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Warning: the new library in Springfield has a ceiling that's a total puzzle
I was in there yesterday to pick up a book for my kid and I couldn't stop looking up. The main reading room has this vaulted ceiling with these weird, shallow curved sections, not like a normal dome. It's all drywall, but the way the light hits it, you can see every single seam and screw dimple. I mean, it's a brand new building, maybe 6 months old. It looks like they tried to do a level 5 finish on a surface that's just not flat to begin with. I stood there for like 10 minutes trying to figure out how they even hung it. Has anyone else run into a design like that, where the architecture just sets the finish work up to fail? How would you even bid on it?
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amy9744d ago
Architects love to design these complex shapes without a single thought for the poor drywall crew. That ceiling sounds like a nightmare, and of course the lighting shows every flaw. It's the same story everywhere, cool idea on paper that looks rough in real life. You just know the contractor lost money on that part of the job.
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grace_campbell4d ago
Yeah it's like modern design forgot that people have to actually build the stuff. Saw a new cafe with a wavy concrete wall that looked cool in the renderings, but in real life you can see every form line and patch job.
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