http://www.panamarq.com architecture, design, urbanism Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.panamarq.com/2010/12/panatropolis-panamas-airport-city/#comment-74 darien Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:16:08 +0000 http://www.panamarq.com/?p=229#comment-74 chuleta, pero qué nombre más horroroso. chuleta, pero qué nombre más horroroso.

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]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2009/06/panama-the-dubai-of-the-americas-why/#comment-53 admin Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:22:42 +0000 http://panamarq.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-53 Great Analysis Javier! You point out some of the really great things of Panama City. I hope that the city planners will build off of these successful neighborhoods rather than seeing them as an obstacle to modernization which my city of Boston suffered from in the 1960's and 70's with Urban Redevelopment. Great Analysis Javier! You point out some of the really great things of Panama City. I hope that the city planners will build off of these successful neighborhoods rather than seeing them as an obstacle to modernization which my city of Boston suffered from in the 1960′s and 70′s with Urban Redevelopment.

]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2009/06/panama-the-dubai-of-the-americas-why/#comment-52 JavierX Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:11:06 +0000 http://panamarq.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-52 Punta Pacifica is a disaster- but like most disasters you can't help but stare! God it is a glorious mistake! Panama still has neighborhoods where normal people will continue (as they always have) to live: El Cangrejo- near the University with its quasi intellectual feel and low key restaurants. Bella Vista with its converted mansions housing the city's finest dining, dancing and club life, San Francisco which feels a bit like a high rise West LA and Casco Viejo a now thriving artsy, cultural focal point in the colonial area of San Felipe. The Manhattanization or Sao Paolofication of Panama is definitely a good thing for the economy and the fastest way to catapult Panama to the future. while Dubai is OVER planned, Panama is recklessly unplanned- in many ways similar to how lower Manhattan developed prior to the 1811 Commissioners Plan (grid). Eventually there will be enough expressways to handle the traffic and better public transit (buses and a metro) but for the time being it often reminds me of what Rome must have been like in the post war era- big american cars clogging every road, sidewalk cafes and restaurants full of people and seedy bars and clubs everywhere- La Dolce Vita! No wonder they even named a street Via Veneto right smack in the old downtown off Via Espana! Punta Pacifica is a disaster- but like most disasters you can’t help but stare! God it is a glorious mistake!
Panama still has neighborhoods where normal people will continue (as they always have) to live: El Cangrejo- near the University with its quasi intellectual feel and low key restaurants. Bella Vista with its converted mansions housing the city’s finest dining, dancing and club life, San Francisco which feels a bit like a high rise West LA and Casco Viejo a now thriving artsy, cultural focal point in the colonial area of San Felipe.
The Manhattanization or Sao Paolofication of Panama is definitely a good thing for the economy and the fastest way to catapult Panama to the future. while Dubai is OVER planned, Panama is recklessly unplanned- in many ways similar to how lower Manhattan developed prior to the 1811 Commissioners Plan (grid). Eventually there will be enough expressways to handle the traffic and better public transit (buses and a metro) but for the time being it often reminds me of what Rome must have been like in the post war era- big american cars clogging every road, sidewalk cafes and restaurants full of people and seedy bars and clubs everywhere- La Dolce Vita! No wonder they even named a street Via Veneto right smack in the old downtown off Via Espana!

]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2010/11/giro-urbano/#comment-49 Sefa Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:33:15 +0000 http://www.panamarq.com/?p=222#comment-49 i commend your mission to promote the works of young designers. Most are talented designers like Giro Urbano, but without exposure gets fizzled out by the heavyweights on the architectural scene. The downside is that great ideas are lost. There is a real need for the kind of "green urban rehab" projects Giro Urbano is undertaking in most developing countries. A hybrid team of landscape designers, urbanist and architects. Hope they get a project built because that is the only way people will really understand their vision. i commend your mission to promote the works of young designers. Most are talented designers like Giro Urbano, but without exposure gets fizzled out by the heavyweights on the architectural scene. The downside is that great ideas are lost. There is a real need for the kind of “green urban rehab” projects Giro Urbano is undertaking in most developing countries. A hybrid team of landscape designers, urbanist and architects. Hope they get a project built because that is the only way people will really understand their vision.

]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2010/09/bnp-tower-the-panama-city-waterfront-initiative/#comment-46 Kate Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:10:59 +0000 http://www.panamarq.com/?p=196#comment-46 I actually like this building a lot. It reminds me a lot of the Gherkin in London but I think this type of architecture in this context is a lot more beautiful. PC needs an interesting skyline. It will be interesting to see what actually is built here. I actually like this building a lot. It reminds me a lot of the Gherkin in London but I think this type of architecture in this context is a lot more beautiful. PC needs an interesting skyline. It will be interesting to see what actually is built here.

]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2010/09/bnp-tower-the-panama-city-waterfront-initiative/#comment-41 admin Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:16:02 +0000 http://www.panamarq.com/?p=196#comment-41 thanks for the update Darien! I wish SOM could work with a local firm in developing this project. It would be a shame to see this design outsourced to the lowest bidder. Unfortunately, I see more and more that clients don't want to spend money on architects. thanks for the update Darien! I wish SOM could work with a local firm in developing this project. It would be a shame to see this design outsourced to the lowest bidder. Unfortunately, I see more and more that clients don’t want to spend money on architects.

]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2010/09/bnp-tower-the-panama-city-waterfront-initiative/#comment-40 Darien Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:27:02 +0000 http://www.panamarq.com/?p=196#comment-40 oh snap. i love a good punchline. alas, SOM's involvement doesn't go beyond this here conceptual design. right now the government must be receiving or evaluating proposals from other (local?) firms for DD and CD, so who knows what the final thing will end up looking like. fingers crossed. oh snap. i love a good punchline.
alas, SOM’s involvement doesn’t go beyond this here conceptual design. right now the government must be receiving or evaluating proposals from other (local?) firms for DD and CD, so who knows what the final thing will end up looking like.
fingers crossed.

]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2010/09/bnp-tower-the-panama-city-waterfront-initiative/#comment-39 admin Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:03:03 +0000 http://www.panamarq.com/?p=196#comment-39 The form allows for more flexible and efficient floor plates, unobstructed by a column grid. Also, the wind load of the structure is decreased because there are no flat surfaces to act as a "sail" and capture the full force of the wind. This allows for less structure to be used, saving on resources. I feel that this simple shape will definitely make the building stand out on the skyline. Many buildings try to become recognizable by going to extremes (look at the twisting towers), but I feel that simple and iconic is true beauty in the case of skyscrapers. The form allows for more flexible and efficient floor plates, unobstructed by a column grid. Also, the wind load of the structure is decreased because there are no flat surfaces to act as a “sail” and capture the full force of the wind. This allows for less structure to be used, saving on resources. I feel that this simple shape will definitely make the building stand out on the skyline. Many buildings try to become recognizable by going to extremes (look at the twisting towers), but I feel that simple and iconic is true beauty in the case of skyscrapers.

]]> http://www.panamarq.com/2010/09/bnp-tower-the-panama-city-waterfront-initiative/#comment-38 Sefako Gbomita Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:44:00 +0000 http://www.panamarq.com/?p=196#comment-38 Skidmore has been doing towers for ages though so you can expect this kind of quality proposal from them; esp a project of this magnitude which will dominate the Panamian skyline, anything less astonishing would have been disappointing. i am still interested to know what inspired the form though. Skidmore has been doing towers for ages though so you can expect this kind of quality proposal from them; esp a project of this magnitude which will dominate the Panamian skyline, anything less astonishing would have been disappointing. i am still interested to know what inspired the form though.

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