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A tower right there will not be taking a crap on Mission Hill, but rather, will add to and edify its urbanity as a dense centerpiece with minimal impact. The key is building it with parking held to near zero, and at an extreme pricetag. This 'taking a crap' narrative has been used too easily... The irony in your post is; the metaphor is fitting for the BU Science Bldg.... which at best is just the latest selfish whim from BU, eerily similar to the thinking of the Early '60s West End..... This building is far to anger-inducing, and polarizing to merit serious consideration for construction. It's especially sad, when BU has the recources to command world class designs, and work toward the creation of an iconic neighborhood. The construction of this morbid, gratuitous "thing" would be another nail in the coffin for BU--when it seemed they just might be turning a corner. Last edited by odurandina; 10-30-2018 at 01:57 PM. |
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What do the street signs say for the residential parking??? |
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BCDC presentation - the saving grace here is all the diagonal lines and trusses - otherwise, it would look like the same modern crap that both colleges have lining the Charles. Also, the street-level renders make it clear that the stairs won't look like a parking deck.
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The "the building mass references the scale of its context" slide is the stupidest thing I have ever seen.
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The architects are in town today, presenting to BU's Board.
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Agreed. It's a trope straight out of a sophomore year studio in architecture school. Look! I took the buildings next to mine, flipped them on their side and stacked them to make my building!
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Upon looking at this a second time, this isn't too bad from close up. It still looks out of place from far out.
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Love it! Build it!
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"The design prioritizes a human scaled,
walkable experience within the ground floor and along Commonwealth Avenue. " um......no it doesn't? |
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It certainly is something new for the city.
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Wonderful. Boston is long past due for an enema that clears out its suffocating design provincialism. This is that corrective.
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