Gallery: Green Finalists from the 2010...
Paris Green Ribbon by Meurisse Frederic & Huyghe Lieselotte
The Green Ribbon is a flowing path of parks and recreational areas that aim to connect the Vincennes and the Boulogne forests in Paris. A series of skyscrapers are placed along that path to provide programs for the city, like museums, restaurants, or even housing. Constructed from a triangular steel network, plants and vegetation fill some of the voids, while others remain open.
One thing that strikes me about almost all of these buildings is the manner in which they the architecture and style of the surrounding buildings. There are exceptions, namely the Mexico City “earth scraper” and the Maldives floating island, but everything else on that list is built in the style of self-centric architecture, where the building makes no effort to meld it’s self into the local environment or atmosphere. This is one habit in the avant-garde of architecture that needs to change; the perception that what came before is irrelevant and all that matters is the present. Respect needs to be paid to the history and character of the environment in which you are placing a building, much the same as respect should be paid to the local climate and the needs of the buildings users.
Wow! That’s a relaly neat answer!
What a joy to find smooene else who thinks this way.
I’m not easily imrpsesed. . . but that’s impressing me!
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