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February 18, 2012
Metals in Construction, 2012 Facades Conference
A Daily Dose of Architecture
The high-minded architects of ShoP are proud to be tools of developer Bruce Ratner's.
After a schmooze break came Jonathan Mallie (below), principal at SHoP Architects and SHoP Construction. He presented three projects -- Botswana Innovation Hub, Barclays Center, B2 @ Atlantic Yards -- with the largest chunk of time focusing on Barclays, the stadium now under construction as part of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. It is wrapped by a skin of glass and weathering steel, which is being installed in "mega panels" that require lots and lots of help from software like Rhino, Grasshopper, and even a custom iPhone app to track construction progress. SHoP's presence at the conference must have been mandatory, since as architects they are trailblazers in exploiting collaboration in regards to digital fabrication. They are taking their accumulated knowledge and skill even higher with the modular prefab high rise of B2, but I'm not sure the architectural appeal of the carefully stacked boxes is as high as the skillfully covered stadium below.
NoLandGrab: Not mentioned was how the facade of community benefits used to justify eminent domain and governments subsidies continues to slide off of the Atlantic Yards project.
Posted by steve at February 18, 2012 10:43 PM