kjb434 Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 I don't know when the people will go, but I'm ready for HAIF to go back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 I'm ready for HAIF to go back to normal.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>amen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lectro Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Please tell me that EDI isnt doing the pavilions now? I want the Laguarda Low design! http://www.ediarchitecture.com/Projects%20...oard/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Please tell me that EDI isnt doing the pavilions now? I want the Laguarda Low design! http://www.ediarchitecture.com/Projects%20...oard/index.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> EDI???/ Oh gawd! I don't expect Rem Koolhaus or Renzo Piano but EDI??? Could we get more mediocre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Please tell me that EDI isnt doing the pavilions now? I want the Laguarda Low design! http://www.ediarchitecture.com/Projects%20...oard/index.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 NOOOOOO!*slams fists violently onto the table* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Can any one tell me why EDI is looked at so unfavorably? Other then how ugly the back end of The Mercer Condominiums is. I just hope some of the cool architecture features don't get washed out of the plans. From what i can see from the pictures the facade of the building will be pleaseing to the eye if not too ornate. at least it looks like it will be aestheticly desirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 eelimon, have you seen the Laguarda Low design? Have you compared the two?I think mediocre is the perfect word to describe what they have done in Houston so far. The Mercer alone has turned out to be a HORRENDOUS SCAR on the city skyline. So much so that channel 11 actually did a news story on the building's appearance. Many people have called the office to find out if the building could be made to appear better. Some were even afraid to even go in to enquire about a condo there simply because of it's appearance. IMO, any firm that could make such a huge asthetic blunder, should be in remedial design school, let alone designing something with such city changing potential as the Houston Pavillion. Take a look at their site and browse through the projects on the board they have for Houston. They are all just blah, imo.Houston, for once in recent history, let's do something with a little class instead of seeking out something soley based upon how cheap it can be done. This is a grand opportunity here, let's not screw it up with a design from a company that has a blazing track record of designs that are mediocre at best.Can someone investigate this whole thing to see if EDI will be responsible for this new Houston Landmark?Hey Redscare, do you see why I'm so brow beaten? This is another opportunity that our fair city could screw up. Let us all hope there is another reason EDI has the Pavillion on it's site and the actual design to be used is the one Laguarda Low released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are these the Laguarda Low designs or are they the ones on the link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I will be happy when these people get to go back home to New Orleans and Houston gets back to normal. And when HAIF gets back to normal.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Oh, my! You're young, aren't you?Things happen, and the world is never 'normal' again. Change is relentless. I'm only (!) 48, and I'll say with confidence that the effects of Katrina will have longer-lasting consequences than Brittney's last marriage, or this week's popular nightclub. Please understand; this is huge. Bigger than Tom Cruise coming out, huge. As in, even the grown-ups don't know what's going to happen next. My parents lived through the Great Depression. I've lived through stagflation (google it) and waiting in line to get gasoline. You might see things you haven't yet imagined. We'll live through it. But don't ever think things will 'get back to normal'. They'll change; you'll adapt. There is no normal. How boring, if there was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 ^^I'm quite aware of stagflation and the great depression. When I reference normal, I'm refering to when the Katrina news story dies off. It will, news organizatino can't keep this story going for too long. As soon as recovery started after Huricane Andrew and the Huricanes last year, the news crews pull out and we heard nothing.Surprisingly, things are already starting to normalize. The oil pipelines are already functioning and nearing capacity. Several refineries are back online. The oil platform that excepts oil from ships to send to the refineries along the river is back in operation also. Gas prices are starting to lower to just above previouse highs. That news story died out.The levees that needed fixing are fixed and the water is being lowered. As soon as the real cleanup begins the news people will vanish. Yes, they'll do some stories of how bad some things look and the hiddend dead bodies in houses, but that won't last long.As soon as the news pulls out, much of America will put this thing behind them until some report in the future talking about government investagation results and the port of New Orleans opening. I'm already seeing news crews slowly adding in more none Katrina news to the mix. Anyway, the EDI design is what's on the Pavillions home page. It doesn't look that bad. The Mercer wasn't perfect, but some of the design was at the request of the developer. Architects not only design what they like, but what the client wants.I like those pics of the Pavillions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 The "news organizatino" will have no choice but to continue to report the seemingly endless stream of bodies being recovered from buildings in NO.This is nothing like Andrew-not remotely.[bTW: what is a "news organizatino"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 [bTW: what is a "news organizatino"? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Spanish speaking news organizations. You, of all people, should know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Spanish speaking news organizations. You, of all people, should know that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought it might be some Italian musical instrument... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 eelimon, have you seen the Laguarda Low design? Have you compared the two? The Mercer alone has turned out to be a HORRENDOUS SCAR on the city skyline. So much so that channel 11 actually did a news story on the building's appearance. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I see what you are talking about now after i looked and compared darnI can't believe that they did a news story (channel 11)Have you ever been to the mall in downtown San Diego it looks like and awesome puzzle of walkways and different landings decorated with Spanish tile and some Islamic motifs.Are we on page nine on this thread Yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 What is this Laquarda Low design you speak of? Have renderings been posted? Please tell me that EDI isnt doing the pavilions now? I want the Laguarda Low design! http://www.ediarchitecture.com/Projects%20...oard/index.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 yeah,I've only seen one design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Those renderings I posted earlier were LaGuarda Low and HOK. They are under current revisions based on the county's input. I'll keep you guys informed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 They look a lot like the EDI design. Is LaGuarda Low and HOK working with EDI maybe? Collaborations aren't uncommon and usually helps them win big clients over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 for instance, one firm will work on infrastructure, one on planning, one on interior, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Yeah,there combined resumes to impress a client to pick them.We do it in the engineering world all the time. We'll get a geotech firm, a structural firm, and a traffic firm to join us on a team to submit our qualifications to say TxDOT or Harris County. If it looks good enough to them, they'll pick us for the project. This is a little oversimplified, but the gist of the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 PAGE NINE COOL *EELIMON expresses a montage of emotions* Hey redscare were is my smirks no smirks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Please tell me that EDI isnt doing the pavilions now? I want the Laguarda Low design! http://www.ediarchitecture.com/Projects%20...oard/index.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL. Maybe EDI saw this forum, because the rendering is not there anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Ok I was thinking I had gone crazy because all of you were talking about it and it was mentioned on SSP, but I could never find it. Was it really that bad? DId anyone save the pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 so are they going to build this thing or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 so are they going to build this thing or what?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>YES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 so are they going to build this thing or what?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes they are going to build it! What would make you think otherwise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Ok I was thinking I had gone crazy because all of you were talking about it and it was mentioned on SSP, but I could never find it. Was it really that bad? DId anyone save the pic?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>No, it wasn't that bad. It was essentially the same stuff we've been seeing in renderings on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Eventhough it was not the most detailed rendering I thought it was pretty bland compared to the renderings posted above. And the fact that renderings usually exaggerate what the building being built will truly look like scares me even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkjones98 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Anyone notice that the EDI rendering of the H-Pav is no longer available on the website?Perhaps their plan is no longer in the running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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