http://houstonist.com/2008/04/23/brochstein_pavi.php All comments for Brochstein Pavilion en-us 2009 Brittanie Shey Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brittanie@houstonist.com brittanie@houstonist.com 60 http://houstonist.com/2008/04/23/brochstein_pavi.php#comment-1346999 http://houstonist.com/2008/04/23/brochstein_pavi.php#comment-1346999 Comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:26:21 -0600 <p>As a Rice Employee, I am interested to see whether or not people really use the services and the structure does well. I'm glad to see at least some of the fencing around campus go down...even though the new Rec Center just added a new area of fencing.</p> http://houstonist.com/2008/04/23/brochstein_pavi.php#comment-1346650 http://houstonist.com/2008/04/23/brochstein_pavi.php#comment-1346650 Comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:41:14 -0600 <p>There's a long tradition of "follies" in gardens and parks, buildings that are whimsical or fantastic that serve as teahouses or cafés or rendezvous points or visual foci. So I don't mind that the building isn't contextual. But I wonder why Rice always is looking to New York and Europe for architects instead of Central and South America or Asia? Especially when our climate is semi-tropical. Also why isn't something small scale like this pavillion a test platform for architectural experiment - with new materials, or green energy production, or building techniques that are more radical? The architect Phifer is excellent, as nearly all the architects at Rice have been, but Rice itself rarely seems to be the site of their very best works. </p>