http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/unite-d-habitation.htm people, place & planning Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/unite-d-habitation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7872 nick Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:06:51 +0000 http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/unite-d-habitation.htm#comment-7872 Thanks for your comment, Craig. I hadn't thought of your point about novelty, but it seems spot on. And I ompletely agree about the ego thing. Thanks for your comment, Craig. I hadn’t thought of your point about novelty, but it seems spot on. And I ompletely agree about the ego thing.

]]> http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/unite-d-habitation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7501 Craig Kelly Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:36:45 +0000 http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/unite-d-habitation.htm#comment-7501 I think you've answered your own questions. Residents may like it, but do they really? The opportunity to decorate a plain box is appealing to some, and they probably don't look at the building as a whole, but most probably like the neighborhood so well that the building serves as a ticket to a larger venue. Moreover, it's an oddity, and most people are intrigued by novelty, at least for a while. Stick this baby in El Paso and see how they like their "habitation". It's the other stuff you wrote, though, that really gets the point across. This building and everything else he did is arrogant. It does NOT pay any respect whatsoever to the surroundings, nor the people who inhabit it. It only serves its creator's ego. I think you’ve answered your own questions. Residents may like it, but do they really? The opportunity to decorate a plain box is appealing to some, and they probably don’t look at the building as a whole, but most probably like the neighborhood so well that the building serves as a ticket to a larger venue. Moreover, it’s an oddity, and most people are intrigued by novelty, at least for a while.
Stick this baby in El Paso and see how they like their “habitation”. It’s the other stuff you wrote, though, that really gets the point across. This building and everything else he did is arrogant. It does NOT pay any respect whatsoever to the surroundings, nor the people who inhabit it. It only serves its creator’s ego.

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