Comments on: The Langley Academy by Foster + Partners http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Eamonn http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/#comment-297254 Eamonn Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:00:16 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6259#comment-297254 Looks like a modern prison! Looks like a modern prison!

]]> By: Jake http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/#comment-295938 Jake Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:26:06 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6259#comment-295938 Outside gorgeous. Inside? Pink Floyd the Wall anyone? Just Lazy form making if you ask me. And the detail of how the louver support brackets poke through the wood siding is a recipe for rapid decay. Outside gorgeous. Inside? Pink Floyd the Wall anyone?
Just Lazy form making if you ask me.
And the detail of how the louver support brackets poke through the wood siding is a recipe for rapid decay.

]]> By: rob w http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/#comment-295899 rob w Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:18:06 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6259#comment-295899 hmmm, don't like to sound boring but agree absolutely with chip, jon & euan; also its like a smart shopping centre in somewhere like dubai. Not sure really how these spaces are supposed to 'teach' the kids anything? maybe not to take life and architecture too seriously.............. hmmm, don’t like to sound boring but agree absolutely with chip, jon & euan; also its like a smart shopping centre in somewhere like dubai. Not sure really how these spaces are supposed to ‘teach’ the kids anything? maybe not to take life and architecture too seriously…………..

]]> By: Euan http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/#comment-295891 Euan Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:43 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6259#comment-295891 Like Jon, panpticon and prison were the words that sprang to my mind. The 'soft' outside seems to give way to a rather harsh interior and the roofed couryrad's resulted in a lot of artificial lighting required. Like Jon, panpticon and prison were the words that sprang to my mind. The ’soft’ outside seems to give way to a rather harsh interior and the roofed couryrad’s resulted in a lot of artificial lighting required.

]]> By: Jon http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/#comment-295684 Jon Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:45:17 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6259#comment-295684 Many times people will compare being stuck inside school walls to that of being in a prison. Perhaps by coincidence, every interior image reminds me of a refined, "fun" prison design. Parallels to the panopticon typology with the central yellow form looking out onto the schools 'dayroom', and even the narrow, tall space of the computer room brings to mind the Alcatraz cell composition. A possible statement attempting to poke fun at school being a prison? Hope not... Many times people will compare being stuck inside school walls to that of being in a prison. Perhaps by coincidence, every interior image reminds me of a refined, “fun” prison design. Parallels to the panopticon typology with the central yellow form looking out onto the schools ‘dayroom’, and even the narrow, tall space of the computer room brings to mind the Alcatraz cell composition. A possible statement attempting to poke fun at school being a prison? Hope not…

]]> By: AMcA http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/#comment-295679 AMcA Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:41:50 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6259#comment-295679 Cool School! Cool School!

]]> By: chip http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/16/the-langley-academy-by-foster-partners/#comment-295572 chip Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:49:36 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6259#comment-295572 Really fun design. The current decoration seems a bit odd for an academy- it just looks more suited as an office for a design or software or hipster manufacturing company where they could personalize the decor a bit more. Seeing all these children in stuffy uniforms in such a sparse impersonal space just seems a bit too cold- you'd think with that function, you'd want some more natural materials inside. Seems like it will feel more 'friendly' if they'd let the kids put flyers and art on the walls ... Really fun design.

The current decoration seems a bit odd for an academy- it just looks more suited as an office for a design or software or hipster manufacturing company where they could personalize the decor a bit more. Seeing all these children in stuffy uniforms in such a sparse impersonal space just seems a bit too cold- you’d think with that function, you’d want some more natural materials inside.

Seems like it will feel more ‘friendly’ if they’d let the kids put flyers and art on the walls …

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