Diana.: The Petersen Automotive Museum

Los Angeles California home to the Los Angeles Lakers, amazing weather, and the newly and improved Petersen Automotive Museum? The architect Kohn Pedersen and Fox couldn't have thought of something that is rather much more alluring.The architectural structure is an eyesore to the community of Los Angeles; more or so to those who reside within the Wilshire area. The design itself represents and takes up a great amount of space making it the center of attention when you stroll by. The design is made up of a bright red aluminum screen with an overlay of stainless steel "ribbons".. as they like to call them. Lets face it, the Wilshire area was probably not the best place to implement such design. The area itself is not the greatest or brightest which clearly makes this building an atrocious eye sore and show stopper.
Lets talk about the design architects ..According to Fox the exterior concept of the building is meant to "evoke the imagery of speed and the organic curves of a coach-built automobile."
The more we study the building the more we can relate to that statement that fox made. Sure it evokes the imagery of speed, but is that really the reason of why anyone would think of putting giant silver fenders around a building? Or did they simply want to recreate something similar to the Walt disney hall from across town or perhaps "steel"(steal,get it) some buzz from the new museum in downtown Los Angeles- The Broad. For whatever reason it might be this particular building has definitely caught some buzz over the past few months and none of it has to do with whats in the interior. Nonetheless, for those who happened to be out of town and havent quite yet strolled by fairfax and Wilshire; theres good news. The museum has setup two cameras so we can admire it from afar!
http://workzonecam.com/projects/petersenmuseum/petersenmuseum/workzonecam

JimmyMossJanuary 14, 2016 at 8:26 AM
Diana,
You make declarative statements, but your writing does not rationally support them. You use emotional language (atrocious eye sore [sic] ) without explaining why that is the case. Much of what you say references other sources. Most importantly for this exercise, you do not address how the work might be improved. In future exercises, please find design examples in your real environment-not online-and write from your own point of view about them.
Thanks,
Prof. Jimmy Moss