earlier today - a different render than the one on YIMBY is on site:
Another bad Kaufman building. Boy has he damaged the cityscape irreparably.
why is it legal to offset buildings like that??
f#ck it would almost be forgettable
gene kaufmans âarchitectureâ is the only reason I wouldnât mind all of NYC being governed by the LPC (although nothing over 3 stories tall would be built)
Itâs a never ending parade of abortions.
Ugh another one.
Kaufman strikes again
Kaufman leaves his mark once again.
Here is my understanding of how Kaufmanâs building are designed. The massing (overall form/shape) of the building is entirely determined as a function of the zoning regulations & user requirements.
The FAR on these buildings means you can go TALLER, if your footprint is SMALLER. When the smaller footprint is used you get the âsetbackâ from the street-wall as an added functional bonus. The setback is a bonus for the small hotel because there are people loading/unloading luggage all day from cars parked out front on the curb. If there is no set-back, the sidewalk traffic would be continually blocked; causing patron & pedestrian congestion. The flat simple facade maximizes the âroom countâ per floor.
That is my general guess on how the Kaufman boring, set-back, boxes come to be the bane of Architectural Beauty on any streetscape they appear.
This gives rise to another thought: the growing capabilities of AI (artifical intelliegence) will render âbuilding standardâ architectural services obsolete. It all simply becomes an algorithm that responds to zoning & functional requirements - the final form factor being entirely AI determined by a given buildingsâ program requirements.
That is my pontification of the day; hope someone enjoyed itâŚ
You make sense. Hopefully architects will still design surface detail.
Every time I think he canât get worse, he finds a way to outdo himself. Youâve got to admire the creativity.
Another one.