Comments on: Industrial Arts, IBA Emscher Park

By: Carlos Marques Barceló

Carlos Marques Barceló — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:50:39 +0000

Very nice, Ralf
The interesting thing, is you are actions that continue noses in our prejudices, because of the supposedly ugly can get something nice as they did in the tank space your city, santa cruz de tenerife.. See if elpróximo millennium refinery and leverage move something there and keep the Olympic flame!

By: Ralf Veyras

Ralf Veyras — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:32:06 +0000

I consider this type of interventions or approaches, are a role model to regenerate degraded island spaces, and return them to the public as well as leisure spaces strengthening the economy of the place. However, I see difficult that can get ahead in Canary approaches like these,by inefficient management level contrasted, a parte de la maraña normativa en la que nos movemos.

By: Federico Garcia Barba

Federico Garcia Barba — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:23:57 +0000

The problem with this type of action is that, later, solo se perciben a partir de las imágenes resultantes de las obras artísticas y arquitectónicas.
Thereby, queda sepultado el inmenso esfuerzo de coordinación de actores y gestión de enormes recursos que hay detrás.
Many public officials believe that to fix a city or region you just have to push through a flagship project and is already. When the issue is much more complex when you have to manage huge amounts of money, programar una adecuada financiación y evitar su despilfarro.
For this, needed ad-hoc administrative structures that can not be those with which municipalities usually have. Too bad so many efforts lost badly implemented approaches.
Here in the Canaries, tenemos muchísimos ejemplos fruto de la constate improvisación de quienes están al frente que no planifican a medio y largo plazo.
I have been in Emscher Park and marveled at the transformation of the old kilns park Thyssen, near Duisburg. A landscape architect Peter Latz work, I think it is interesting to visit and I recommend as an example of a job well focused and executed.