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Old Posted Oct 1, 2019, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright View Post
The program of a building is not an element of it's form, it IS the function. If the building calls for 1.2 million SF to be built on this skinny of a lot with a street going through the middle of it, that's going to dominate the entire design. Yes, they could have made a shorter building with no blow thru, they also could have built two single family homes on each corner facing the park and not have even needed elevators... Are elevators now also "function following form"?
I thought the blow through was an after thought is all. It followed. The design or shell of the building was determined and thankfully kept, but the blow through was later determined necessary. They lost some high priced units with that, I don't think it was part of the program.
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