Comments on: Location Location Location http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/ > so much wonderful packaged in such a mess Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Time Passages (They Grow Up So Fast) | hugeasscity http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-88391 Time Passages (They Grow Up So Fast) | hugeasscity Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:29:05 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-88391 [...] 4.7.09: 8th and Olive [...] [...] 4.7.09: 8th and Olive [...]

]]> By: Rob A http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2736 Rob A Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:03:42 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2736 And, it doesn't quite work the way you think it does Dan. And, it doesn’t quite work the way you think it does Dan.

]]> By: Rob A http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 Rob A Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:02:56 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2737 Looks fine to me. I agree it looks like NYC style density - love it! Looks fine to me. I agree it looks like NYC style density – love it!

]]> By: dan bertolet http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 dan bertolet Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:46:06 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2748 Damn the torpedoes, I appear to be accused of objecting to density! Never!!!!!!!! All I was pointing out is that it sure seems like a pretty dumb choice for a site, assuming there were other choices, which I am, in fact, assuming, given that there are so many old lowrise buildings and parking lots in the area. Damn the torpedoes, I appear to be accused of objecting to density! Never!!!!!!!!

All I was pointing out is that it sure seems like a pretty dumb choice for a site, assuming there were other choices, which I am, in fact, assuming, given that there are so many old lowrise buildings and parking lots in the area.

]]> By: Spencer http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 Spencer Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:11:04 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2740 David, those pictures made my neck sore. I'm with Joe. Sometimes density has to mean building close to another building. David, those pictures made my neck sore.

I’m with Joe. Sometimes density has to mean building close to another building.

]]> By: Joe G http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 Joe G Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:44:00 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2738 I think that this is perfectly fine. As all of us know Seattle seriously needs density. Look at cities like New York, these situations pop up all the time. It is something that we are all going to have to get used to. Buildings are going to get closer together and thats the way it is. I think the cities plan for density such as this in the core is a good one and that it would make a lot less sense to see this sort of building in outer parts of the city. I think that this is perfectly fine. As all of us know Seattle seriously needs density. Look at cities like New York, these situations pop up all the time. It is something that we are all going to have to get used to. Buildings are going to get closer together and thats the way it is. I think the cities plan for density such as this in the core is a good one and that it would make a lot less sense to see this sort of building in outer parts of the city.

]]> By: David http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2747 David Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:46:31 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2747 seen from the west, you can tell there is actually not THAT much overlap between the two buildings. It does look pretty bad from this angle, but in this pic (below) you can see that most of the building face is not directly facing the Quest Building. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=449693&page=31 see third pic down in #604 seen from the west, you can tell there is actually not THAT much overlap between the two buildings. It does look pretty bad from this angle, but in this pic (below) you can see that most of the building face is not directly facing the Quest Building.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=449693&page=31

see third pic down in #604

]]> By: Matt the Engineer http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 Matt the Engineer Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:38:04 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2741 Heh. I was trying to be sarcastic. I do think you have a point, but only if you combined it with Sabina's. Heh. I was trying to be sarcastic. I do think you have a point, but only if you combined it with Sabina’s.

]]> By: spencer http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 spencer Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:10:28 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2742 I'm with Matt. We love our density but this is one of the issues we have to address when going up with more units. Not every scenario will be perfect but it keeps increasing the supply. This building is a shame, maybe, they could have stepped it back after a few floors. I do like the trippy spots I see in the corners of the windows. It's like that old mind game.... I’m with Matt. We love our density but this is one of the issues we have to address when going up with more units. Not every scenario will be perfect but it keeps increasing the supply.

This building is a shame, maybe, they could have stepped it back after a few floors. I do like the trippy spots I see in the corners of the windows. It’s like that old mind game….

]]> By: Sabina Pade http://hugeasscity.com/2009/02/25/location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 Sabina Pade Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:37:11 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2009/02/25/location-location-location/#comment-2743 I think the Olive8 design team has to take the brickbats for this one. The hulking Bell bunker surely isn't an easy office pile to love. Yet it also isn't likely to fall down, or be torn down, any time soon. Why did the Olive8 team choose not to acknowledge its existence? Had they designed Olive8 to complement, rather than ignore the concrete monolith just across the alley, the aesthetic and functional result could have been beneficial for both structures. Seattle might have found itself in possession of an impressive, even captivating, urban ensemble. What Seattle got instead is an embarrassing one. I think the Olive8 design team has to take the brickbats for this one.

The hulking Bell bunker surely isn’t an easy office pile to love. Yet it also isn’t likely to fall down, or be torn down, any time soon. Why did the Olive8 team choose not to acknowledge its existence? Had they designed Olive8 to complement, rather than ignore the concrete monolith just across the alley, the aesthetic and functional result could have been beneficial for both structures. Seattle might have found itself in possession of an impressive, even captivating, urban ensemble. What Seattle got instead is an embarrassing one.

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