In a recent article in the Independent, Frank Gehry said:
"My building in Bilbao cost $300 a square foot with a budget of $100m. I finished it on time and on budget and it doesn't leak. After 11 years it's still there. Last year it earned the city of Bilbao €320m – that's the custom generated by the museum for the city through the visitors it attracted. Walt Disney Hall was built for $215m and the budget was $207m and it doesn't leak and people love it and it works, and people identify Los Angeles with the building the way people identify Bilbao with the other building."
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/frank-gehry-dont-call-me-a-starchitect-1842870.html
Given that Predock says that with the CMHR's 'cloud', its "roof is more like a façade" (
http://www.cdnarchitect.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?aid=1000196130#), what will be the challenges - if any - of making an air-tight, structurally sound building vis a vis rain, temperature extremes, etc.?
There are a lot of unique environments within the building, e.g. 'wetlands', which obviously make the project even more complex. Can any of the architects or engineers here - or anyone else with experience - offer thoughts on the structural challenges of the CMHR? (This article was posted on the Vancouver board re some institutions which overextended themselves building-wise:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/ar...nted=1&_r=2&em)
Also, 1ajs do you have the diagram of the museum's glass siding where the words are legible - or can you point me to it? I've seen the image but the words were too small to read.
Thanks if possible. Either way, looking forward to more photo updates as I'm in Vancouver.
Looking at the overhead image below and the diagrams I posted on p.4, the building's glass facade is obviously positioned toward the southwest to take advantage of sun exposure and minimize wind exposure (I would think?), and the glass roof extends right to the stone structure. Is that a pretty straightforward thing to manage re structural soundness, and can Predock be confident there won't be leaking, etc. like Gehry says? I may not be asking the question technically correctly, but hopefully the gist of it is clear.
