Locally based Ratio Architects this afternoon unveiled final plans for a 
420,000-square-foot expansion of the Indiana
Convention Center. It includes 254,000 square feet of additional exhibit space, 63,000 square feet of meeting rooms, a new
banquet kitchen and 100,000 square feet of "pre-function space" including a three-story entry pavilion at the intersection
of Capitol Avenue and Georgia Street. The $275-million project also calls for a covered connector between the convention center
and Lucas Oil Stadium. Check out full coverage here. What do you think?
420,000-square-foot expansion of the Indiana
Convention Center. It includes 254,000 square feet of additional exhibit space, 63,000 square feet of meeting rooms, a new
banquet kitchen and 100,000 square feet of "pre-function space" including a three-story entry pavilion at the intersection
of Capitol Avenue and Georgia Street. The $275-million project also calls for a covered connector between the convention center
and Lucas Oil Stadium. Check out full coverage here. What do you think?
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Going into the ISCBA meeting, I wasn't holding my breath on the design. I left feeling pretty happy. We'll see if I feel the same after a good night's sleep.
Plus anyone in an office tower in downtown can tell you that black tared roofs provide a very ugly daytime view.
World's Largest Green Roof:
http://greenroofs.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/picture-gallery/
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wVWFOKdJHMIJ:www.mcdonoughpartners.com/projects/ford-dtp/default.asp%3FprojID%3Dford-dtp+worlds+largest+green+roof&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us
Still, I'm not fond of the roofline. The treatment seems to stress horizontality and sprawl, and the entrance cap looks like it could pass for a makeshift heliport.
A green roof might be a marketing factor to environmentally-aware groups coming to (or staying in) town for conventions...organizations like AICP, AIA, FFA, etc., and it should be thoughtfully explored.
It will do its job without drawing attention to itself. This seems to be the rationale of all architecture created for Indy.
It also looks like a bigger version of the IMCPL Haughville Branch:
http://www.imcpl.org/about/locations/haughville.html
This isn't a coincidence, as Domain Architecture designed the Haughville Branch Library and were also associate architects under Ration for the ICC.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070612/BIZ01/706120357
...i wish we could get that building.
As for the design, well, I don't think it's as bad as some of you seem to. At least it's a striking entrance. It's a lot better than most things downtown. And it does reflect the design of the airport, which I actually like. Overall, it's a step in the right direction, but it's not the architectural home run we've all been hoping for.
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