Ecstasy About Architecture

 

As technology expanded and grew our understanding about architecture, so did the ideas and execution of thought. In my opinion, the Downtown Athletic Club is a prime example of “getting too big for your breeches.” The relationship between the urban grid, elevator, and skyscraper exacerbated the programmatic experiences one has in a building by stacking and mixing program elements. The building goes above and beyond the understandable components of architecture and is too ambitious and congested with program overlaps to be valued and appreciated appropriately. I believe architecture like the Downtown Athletic Club went too far with technology and created a flawed sense of ecstasy about architecture.