D Wood Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Was this done in Vectorworks I wonder? http://www.shardlondonbridge.com/ Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I think we can all agree that the name "The Shard" is hard to swallow : ) My best girl friend... a literary genius & world traveller who speaks multiple languages including Italian... agrees that shard = broken. I asked her to suggest a new name: From Kelly R. Potts: Aspira Spira Conica Vitra Stiria (the Latin for Icicle) same connotation as shard --- but without the negative connotations... (i thought of an icicle off of a glacier when I first saw the building) ------------------------------------- Spira ends with an open aspirant vowel --- sound which goes up... with links to inspiration, breath, spiral, spire... + the architect was Italian for Christ's sake ----- the name was staring him in the face!! Perhaps not exotic enough so his firm had to reach into English... Did nobody at those discussions try the phrase, "Hey, do you you want to meet me for a drink at The Shard?" HORRIBLE! Quote Link to comment
monkey Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 whats wrong with shard, im guessing it is supposed to be like a shard of glass, which i think it looks like, i like it and i think it suits the design. spira, conica and vitra sound like comic book characters/ kids tv characters london has one of my favourite buildings, the gherkin, it doesnt matter what it is called, it looks amazing, and a bit like a gherkin. if this looks like a shard of glass why not call it that Quote Link to comment
Jodyb17 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 very nice animation. rendering looks pretty good. the design of the tower is underwhelming, a one-liner at best. Quote Link to comment
D Wood Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 A lukewarm response all round then. Well, I like it a lot - I see elements that remind me of the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia that he did some years ago, that spiky, tepee look at the top. The idea of having retail on the ground with offices above, then a hotel above that, finished off with apartments, makes the taper eminently logical. And the shadow is minimised, and falls on the river anyway. The presentation is amazing - they've inserted the model into a video, and even the trains, vehicles and people are moving, that's pretty cool. Any ideas on how it was done and with which program(s)? Quote Link to comment
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