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Originally Posted by CHI -21c
Yes, it looks like the Guggenheim --it looks like a lot of museums. I think it looks like any dull 2000's WHITE, oozy-shaped "futuristic," "bold" designs. Zaha Hadid, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, MAD. It's all the same story.
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Diller + Scofidio? Are you sure you're not referring to another firm? I'm racking my brain but can't think of anything they've produced that could be described as "oozy-shaped"; certainly the projects that won them praise and attention aren't (Blur Building, ICA Boston, High Line).
The work of Zaha Hadid and MAD display superficial similarities, but I get the sense that MAD is more concerned about context/place. In the renderings for the Lucas Museum, for example, you can see the way in which the structure melds with the topography; people are (kinda crudely) collaged all over it like it's a hill or some other natural landscape feature. That was a deliberate choice on Ma's part and, in my assessment, underscores a belief that architecture should be interactive and accessible. Zaha Hadid's stuff, on the other hand, looks like it was created in a vacuum then forcefully manipulated into its site where it's meant to be revered by the native population. Whatever local references she utilizes during the genesis of her designs are so obscure or oblique as to be imperceptible to the average person. I personally think her stuff is beautiful, but I also think it's often insensitive and, at its worst, arrogant.