(alternative title: Do you think ROTOndi is pissed yet?) NYC2012 went all patriotic, but not local, picking Morphosis as the architect for the Olympic Village, dissing locals Henry Smith-Miller and Laurie Hawinkson (you’d be inclinded to say, ‘Hey, kids, brighten up the renderings!’ but that doesn’t seem to be a lesson Thom Mayne has ever learned). Unfortunately, they haven’t updated the site to showcase the winner. ‘The Olympic X’ flash movie shows some generic Pelli-ish space planning diagram for Olympic Village (though there is a slide show here — via Archinect). Maybe the whole high-design thing is a dog and pony show (and don’t discount the suspicion; Atlanta made a lot of noise about art and design and look what that produced). We will wait patiently for the brooding, zooty renderings with copper highlights (and the signed contract) from the Bard of LA, before we offer our huzzahs to visionary design.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.
The Oylmpic Village falls plainly from the Mayne.
(alternative title: Do you think ROTOndi is pissed yet?) NYC2012 went all patriotic, but not local, picking Morphosis as the architect for the Olympic Village, dissing locals Henry Smith-Miller and Laurie Hawinkson (you’d be inclinded to say, ‘Hey, kids, brighten up the renderings!’ but that doesn’t seem to be a lesson Thom Mayne has ever learned). Unfortunately, they haven’t updated the site to showcase the winner. ‘The Olympic X’ flash movie shows some generic Pelli-ish space planning diagram for Olympic Village (though there is a slide show here — via Archinect). Maybe the whole high-design thing is a dog and pony show (and don’t discount the suspicion; Atlanta made a lot of noise about art and design and look what that produced). We will wait patiently for the brooding, zooty renderings with copper highlights (and the signed contract) from the Bard of LA, before we offer our huzzahs to visionary design.