08 August 2007

Cracking up

It turns out that the Guggenheim isn't the only place where cracks are appearing. Speigel reports that after only 2 years Peter Eisenman's Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is developing a series of cracks. With over 400 cracks already marring the structure, the project team has identified a synthetic resin that will be injected to address the situation. But, says Eisenman, this isn't any big deal:

"Whenever you build something that is going to sit out in the rain, in the sun and in the frost, sooner or later you're going to have problems, and especially in a climate like Berlin's," he told the newspaper. "Every construction has to be taken care of, repaired and mended. It's completely normal."

Maybe he should focus on building things indoor then?

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