Convention Center of the Future?

Posted by slackmeyer
on May 1, 2008M at 11:02 am

Doing something better than iconic.  That’s the vision of architectural students I met with earlier this week at the studio of Hans Butzer along Film Row.  The story is here.

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The top three sketches are by OU architectural student Brent Gathright, who is also known as BG918 at www.okctalk.com

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OU architectural student Kimberly Monroe envisions a convention center that would collect rainwater from the roof and circulate it in an interior courtyard, as shown below.

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Kyung Namgoong drew her inspiration from the city’s terrain:

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Architecture, Conventions, Core to Shore

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Comments
Comment by Andrew on May 1, 2008 @ 12:32 pm

Sophomore projects at best.

Comment by Michael on May 1, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

I think the first one is the best of the group….

Comment by Patrick on May 1, 2008 @ 8:50 pm

One hail storm, and the last one is a goner.

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