Rusty Barclays Center

[pete clemenza]

Looks nice too me

 

[radio rahiem]

If Populous had built that, it woulda been all gray and shyt looking like a stainless steel fridge like Jet Life.

parking,
but besides that, lets wait on the finished product before judgement

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Looks nice too me

U trippin.

But imagine the original design in West La or Inglewood for the Clips

 

[pete clemenza]

U trippin.

But imagine the original design in West La or Inglewood for the Clips

It reminded me of the stadium in South Africa during the world cup

 

[Duvali]

it looks rusted because its weathered steel. Weather wreaks havoc on steel. This avoids the constant paint jobs that have been done to protect steel.



Aesthetically though

 

[The War Report]

lbut the building is gonna leave stains tho. Theyre cool with that? Millions of square feet worth of rust leaking all over the streets...

Did you read the article?

 

[boskey]

Did you read the article?

No. I read that on Yahoo...

 

[Brady-Carter]

 

[Clem]

New York Knicks new uniforms leaked? - CBSSports.com

I wonder if the decision to go with New York across the front is in response to the Nets jerseys that jsut say Brooklyn.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

The inside looks like Fed Ex forum. Its just not many people thinking outside the box anymore

 

[The War Report]

I wonder if the decision to go with New York across the front is in response to the Nets jerseys that jsut say Brooklyn.

 

[pbconnect]

I like it.....I think it looks better than MSG in my opinion. To me MSG looks like an old reference library or government building or something.

But then again I've never seen either of them in real life........

 

[Brady-Carter]

The inside looks like Fed Ex forum. Its just not many people thinking outside the box anymore

Barclays is based off of Conseco fieldhouse.

In a March lecture just posted to YouTube, Barclays Center architect Gregg Pasquarelli describes how Bruce Ratner, under pressure from bankers, critics and the city in 2009, had to twice change plans for the arena, and at one point even took an off-the-shelf design for Indianapolis' Conseco Field House and plunked it down in the middle of Brooklyn.

Pasquarelli notes that the economic crisis of 2008 forced Ratner to abandon the original and highly praised Frank Gehry design for Barclays Center because it was predicated on having four towers surround the arena, towers that couldn't be financed.

As pressure mounted, Ratner went to his construction company and asked what could be done. Hunt Construction in turn went to Ellerbe Becket who have designed nearly half the NBA's arenas and asked them to find a design. "They went to all of their buildings, they picked out Indianapolis," said Pasquarelli. "They took it, they put it in New York and they ordered the steel so they could get it in the ground."

It was only after the city objected to "a bit of a bait and switch" in replacing a Gehry design with a "field house", that Pasquarelli's firm, SHoP, get the commission. They came up with a new design for Barclays Center in seven weeks.

More.

How Barclays Center Got Its Look - NetsDaily

 

[tremonthustler1]

The inside looks like Fed Ex forum. Its just not many people thinking outside the box anymore

It's being built by the same company that built FedEx Forum

 

[Ready2Run]

I remember seeing some crazy design for this a few years back, guess that didnt go through