[Via Verde, Grimshaw Architects, Dattner Architects, Nova Iorque]
O New York Times tem novo crítico de arquitectura. E Michael Kimmelman anuncia ao que vem:
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The profession, or in any case much talk about it, has been fixated for too long on brand-name luxury objects and buildings as sculptures instead of attending to the richer, broader, more urgent vein of public policy and community engagement, in which aesthetics play a part.
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Green design, when it hasn’t been turned into a gimmick and marketing device, has mostly been pushed publicly for its environmental benefits and lower energy costs. But the promotion of health is green’s other, less trumpeted side. What is a healthy building?
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The greenest and most economical architecture is ultimately the architecture that is preserved because it’s cherished. Bad designs, demolished after 20 years, as so many ill-conceived housing projects have been, are the costliest propositions in the end.
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Of course a building consists of more than its skin and the claims of its makers. Its aesthetics remain inseparable from its function. It has to work, for the people who use it and live with it, not just see it. The real test for Via Verde — watch this space — will be once its residents have settled in, to see how green and healthy and gracious they actually find it.
Todo um programa, como se usa dizer.
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