[HN Gopher] A Rippling Townhouse Facade by Alex Chinneck Takes a...
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A Rippling Townhouse Facade by Alex Chinneck Takes a Seat in a
London Square
Author : surprisetalk
Score : 24 points
Date : 2025-06-06 18:56 UTC (3 days ago)
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| readthenotes1 wrote:
| More money than sense.
|
| In the UK is it more money than pense? (a play on pensive)
| recursive wrote:
| Personally, I think it's OK, and maybe even good, if sometimes
| humans do things for aesthetic purposes instead of paperclip
| optimization.
| impossiblefork wrote:
| While fun I always feel that grass and trees are basically always
| nicer than this kind of thing.
|
| It feels like a human imposition on nature, that we decide that
| we are to have this brick thing here, instead of whatever grew
| there.
|
| Maybe if it were a tunnel it would be okay.
| pimlottc wrote:
| It is a tunnel, you can walk through it.
|
| > However 'A week at the knees' is technically more
| sophisticated in every way. It also offers a more immersive
| experiences for audiences, who can walk directly beneath and
| behind the sculpture, enjoying it from multiple angles.
|
| https://fadmagazine.com/2025/05/20/a-week-at-the-knees-alex-...
| impossiblefork wrote:
| Yes, but what I meant by a tunnel is that a tunnel doesn't
| take away surface space whereas this does.
| pimlottc wrote:
| I'm not sure what you mean, like an underground tunnel?
| impossiblefork wrote:
| Yes.
| pimlottc wrote:
| Then how would you see the artwork?
| TeaBrain wrote:
| It's a small temporary art installation that takes
| virtually no space on the town square.
| recursive wrote:
| How about houses? I live in one. Maybe you do too. Are those an
| imposition?
|
| If they are, surely they're a bigger one.
| impossiblefork wrote:
| To some degree, yes. But we also need them. They aren't just
| decoration or something to satisfy our desire to build.
| recursive wrote:
| What about an art museum whose purpose is to provide a
| place to show and view art? What about a concert venue?
| appreciatorBus wrote:
| I'm inclined to agree, esp since this is in a park. That said,
| the article suggests it's part of festival and is just a
| temporary exhibit, so I don't think any trees were sacrificed
| for the sake of overly precious architectural fantasies.
| Zardoz89 wrote:
| You are missing the trees for the forest.
| Reason077 wrote:
| This is an urban square in the middle of London, not a nature
| park. There hasn't been a natural landscape here for thousands
| of years.
| mhandley wrote:
| It's only there for a month.
| egypturnash wrote:
| I wanna play this skateboarding game. :)
| hn_throwaway_99 wrote:
| The windows on this were _extremely_ impressive to me. That is, I
| feel like this would have been way easier if all the windows were
| just on flat sections, but one set of windows have about their
| bottom third on the bottom curve, meaning he had to fabricate
| curved window frames and curved window _panes_ , which seems
| really difficult to me. He could have easily "cheated" and put
| those windows just a tad higher so they were fully on the
| vertical back wall. Making them with that curve just shows a
| crazy attention to detail and really added to the illusion of the
| brick sculpture feeling like a flexible rug.
| adammarples wrote:
| Where is it?
| tim333 wrote:
| https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Charterhouse+Square,+Bar...
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