People say you really appreciate a thing only when you lose it. Our whole department was just booted from our current building to another one, which the company has leased. The eariler building was nice, roomy, new with well set out offices and cubicles, wide pathways, plenty of ventilation and natural light .. the works. The new building has cramped cubicles, narrow pathways, lacks natural light, has depressing coloured innards and most of all is a pain to navigate in. The stupid thing is like a gigantic maze. I feel like I am a rat in some kind of weird experiment and I have to just bump and find my way around. No, really, I'm very serious. The building has been so idiotically designed .. it feels like the designer / architect / whoever purposefully tried to make it as hard as possible for people to find their way around. Absolutely noone is comfortable at moving around in this place. The first time we went there, it took me and my boss more than 10 minutes to find an Exit!!
So, back to what I started saying. People say you really appreciate a thing only when you lose it. Well, not in this case. This is like appreciating decent design. Puhhleez. Decent design is given. It ought to be atleast decent. If its worse, then you suck. If its better, you are cool. There is no way this is going to make me appreciate design. If you want me to appreciate it, show me a construction which goes beyond what is given. Always look up, not down.
Posted by anya at May 28, 2005 12:04 AM | TrackBackThanku Very Much! and people were laughing at me when I expressed similar views about my new office building. I know what you mean. My sympathies to you. Take Care.
Posted by: sbk at May 28, 2005 10:20 PMSo what's next? GPS for convoluted buildings?
Posted by: ajitomatix at May 29, 2005 01:17 PMTrue. Like how we feel about india. When we were there, we were dying to get out, and now we are dying to get back!
Posted by: nupur at May 31, 2005 07:52 PMI was not dying to get out. I came here for tp.
Posted by: anya at June 1, 2005 12:50 AMyour second para doesnt make sense ...first you start of saying you appreciate something more when you lose it ...then you say "well not in this case" but earliear you also said " the earlier building was nice etc" so what is the crux of it ...do you appreciate what you lost ...where does decent design come in picture ... r u stupid ??? or r u tying to say that in the future when u will be booted from this new office bldg ...you will not appreciate what you lost...like now you appreciate your old bldg ...dumaasss
Posted by: amazed at June 3, 2005 09:21 AMwow amazed a lot of anger there! have you tried therapy?
well, as I DID explain, just some stupid design wont make me appreciate decent design. Decent design is GIVEN. Point being, if you want to really appreciate design, you should experience a good design, and not a bad one. Also, missing my old bldg does not mean I appreciate the design of that bldg, it is given, means it is expected (if you didnt get what given means).
Posted by: anya at June 4, 2005 09:06 AM