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Hugh Hardy

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I have been quite busy from the beginning of the year, and so have only now felt able to acknowledge the death of my mentor and friend, Hugh Hardy, on March 17. The first time I saw Hugh was at a building where his company was vacating a floor, and I was involved in the renovation of that same floor for a new tenant. I found myself in the elevator with him, and was so flustered at being alone with a longtime architectural hero that I stood there tongue-tied.  That was in 1986. Three years later I had gained some experience doing perspectives for offices where I worked, and I began working as a freelance architectural renderer. Late in 1991 I got a call asking if I had time to work on the Vancouver Library competition. That competition was won by Moshe Safdie, but Hugh liked my work and we got along easily. I did rendering work for Hugh, as well as his partner Malcolm Holzman, for the next ten years. Although his projects were usually performing arts venues, he was quite capable of...
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Hand & CAD - The Wireframe Years - 13

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Tokyo International Forum Finals (F) This is my last post on the final phase presentation for the Tokyo International Forum. The following images are views that were dropped from the final presentation. They all deal with the Glass Hall or the Plaza, so there was no real lose in understanding from dropping them. The Glass Hall roof was perhaps the most distinctive feature of the entire design. It was essentially a huge canoe shaped structure, that was rigid enough to “hang” the glass “curtain”. Part of an earthquake-safe structure, it also was a beautiful sculptural form. Several ideas were explored as the design developed, as shown above. Above, photos of the resulting form at night. We tried out views from the bridges over the plaza.       This idea was dropped fairly quickly when it was realized that we would be largely looking at the tops of trees. A photo of the plaza from the north end. I found few photos from the bridges over the plaza, and, as we expected, they s...
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Hand & CAD - The Wireframe Years - 12

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Tokyo International Forum Finals (E) This is the 5 th of 6 posts on the Tokyo International Forum final phase presentation work. I covered the large auditorium in the last post. This post will cover the three smaller halls. Large reception space (Hall B) This space was designed to house large meetings, exhibits, ceremonies or fashion shows. The CAD model of hall B from above. Preliminary views of the space. Two different seating layouts. A sketch-over to direct the hand work. The final line drawing with screen films applied. A photo of the space from a similar viewpoint. Classical concert (Hall C) This hall boasts fine acoustics for enjoying concerts, ballets or musicals. The CAD model. Preliminary views. Hidden line view. With tone sketch. Final line drawing with people and screen tones. Since the space was symmetrical, we decided to flip the entire image. A slide photo of the presentation board. A photo of the space from the stage. I could not find any photos from the audience view...
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