Comments on: Workspace of the Future: Cambridge’s Creative Exchange http://inhabitat.com/cambridge-creative-exchange-by-5th-studio/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: nofelix http://inhabitat.com/cambridge-creative-exchange-by-5th-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-115924 nofelix Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:31:25 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/21/cambridge-creative-exchange-by-5th-studio/#comment-115924 angie717 - Because 90 degree angles are efficient? It's easy to fit furniture in right angled corners, Cladding materials and flooring systems are made rectilinear, as are many other things. If you could save a lot of energy/material by using different shapes I'm sure they would have done it. If they were using different materials (like earth filled tires) that don't work better with 90 degree angles then fine, criticize away. But it's not a bad thing to use cubes just because they're simple. Then again, if you made something that looks more than superficially like this in your first semester then maybe you're a genius and know more than I. angie717 -

Because 90 degree angles are efficient? It’s easy to fit furniture in right angled corners, Cladding materials and flooring systems are made rectilinear, as are many other things.

If you could save a lot of energy/material by using different shapes I’m sure they would have done it. If they were using different materials (like earth filled tires) that don’t work better with 90 degree angles then fine, criticize away. But it’s not a bad thing to use cubes just because they’re simple.

Then again, if you made something that looks more than superficially like this in your first semester then maybe you’re a genius and know more than I.

]]> By: angie717 http://inhabitat.com/cambridge-creative-exchange-by-5th-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-115755 angie717 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:19:46 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/21/cambridge-creative-exchange-by-5th-studio/#comment-115755 I get that this building is "green" and uses solar energy, and I think that's great. We should use more of this technology in our buildings. However, why do architects and designers that build "green" and modern buildings seem to be obsessed with 90 degree angles and cubes? This somewhat resembles my final project from my first semester of architecture...which isn't a compliment. I get that this building is “green” and uses solar energy, and I think that’s great. We should use more of this technology in our buildings. However, why do architects and designers that build “green” and modern buildings seem to be obsessed with 90 degree angles and cubes? This somewhat resembles my final project from my first semester of architecture…which isn’t a compliment.

]]> By: chrisp68 http://inhabitat.com/cambridge-creative-exchange-by-5th-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-115689 chrisp68 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:06:09 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/21/cambridge-creative-exchange-by-5th-studio/#comment-115689 Please tell me this is not the future. This is so far from eco friendly, if not just a monstrosity to look at! Looks like a beach house on stilts gone bad. Please tell me this is not the future. This is so far from eco friendly, if not just a monstrosity to look at! Looks like a beach house on stilts gone bad.

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