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I love to see creative reuse of existing structures, rather than wholesale demolition. Also, when combined just right, people using one venue do not interfere with those using the other. This has a positive influence on parking, traffic, and utility usage.
Sure there will be structural issues and building regulations that may drive the cost to or beyond that of a new structure. At some point, people have to be willing to see the value of the intangibles, and decide the project is worth it. I believe these are people with a view greater than the bottom line, and I support them.
This project is a concert hall on top of a 19th century masonry warehouse in Hamburg, Germany. At the same time, the project includes hi-rise condos and a Westin hotel, which suggests the concert hall may not be financially accessible to everyone. Also, the structure dominates the skyline of a mostly lo-rise area.
Have any of our German readers been there?
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/herzog-and-de-meurons-elbphilharmonie-concert-hall
Sure there will be structural issues and building regulations that may drive the cost to or beyond that of a new structure. At some point, people have to be willing to see the value of the intangibles, and decide the project is worth it. I believe these are people with a view greater than the bottom line, and I support them.
This project is a concert hall on top of a 19th century masonry warehouse in Hamburg, Germany. At the same time, the project includes hi-rise condos and a Westin hotel, which suggests the concert hall may not be financially accessible to everyone. Also, the structure dominates the skyline of a mostly lo-rise area.
Have any of our German readers been there?
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/herzog-and-de-meurons-elbphilharmonie-concert-hall