Hmmmmmm, image is everything to some

you mean like this?

yes...it is the internets fault I am a wicked pervert !!!

architecture?

it's interesting that the kiting fraternity are interested in image so much.

doesn't bother me, each to their own i guess......

i will let you in on a secret though.

Gestalt,
Looks like someone is puckering up and taking offence to your recent posts.

BTW - Talking about Architecture, we made the front page of the Courier-Mail today.

i can't find anything online and don't get it delivered on wednesdays.

can you email me a scan?

p.s. congrats!

and yes, it appears i've been winded. oh well, i will watch them again to see if i can understand why.

lol, that's gold mate.

well i for one like it. nice work!

I'm so totally into image, I really care how I look when I'm windsurfing, in fact it;s the most important thing to me, I'd rather look good on the water than get 40kts

If those vids were viewable while windsurfing then
yes, I may have to wear boardshorts over my wetsuit.

... Do kiters get hard-ons all the time or something? Lack of control?

you guys are so yesterday.

i've started using boardies on my boards.

that makes perfect sense to me...

i showed some of the guys at work today. they were all impressed.

am very keen to see more.

having it compared to a milk crate has me nervous about posting the designs i have almost finished of the windsurfing centre in liverpool.

well i'll put my neck out and hazard a guess.

a site of political significance requires an architectural response of significance.

in my mind sausage has paid tribute to the history.

by detaching the gallery from the ground, sausage has cleverly introduced public space below and emphasize the significance of the original site.

the lofted gallery, symbolic of the canopy of the tree, takes on a sculptural form which overshadows and blurs the threshold for the user.

or as the paper said it's a modernist box, which probably should have said brutalist box. neo-brutalism maybe.
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Agreed


Also agreed


Agree with the overshadow comment, I assume that the sculpture in no way impacts the natural light penetration/view of the surrounding buildings? As for blurring the threshold...I think I need a better res pic to comment on that. From the image posted in the news it just looks like an elevated box? (Sorry sausage)


Definitely more toward brutalism than modernism (the Smithson's would be proud!), and the funny part about that is, the brutalist-form was (and still is) known as one of the 'ugliest' eras of modern-day architecture, although through historical significance it has made a comeback because of its impact/originality and 'shock' value...hmmmm, I'm not a big fan, although I must admit I think less=more in many cases, and the monument (shape-wise) delivers this.

I don't believe that something should be judged until completion of the finished product (have had this happen to me...clients reacting to a shape during sketchwork they didn't understand, once finished and viewed in rendered 3D - all was good.)
In saying this...the jury's still out on this one. Keep us posted?

hi sailhack,

the structure has caused debate and i for one see that as a win.

when i referred to the threshold, i was referring to the point at which the "user" experiences the space created by the form. in this case, the cantilevered gallery and lofted scale means there is no real point at which the user can say for certain they have reached the threshold (at ground level).

i am a big fan of brutalism and moderism. take the qld performaing arts complex for eg.
unfortunately the downfall for both philosophies was not because they were ugly. in their purest form both forms of architecture are not about aesthetics. they are about the philosophy of the design.

it was that confusion that ended the rein of moderest architecture when too many copies that missed the whole point were created around the world that didn't look the part due to poor proportions and poor function.