Comments on: NORMAN FOSTER’S GREEN TOWER IN SIBERIA

By: pinky

pinky — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:04:52 +0000

at a glance its superb!
but is illogical to have tha being build in the middle of the forest! how can that be environmental friendly when that structure stood like a SUPERMAN criptonite in the middle of no where. Its even made up of glass for god sake! environmentally friendly????
harsh weather remember! how can u use complete glass?
not a good architecture but the design its superb.that i cant deny.

By: daigou

daigou — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:34:40 +0000

it is really a excellent project by norman foster, i love his design very much

By: citicritter

citicritter — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:30:45 +0000

brian – just kidding with the bragging about all my accolades, I was just responding to the jerky-ness of Michael V’s attack of me above.

Though I still stand by my criticism of this Foster pile…

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By: complexandcontradictory

complexandcontradictory — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:08:28 +0000

i agree with the dissenters here- just because it’s green doesn’t mean it’s good. i also don’t think we should always approach the green/ sustainability challenge with a technological approach. If it’s true that there’s no parking, and siting is taken into consideration then he gets some props from me, so many “green” architects ignore the siting factor.

By: brian

brian — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:05:47 +0000

What the ….!

By: citicritter

citicritter — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:44:02 +0000

Michael V: my “innovative, groundbreaking design plans, concepts” are in fact in the permanent collection of major museums of modern art, published worldwide, and have won awards too numerous to list here. With the tone of your own post, it in fact sounds like you are the one with the low IQ. “Jealous” I most definitely am not.

And FYI, my “inspiration” is found both in nature and in truly great design everywhere (even including any number of earlier Foster projects) — which this is clearly not. And it certainly is not “the same LeCorbusier bullshit”: — this can’t touch Corb’s better work. Foster here seems to be going for the big, overly-dramatic, expressionist gesture, like Libeskind — which clearly isn’t (and shouldn’t have to be) his forte. The reason it seems even worse than Libeskind’s rather graphic if not cheesy bombast these days, is this project’s pointless and overbearing axial symmetry (hence my terms, “cheesy, bombastic and heavy-handed” above– this Siberia project by Foster is clearly more about establishing an image of power far more than sustainability.

By: dipo-indonesia

dipo-indonesia — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:21:18 +0000

hmm……nothing new from this design. only oppulence ……..poor sense place…..

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:20:05 +0000

Michael V.:

This is the same le corbusier bullshit that is endemic to egocentric designers the world over. It creates crime, it destroys sense of space, and it creates sprawl. It has no place in green design.

By: Michael V.

Michael V. — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:55:41 +0000

CITICRITTER where are your innovative, groundbreaking design plans, concepts and or inspiration?
Go create something of substance before you rant about something you wish you could do! Sounds like jealousy to me or maybe you have a really low IQ and have trouble articulating your thoughts?

By: Chas

Chas — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:19:52 +0000

evidently you have to walk to the building or be dropped off since there is no parking provided.

By: Angélie

Angélie — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:11:16 +0000

There used to be a time when, by just a glance at a building, you had a fair idea of its location. From pagoda-style roofs to round reddish mediterranean tiles, dark wooden japanese houses… you definitely knew where you were.

Today, so-called great architects just keep adding their own mark to wherever they can win a competition… so don’t be surprise at those ever sticking hernias in the middle of landscapes. They have their style, of course, their designer’s style… but when it comes to countries, culture, history, landmarks… architects do not have any consideration whatsoever. This tower could just be built anywhere in the world and so would the London Gherkin or the Petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur.

Green… yeah, great. But that’s not all. By environmental definition, you need to respect your surrounding as well. This tower is obviously not eco-friendly to its surrounding, it is built in the middle of the forest with several roads leading to the building, meaning habitat fragmentation and biodiversity loss. It was positioned far from other constructions, meaning increased need to travel with motorised vehicles. Finally, the rainwater which will be polluted while running on the building and around will probably affect the surrounding land (especially as the tower is on top of a hill). Is there more to say?

By: Norman Foster的绿色大厦 - 绿色播报IF Green

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By: citicritter

citicritter — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:11:15 +0000

stunning? a diamond? environmentally friendly?

This is some of the most cheesy, bombastic, heavy-handed design to come down the pike in a while. There is no way this can be justified as ‘sustainable’ — and FYI “south facing atriums” have been used in one form or another for eons,

Foster is losing it in my opinion — almost as bad as Libeskind…

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:37:42 +0000

Why is it that all these new amazingly sustainable buildings stick out like a sore thumb? (Pentominium, the Bahrain WTC, etc.). Don’t get me wrong, if these structure are being built regardless, it’s good that they’re taking the sustainable route. But why aren’t architects taking a cue from Stephen Holl and his Whitney Water Treatment Plant where it’s hard to tell where the structure begins and the landscape ends? Thats good stuff…And also, is there some method of transportation or is car after car going to be funneled through the forest?

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:02:11 +0000

What a monstrosity. Just awful! Reminds me of some fantasy movie, I once saw, where the bad guy lived in a castle that looked suspiciously similiar to this one.

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By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:33:40 +0000

yeah. It’s in the middle of a forest!

By: lindsey

lindsey — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:24:16 +0000

re: that first image…..all roads lead to foster?

i hope they’re planting that forest around it rather than using an existing forest for a site.

By: Preston

Preston — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:17:17 +0000

A diamond perched upon a hill…