for now, i want to post my pictures from my time in dallas last week, more specifically, my pictures of the site of norman foster and rem koolhaas' new buildings for the dallas center for performing arts. i posted on these buildings a few weeks ago, and my dad randomly got some tickets to the symphony from their provost the night before i left, so we went. the dallas symphony sits directly adjacent to the construction site, so i was able to run over there before the music started to take some pictures on the rapidly progressing projects!!! well actually, the foster was rapid, the koolhaas was hard to tell. i know they're laying the foundation for the parking garage, though.
this first picture is walking towards the symphony from the nasher sculpture center, where we went for this reception and dinner before the music. it's actually a very nice little promenade, though part of it is next to a parking lot. you can see a few of the 4-5 cranes on the site in the background.
moving towards the symphony, you can see that the construction site is wedged right up next to the building.
here's a picture, standing on the edge of the symphony's site, of the norman foster building coming up. you can tell by the distinctive (and when i say distinctive, i mean that in a slightly ironic way) spherical shape of what will become the theatre (which i included a picture of after this one, and which i think is a blatent rip off of henning larsen's copenhagen opera house).
here's a shot of how the foster project is placed right up against the symphony's side - it seems a little unruly to me, but then again, having them so close together might foster (so to speak) a sense of connectivity and shared experience between the two institutions.
during intermission, i snapped this picture of the foster site viewed from the interior of the symphony. at first, to me, they seemed weirdly placed in relationship to each other - but when i walked around to these windows, the relationship began to make more sense. it will be interesting to see if the foster dwarfs the symphony, especially when you think about the color and materials of the surrounding blocks - right now, it's a lot of sandstone, desert tones, and sea glass. the foster building purports to be so LOUD and laquerbox red.
honestly the foster building could end up being the most beautiful thing ever and i would still have it in for it. there's something snide about it. we'll see. in other news, my parents and annicka, and anne and jim, all went up to the ghost bar in the W (right in this same area) and said it was hilariously awesome.
i'm not sure i could turn columbia down, simply on the basis of how many guest lecturers they have - there's at least one lecture by a practicing architect every evening. i don't know what i'll do. maybe i'll make a decision simply on a financial basis. though they're pretty much neck and neck there, too. my mom is thinking about flying up to NY to drive me to ithaca for the open house on april 10 - that would be so good. i really hope she does. i miss my parents and annicka so much right now. ny just seems so dirty and mean. why hasn't ut austin written me back?
