This mammoth thing is supposedly a building overlaid with an exterior "cloak" (of course it is - same concept as Wellington hospital incidently). This so called cloak (soft? fabricy? warmthgiving?...nup) that is said to 'drape down the sides in forms symbolic of waka sails', is this huge heavy structure that you see above this.
So i was thinking oh yip - thats cool, maybe the triangley cloaky bits go right down and tie down to the ground, therefore assisting to hold up the building - they certainly look deep and solid enough. Might even lend a nice "cloak symbolises strength and support" metaphor thingy. But nup, on closer inspection (the other morning, see a few posts back), it turns out they just hang there. The sail triangle things that are sposed to evoke 'cloak' are just sitting there weighing down that building like a big fat animal just lying on it. Its even all dented and geometrical so it looks like the building is folding under the weight. Why are they so solid? Could they not have designed some beautiful feathery light structure to draaaape over it - im imagining a sheet when you billow it up over a bed that you're making with no one else helping you - shading some parts when needed, protecting the building and all the significance it holds? More material experimentation please! I like how its angular and metallic - abstracting the cloak idea to fit into the hip and happenin' city waterfront... But the execution is disapointing - it just looks like it weighs a tonne! like its a common industrial shed that someone didnt want in that mint spot so they tried to smash it up with a giant-scale hammer. with the way the cloak structure is designed the angularness and the metallic colour is too much.
The interior space of the cafe is really nice though.. and the afternoon sun is aMAZing streaming through the big glass expanses. Yes, I actually hang out here all the time.
(http://www.wellingtonwaterfront.co.nz/development/Taranaki_street_wharf/wharewaka/)
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