Framework · 12:36
// THE QUOTE
“people travel from china japan and this is one of their stops on their route”
— Kendall Taylor · root architecture inc
Memorable design-thinking nugget: planning the building around the streakers, strollers and stairs, and 18 buses arriving at once with 45-90 minutes on site. Niche-credible and quotable.
Full episode at 12:36How Root Architecture Designed the $11M Green Gables Visitor Centre — and Why Atlantic Canada Architects Can't Specialize | Kendall Taylor ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Designing with the end-user's movement patterns (fast-through vs. slow explorer) before settling on building form leads to more functional public buildings.
“we had to really think about how people move through the building — the streakers, the strollers, the stairs”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Other landmark projects and Atlantic Canada market realities
11:22
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 12:36 of How Root Architecture Designed the $11M Green Gables Visitor Centre — and Why Atlantic Canada Architects Can't Specialize | Kendall Taylor