Norman Foster Sustainable? - University of Idaho · 2013-05-29 · Bib Images • "Norman Foster Architect : Architecture." Norman Foster, Architect.N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013

Norman Foster Green?

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New York Public Library

• $300 million in renovation

• 1.2 million books evicted

• Lack of consideration for book delivery path from primary storage in Bryant Park

• Adds undersized entry ways for circulation

– Cuts through existing principle exhibition space

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Dallas Opera House

• Cut production of shows 2011-2012

– Previous building could cover cost in four shows

• Now it takes six

• Adding extra cost of rehearsal

• Conductors

• Artist

• Choirs

• ext.

– Previous building had 3,400 seats

• Now has 2,200

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30 St Mary Axe “The Gherkin”

• Tenants dislike glass

– Supposed to change in respect to light

– Fuzzy

• Lack of shading devices

– Curtains drawn detract from architecture

• Rejects Nature

– Model for the future?

• Cooperate

– Cold

– Repetitive

– How can it be a model for the future if we cant afford it?

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Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

• Expression?

• Craft?

• Meaning?

• Human scale?

• Detached from its surroundings

• Destroying our cities identity

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What makes green

• Efficiency

• Life cycle

• Context

• Benchmarks

• Ideas

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Bib

Images

• "Norman Foster Architect : Architecture." Norman Foster, Architect. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

• "Norman Foster vs. New York." Metropolis Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

• Kennedy, Maev. "Lord Norman Foster Plans to Build on the Moon." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 21 Sept. 2009. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

• "Norman Foster Presents New York Public Library Plans." Building Design. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013

Work

• "Norman Foster's NYPL: Not Good Enough." : Observatory: Design Observer. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

• "Norman Foster's Architecture... What Do You Think of It?" Archinect. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

Documents

Norman Foster Sustainable? - University of Idaho · 2013-05-29 · Bib Images • "Norman Foster Architect : Architecture." Norman Foster, Architect.N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013