Tuesday, August 17, 2004
The New York Magazine takes a look at aesthetically pleasing barriers, and why some people are striving to create them.
4. Likening Jersey barriers to sumo wrestlers, Daniel Kaplan of Fox & Fowle Architects, which designed the Conde Nast Building, suggests a jujitsu approach instead--one that turns the attacker's mass against him. "Instead of a barrier, make the back two feet of the sidewalk strong enough to walk on but weak enough to break under a truck," he says. (Link via ArtsJournal.)
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