Comments on: Koutalaki Ski Village by BIG http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/13/koutalaki-ski-village-by-big/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: idp http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/13/koutalaki-ski-village-by-big/comment-page-1/#comment-945717 idp Sun, 06 May 2012 13:16:20 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=180577#comment-945717 the second and third image in this publication are cruel, play the urban condition of a street in any city, in a natural environment, it seems so wrong .... like blocks of flats that have clogged the visual one another, someone will argue for protection from the wind .... but I certainly q in a natural setting, the visuals become important and the wind should be resolved by other means. the second and third image in this publication are cruel, play the urban condition of a street in any city, in a natural environment, it seems so wrong …. like blocks of flats that have clogged the visual one another, someone will argue for protection from the wind …. but I certainly q in a natural setting, the visuals become important and the wind should be resolved by other means.

]]> By: JNKC http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/13/koutalaki-ski-village-by-big/comment-page-1/#comment-921109 JNKC Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:25:22 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=180577#comment-921109 Hi Johnny, I think that's the beauty of the BIG diagram! I feel that it's a simplicity that makes the projects accesible to everyone, not just designers. Hi Johnny, I think that's the beauty of the BIG diagram! I feel that it's a simplicity that makes the projects accesible to everyone, not just designers.

]]> By: TBM http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/13/koutalaki-ski-village-by-big/comment-page-1/#comment-919636 TBM Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:40:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=180577#comment-919636 Again, the tragedy of architects and big scale. They thing BIG shapes will make the architecture, yet with not one ounce of validation of whether the user can really use the thing. The beauty of skiing or boarding is the terrain. Here you have the same boring run over and over. Lacks creative thinking about what the user actually needs and then resorts to baseless formal manipulation. Makes me sad, very sad for the profession and its obsession with the little blocks we played with as 4 year old children. Back to the drawing board. Again, the tragedy of architects and big scale. They thing BIG shapes will make the architecture, yet with not one ounce of validation of whether the user can really use the thing. The beauty of skiing or boarding is the terrain. Here you have the same boring run over and over. Lacks creative thinking about what the user actually needs and then resorts to baseless formal manipulation.

Makes me sad, very sad for the profession and its obsession with the little blocks we played with as 4 year old children. Back to the drawing board.

]]> By: mik http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/13/koutalaki-ski-village-by-big/comment-page-1/#comment-919041 mik Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:41:13 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=180577#comment-919041 I think BIG could be transformed in a BIG project machine. You enter the data in on of the sides and after a few minutes and noise the machine analyses with schemes the best and only solution possible. And there you go. No need for an office and architects. the BIG machine is always wright I think BIG could be transformed in a BIG project machine.
You enter the data in on of the sides and after a few minutes and noise the machine analyses with schemes the best and only solution possible.
And there you go. No need for an office and architects. the BIG machine is always wright

]]> By: JeffK http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/13/koutalaki-ski-village-by-big/comment-page-1/#comment-918797 JeffK Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:25:41 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=180577#comment-918797 As a non-architect I would like to point out that the little arrow diagrams everyone seems to hate I find extremely useful in understanding why the final form of their building looks the way it does. It allows BIG's work to be very accessible and simple to understand to the wider public. The unpretentious nature of BIG, and the fact that they are not trying to prove their genius all the time I think is what makes this firm so great. As a non-architect I would like to point out that the little arrow diagrams everyone seems to hate I find extremely useful in understanding why the final form of their building looks the way it does. It allows BIG's work to be very accessible and simple to understand to the wider public. The unpretentious nature of BIG, and the fact that they are not trying to prove their genius all the time I think is what makes this firm so great.

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