The Ando Building: Where does the water from the reflecting pool go?
December 2nd, 2009
http://www.vimeo.com/7942295
The Pulitzer’s facilities management gives insight into our Tadao Ando building in the video series The Ando Building. In this video, Facilities Manager Steve Morby answers the question: Where does the water from the reflecting pool go?
What questions do you have about the Pulitzer’s building?
It’s quite interesting to hear the explanation of the function and structure of the reflecting pool. It’s certainly of the magical features of the building and brings a wonderful sense of openness and vitality into the core of the building.
A question about the building that I’ve considered over many years relates to the smooth consistent texture and color of the concrete wall finishes. I understand there were some difficulties in achieving the result specified by architect Tadao Ando.
Hi, Andrew. Excellent question about the concrete’s smoothness at the Pulitzer. You might like to read this blog post: http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/2009/06/30/if-these-walls-could-talk/. You’ll find there a Steve Morby video and a link to Morby’s article “Constructing Concrete as an Art Form,” which explains the process of creating the Ando trademark. Thanks for suggesting the topic again for others who might have missed it, and thanks for your feedback. We really appreciate it!