Tuesday Evening Recap

Before heading home last night I stopped by a couple events taking place at the New York Public Library and Van Alen Books.<br /><br />First was a book launch for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8862082444/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8862082444&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Lincoln Center Inside Out</i></a>, Diller Scofidio + Renfro's "architectural account" of the 10-year transformation of Lincoln Center. The three partners spoke with Barry Bergdoll in NYPL's South Court auditorium. The coffee table book is uniquely made, in that the whole thing is a series of <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-talk-lincoln-center-inside-out.html">gatefolds</a>. Outside are full-bleed photos spanning two pages, and inside are detailed vignettes on some aspect of the process. It's an amazing book, one with a justifiably high cover price.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8638110714/" title="Lincoln Center Inside Out by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Lincoln Center Inside Out" height="454" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8534/8638110714_317466740b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />House lights down during the talk:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8637004901/" title="Lincoln Center Inside Out by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Lincoln Center Inside Out" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8637004901_4fee9b64cd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />At the end of Liz Diller's 5-minute background on the process, she ended on an organizational chart of the key players in the multi-faceted project; naturally (as admitted) they positioned themselves in the middle of it all. This slide stayed up for the duration of the talk and Q&A, and was referenced on many occasions. It reveals the enormous complexity of the project, something DS+R said would have kept them away from the project if they knew it beforehand (I'm guessing they knew it to some degree, regardless).<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8638110678/" title="Lincoln Center Inside Out by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Lincoln Center Inside Out" height="538" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8537/8638110678_b301ba6b4d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />House lights up during the Q&A:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8637004851/" title="Lincoln Center Inside Out by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Lincoln Center Inside Out" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8637004851_15f0eb4c0c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />After that I hiked 20 blocks down Fifth Avenue to <a href="http://www.vanalenbooks.org/">Van Alen Books</a> and the <a href="http://rivercity.vanalen.org/">River City exhibition</a> opening in a space behind the bookstore. The exhibition is the second installment in the River City series (first was on Michael Van Valkenburgh's <a href="http://rivercity.vanalen.org/tagged/brooklyn">Brooklyn Bridge Park</a>); it focuses on the <a href="http://rivercity.vanalen.org/tagged/cheonggyecheon">Cheonggyecheon River project</a> in Seoul.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8637004781/" title="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8637004781_30f5f3a42a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The gallery is accessed via an old kitchen:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8637004607/" title="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/8637004607_573a783842_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The gallery is a fairly raw space (revelers at Van Alen Books' launch in April 2011 may remember the space, a partitioning of the area where Jeanne Gang and Anthony Vidler were signing books) with panels placed in front of unfinished drywall and plywood.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8638110468/" title="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8638110468_90b599de70_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The exhibition started at Harvard GSD. Check the River City website for upcoming events related to the exhibition.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8637004683/" title="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life" height="462" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8637004683_82381495a2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

Tuesday Evening Recap

Before heading home last night I stopped by a couple events taking place at the New York Public Library and Van Alen Books. First was a book...

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