Friday, December 2, 2011

Shopping with starchitects

present - past - present - past
Sanna - *****

remaining original social housing from 1920's; contains small independant shops - the rest is a monster shopping mall by Tadao Ando

Herzog and de Meuron - in & out...uncomfortable looks from the staff - they must get a lot of architects' visits..

A cafe from 1910's - one is not allowed to talk loudly..it's a place to listen to classical music; the seating layout is arranged so that the chairs all face the speaker in the centre of the room - very strange place.. Alice in wonderland meets Dracula.. everything/space is a size too tight, furnished in dark wood and heavy curtains..gothic.. 

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