Bell Labs Charrette Finds Opportunities for the Site
April 15, 2008
Bell Labs charrette facilitator Clinton Andrews has summarized “what the charrette participants learned” this past weekend
- Proposals demonstrate flexibility of building
- A range of cultural uses are economically feasible
- Program suggested schemes are combinable
- Opportunities for better integration into community
- Poetry possible from unexpected quarters
- Expense of energy was Bell function-dependant and this expense is not a necessity for future use
- Retain existing structural cultural landscape because of its strength: it can be adapted
- Price of land is low, various financial incentives for reuse
- Scale becomes an advantage
- Improvement by subtraction
- Model for sustainability which on this scale has important value, e.g. green roof space
- Puncturing is enlivening
- Vertical and lateral punctuation enlivens building
- Smarten curtain wall, retrofit it, entire envelope can be improved
- Atrium is more than open space, with possible functionality
- Landscape is integral part of work experience
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