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I present to you, dear reader, the virtual Arch:
Looks kind of funny, don't you think? It's still an arch, it looks pretty close to the original stainless steel structure that sits on the riverfront, but it's all wrong. In this digital representation of the Arch, St. Louis' signature monument loses all of its grace and poise. It becomes, well, just a pointy arch.
With new development happening within the City of St. Louis, with so many builders trying to erect new "old" buildings, developers must be held to some basic standard of design. Proportion, detailing, scale, massing, how a structure relates to the street are all things that should be scrutinized and perfected when building new in the City. The people who built St. Louis knew what they were doing, shouldn't the people who are rebuilding our City be held to the same standard?
The small things matter. Design matters. If the real Gateway Arch looked like the one pictured above, it would be hailed as a folly instead of the stunning piece of architectural sculpture it is. Fortunately for us, Eero Saarinen paid attention to the details.
Looks kind of funny, don't you think? It's still an arch, it looks pretty close to the original stainless steel structure that sits on the riverfront, but it's all wrong. In this digital representation of the Arch, St. Louis' signature monument loses all of its grace and poise. It becomes, well, just a pointy arch.
With new development happening within the City of St. Louis, with so many builders trying to erect new "old" buildings, developers must be held to some basic standard of design. Proportion, detailing, scale, massing, how a structure relates to the street are all things that should be scrutinized and perfected when building new in the City. The people who built St. Louis knew what they were doing, shouldn't the people who are rebuilding our City be held to the same standard?
The small things matter. Design matters. If the real Gateway Arch looked like the one pictured above, it would be hailed as a folly instead of the stunning piece of architectural sculpture it is. Fortunately for us, Eero Saarinen paid attention to the details.
1 comments:
By
Jim, at
2:28 PM
Alas, somebody didn't bother looking at the equation before making that mock-up.
parabola != catenary