow wrong….

By: ambini

ambini — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:02:36 +0000

Snøhetta!

By: nofelix

nofelix — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:01:51 +0000

just please give it to a london firm