Friday, November 18, 2011

When architecture imitates life

Stata Center, MIT, designed by Frank Gehry


According to Robert Campbell (reported at Wikipedia), "the Stata is always going to look unfinished. It also looks as if it's about to collapse. Columns tilt at scary angles. Walls teeter, swerve, and collide in random curves and angles. Materials change wherever you look: brick, mirror-surface steel, brushed aluminum, brightly colored paint, corrugated metal. Everything looks improvised, as if thrown up at the last moment." And apparently that's the point. Freedom. No wonder college students riot and camp out in tents and go to jail without knowing why. Look what they had to pass walking to class!

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