Hammarberg, Eric wrote:
>
> I remember being at MIT soon after it was finished - MIT was gaga 
> then! I also viewed the Gehry exhibit at the Guggenheim a few years 
> ago, where they displayed some of his construction details, and 
> confirmed what we all already knew: his waterproofing details are 
> equal to all the other schlock architects who slather their plywood 
> substrates with Bituthene and cover them with expensive materials. 
> They NEVER worry about good detailing. Leaks and rot and mold will 
> soon result. More work for me! Like the 1970's Midas commercial, "You 
> can pay me now or pay me later".
>
As I recall waterproofing DETAILS for new construction were removed from 
architectural design practice some time ago with an idea that someone 
else would worry about it. Least ways the evidence in the field tends to 
lead to that sort of a reverse-engineered thought.

Yet one more example of architectural design that excludes any 
consideration of nature. I was down on the west side a few months ago 
looking at the new Gehry building with the very expensive glass and 
admired the broken glass as water cascaded down the facade... full 
exposure to the Hudson, and said to myself, "Wow, that is going to be 
fun for somebody."

It all sounds like post-post-chicken to me.

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