Whilst I agree that it helps to have a groundbreaking building to bring in the punters and/or make the whole plan seem appealing in the first place, I don’t see why the building has to be impractical and down-right ugly.To my mind,an architect fails if he/she can’t design a building which is functional aswell as groundbreaking,particularly when you consider it in aviation terms,where the designs have to look right aswell as function properly.
When I suggested a ‘whacking great hanger’,I should perhaps have added that it wouldn’t have to be a hangar as such,but something which was ‘hangaresque’ in it’s layout,function and practicality.There is simply no need for all these jutting angles and sloping roofs,IMHO you can still make an attractive building whilst sticking to the basic four-sided hangar principle.What about a steel structure with plenty of glass to let the light in and openable hangar-like doors at both ends?And/Or perhaps with an ornate steel/glass domed roof?I’m just thinking out loud here,but my point is that surely you don’t have to design something that looks like a crumpled giant sardine tin.
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