Comments on: First entries for Tiananmen Square Landscape Architecture Competition

By: shelly

shelly — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:18:12 +0000

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By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:13:58 +0000

Hello Alireza and thank you for your comment. I agree that it is in the nature of urban squares to evolve and change. And I think it is time to consider a further change to NAQSHE-JAHAN!

By: alireza zoharian

alireza zoharian — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:46:59 +0000

im alireza from Esfahan … Iran …. The historic square of NAQSHE-JAHAN is one of world largest historical square just like Tiananmem.we have made a change in this square (adding a pool and watershow in the middle of square)years ago.nothing bad occured!in contrary it caused promoting invironmental quality and sence of place here!so Chinese also can accept such a promoting idea.and be aware that world is changing without any stop! man should admire all situations simoltaneously…

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:14:36 +0000

It is of course an ideas competition but, also of course, it is better if the ideas are really good!

By: Aga

Aga — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:02:40 +0000

No one is redesigning the Tiananmen Square in real (not yet!!) but it’s a great opportunity for the yang designers and a students to think about different aspects of one subject. Should be more competition like this!!!!

By: stranger

stranger — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:22 +0000

Do you mean a visitor can determine the style of the owner’s home ?

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:12:12 +0000

Hello stranger: do you mean that a lack of money has determined the present form of Tiananmen Square?

By: stranger

stranger — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:47 +0000

One day, a visitor comes to your home and say: “your sitting room is useless and I would like to design for you because you have no money to do that.” What will you say… Welcome?

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:31:54 +0000

An interesting point, re Speer http://www.skylighters.org/photos/pow042699.html
But (1) being surrounded by columns of light is different from being in the midst of columns of light, just as viewing a line of fountains is different from playing amongst fountains as one does at Parc de la Villette (2) the fact that Hitler was a vegetarian does not make vegetarianism a bad thing (3) one might regard China’s current government as authoritarian

By: Joao Arroios

Joao Arroios — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:02:27 +0000

bringing one of the most audacious ideas of the nazi architect to life again… I’m not sure that mixing these images of the Speer’s “Cathedral of Light” at the Nuremberg Rally with the image of the Tiananmen Square is a very good idea…. the world has a history and it has to be considered. (and it would be good for the author to at least refer the idea of Speer. there is nothing worse than to forget to mention the authors we copy…)