Slate architectural critic Witold Rybczynski takes a look at landscape architecture exhibition at MoMA, Groundswell, and points to why the WTC reconstruction has been a failure to this point:
If ever there was a place where a long view was required, this is it. Instead, although landscape architects took part in the 2002 competition, decisions about the site were dominated by architects who, encouraged by the public, focused on creating viscerally dramatic forms. Now, as Daniel Libeskind's project unravels, while the gaping excavation remains vacant, the unsuitability of this static approach is evident.The Aesthetics of Urban Renewal [Slate]
MoMA Exhibits Contemporary Landscape [theboxtank]
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