Last week I visited an open house at Portland State University to see the three finalists’ proposals for a new rec center planned for a very prominent position: across from PSU’s urban center on the downtown plaza bisected by the streetcar.
Although all three were good proposals by very capable firms, I came away with clear distinction in my favorites, which happen to be the exact opposite of how PSU came down in its decision:
Yost Grube Hall’s proposal was #3 on my list (of 3). Very solid, simple and respectable, although not the kind of design that gets one excited, especially for such a prominent building for the campus and the city. Their night rendering that ran in the Oregonian and is posted here looks particularly good, but some of the other renderings I saw weren’t in my opinion quite as striking. They promised a LEED Silver designation.
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