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“This is the country that invented surf and turf,” noted Bjarke Ingels in New York Magazine when describing his West57 pyramid, currently facing some challenges from Community Board 4. Ingels returns to Columbia GSAPP’s Wood Auditorium on Tuesday, September 25, to discuss his recent work.
bjarke ENGELS, “Gyre: Recent Work by BIG”
Tuesday, 09/25
6.30 pm / Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall
Columbia University
1172 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
September 25th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
I have two questions:
1: How would you (Bjarke) respond to criticisms that your designs do not fit the local context in which they reside?
2. What obstacles have been encountered with the Loop City plan, how are they being dealt with, and do you think such a plan could be applicable to other metro areas?