Dog wrote:Perhaps both you and the Advertiser should read the brief and understand the process before espousing this shit, over 140 Architectural firms have spent thousands of hours of unpaid time developed these initial concepts, no one is getting a $900,000 prize for concept sketches. Theses concepts have been judged by an international panel, the 6 winning entries will now be funded to further develop their concepts further using public feedback and many hours of community consultation. Once again a great concept of involving the public, architects, public displays, has been trashed by poor Advertiser reporting and small minded nit wits who read the Advertisers sensational one sided negative view of the world and believe it!how good is he wrote:Makes me feel quite sick that the govt is paying $900,000 in prizes for this design competition...it was an unrealistic deadline they gave (as if major companies/architects could drop everything and produce much better with little notice and in a 1-2 month deadline.)
The thing is the govt doesn't know what they want there....and I doubt they have the money to develop it properly anyway....it should just be advertised internationally for tender and hope some billionaire will develop it (but they would probably want a second casino license to make it work.)
As far as the $900,000 is concerned, the good will and work already submitted by the hundreds of Architects involved would already be worth several millions if we had to pay for it. The process alone has raised the awareness of Adelaide, the site, the state, all around the world. Many hundreds of people have visited the site, know more about Adelaide and contributed in numerous public consultations.
If I was a local or international Architect who had worked hard to contributed to this process and reading all this uninformed crap I would be gravely offended and probably chose to contribute else where in future.
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Have a look at the winning entries for melbournes Flinders street station competition and you may just change your mind. What we have been served up is at best mediocrity.
