The annoucement of three winners for the Re:Vision Dallas Competition on Bustler was telling in some of the interesting forms, and the consistency of veg.itecture as a vital building element – particularly the use of roof and walls faces for environmental, aesthetic, and productive means. Check out the full array of info and pics on Bustler’s excellent site… and as a teaser, here’s a few pics of the winners:
Forwarding Dallas
Atelier Data & MOOV (Lisbon, Portugal)
:: images via Bustler
Entangled Bank
Little (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Greenways Xero Energy
David Baker and Partners Architects and Fletcher Studio (San Francisco, California)
David Baker and Partners Architects and Fletcher Studio (San Francisco, California)
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It’s interesting to see the different ways that a competition will push boundaries, particularly when you apply these to a specific site and/or program. Again, these are all visions (or re:visions) so there are some practicalities as play, but that’s the key difference between competition and project – the lines are less distinct and the urge to color outside them is part of the fun.
This Re:Design stuff is starchitect landscape+(sub)urbanism at its worst. To be a great City, Dallas, you must first appreciate URBANISM. Compare Dallas’ attempt at sustainability to Denver’s “Living City Block” project – which integrates green building via LEED-ND with economic sustainability and livability:
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/taking_revitalization_to_the_n.html
Dallas’ downtown development committee must recognize that green buildings are only one part of civic sustainability.
Ann Daigle
Urban Planning & Design