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Superstar
Who cares whether it opens itself up or closes itself off--honestly, the model doesn't bespeak anything more "thrilling" than the finished product. It's still the kind of Jack Diamond that Diamond-haters love to hate: glass or brick, it's just a neutral box, pure and simple. It's not like what Gehry did for L.A., Springfield, etc.
And as for being opened/closed off to surroundings; it isn't like the actual urbanistic effect of the end result would've been much different--remember all the examples out there of architecturally designed entrances/exits that, for fire/security/whatever reasons, had to be closed off...
And as for being opened/closed off to surroundings; it isn't like the actual urbanistic effect of the end result would've been much different--remember all the examples out there of architecturally designed entrances/exits that, for fire/security/whatever reasons, had to be closed off...