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May 28, 2006
HALL OF SHAME: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Project for Public Spaces
Tired of New Yorkers whining about Frank Gehry? Well, sorry, but here's one more that you have to check out before you make up your mind about the starchitect who wants to transform Brooklyn.
Read about how a middle-aged couple visiting Bilbao became an easy mark when isolated by architecture.
Though it is near the center of the city, the Guggenheim shuns any relation to its context. The building challenges locals and tourists (not to mentioned handicapped people) to enter some of the least inviting public spaces and entranceways anywhere.
NoLandGrab: To be fair, a comment posted after the piece on Bilbao observes that the Millennium Park in Chicago offers the city and its inhabitants a more usable public space.
Posted by lumi at May 28, 2006 6:21 AM