Comments on: Disney Concert Hall! http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/273 Susan Harris's blog about eco-friendly and urban gardening, plus the adventures of a DC-based garden writer, coach and occasional rabble-rowser. Mon, 24 May 2010 11:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michelle Derviss http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/273/comment-page-1#comment-1150 Michelle Derviss Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:50:17 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=273#comment-1150 Gehry does understand the importance of good strong landscape architectural design work and in the past has surrounded his buildings with excellent examples it, especially his own home in L.A. which Nancy Goslee Powers did the design for. I / we were not privy to the full story as to why Mr. Gehry and Ms. Powers did not collaborate on the Disney Center together but there were very evident overtones of a disagreement between the two over this project when myself and others in my group questioned those who were involved in the project. We thought that not much was being said as a professional courtesy to one another . Gehry does understand the importance of good strong landscape architectural design work and in the past has surrounded his buildings with excellent examples it, especially his own home in L.A. which Nancy Goslee Powers did the design for.

I / we were not privy to the full story as to why Mr. Gehry and Ms. Powers did not collaborate on the Disney Center together but there were very evident overtones of a disagreement between the two over this project when myself and others in my group questioned those who were involved in the project.
We thought that not much was being said as a professional courtesy to one another .

]]> By: susan harris http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/273/comment-page-1#comment-1149 susan harris Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:03:33 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=273#comment-1149 Deviant, I'm so glad you brought that up. I had no expectation of a garden but damn, you're so right. The plants didn't even catch MY eye - me who hungers for beautiful plants. Now I'm wondering if his buildings ever incorporate the landscape particularly well. Do you know? S Deviant, I’m so glad you brought that up. I had no expectation of a garden but damn, you’re so right. The plants didn’t even catch MY eye – me who hungers for beautiful plants. Now I’m wondering if his buildings ever incorporate the landscape particularly well. Do you know? S

]]> By: Deviant Deziner http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/273/comment-page-1#comment-1148 Deviant Deziner Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:22:54 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=273#comment-1148 So what did you think of the gardens at the Disney Center ? About 3 years ago I trekked down the coast with The Hortisexuals to check out the gardens and I was left with the impression that a second year horticulture student whose only experience was gardening in a residential back yard planned this garden. True the architect requested that she give the gardens a 'human feel' to it but when one has such a strong imposing architectural feature to work off of the planting scheme looks like it belongs in Gramma Moses back yard and in no way matches the exploding strength of the architecture , well, it just looks lacking and corn ballish. The Disney center would have been much better served if they hired a landscape architect vs. a back yard gardener whose understood the importance of strong landscape architectural design. My impression was " What a missed opportunity ". Frank should have worked with Nancy Goslee Powers and I bet he regrets this decision every time he walks through the wimpy gasping amateurish perennial garden. So what did you think of the gardens at the Disney Center ?

About 3 years ago I trekked down the coast with The Hortisexuals to check out the gardens and I was left with the impression that a second year horticulture student whose only experience was gardening in a residential back yard planned this garden.

True the architect requested that she give the gardens a ‘human feel’ to it but when one has such a strong imposing architectural feature to work off of the planting scheme looks like it belongs in Gramma Moses back yard and in no way matches the exploding strength of the architecture , well, it just looks lacking and corn ballish.

The Disney center would have been much better served if they hired a landscape architect vs. a back yard gardener whose understood the importance of strong landscape architectural design.

My impression was ” What a missed opportunity “.

Frank should have worked with Nancy Goslee Powers and I bet he regrets this decision every time he walks through the wimpy gasping amateurish perennial garden.

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