Comments on: Kurimanzutto in Mexico City

By: coozledad

coozledad — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:40:47 +0000

Why, thank you, Lindsay. Who knows what I’ll say before the first three cups of coffee.

By: LB

LB — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:18:57 +0000

This wins for comment of the year. Even just for the phrase “Jerry Falwell’s atavistic impulse” alone.

That’s the problem with most of these industrial buildings – they’re not where you want them to be. Lucky for this gallery, it’s smack in the middle of Mexico City. Not to mention that heating isn’t as much of a problem in southern latitudes.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:22:22 +0000

I remember getting into a discussion with someone at a bar about concrete brutalism, and he insisted there was, in fact, a place for it. And here you go. I think the exposed trusses are a big part of what makes this work.
In a way, this reminds me of how well a lot of late 19th and early 20th century industrial architecture adapts to a host of uses. We live fairly close to a huge, vacant repository of it, Danville VA. I think if the place weren’t in the cracker ridden hinterlands close to the heart of Jerry Falwell’s atavistic impulse, you wouldn’t be able to swing a dead cat without hitting a boho.
One a these days I’ll make some pictures of it.