For about 10 years, I have been considering the experience of traveling from Denver to Boulder along a route of architectural art. I became fascinated by a project I first discovered online from Hannover. This German city had commissioned a series of architectural miniatures designed by the world most exciting architects. Rather than models or temporary art installations the city challenged architects to build functional structures but structures that were small. In this ingenious way, the leaders of Hannover had provided the architectural community with a way to interpret their voice but in a dialect they most likely had not spoken. Hannover had asked architects to express their art and technology, their sense of humanity and their use of materials to build…bus stops.
I am a car guy, a master of my own machine. At first, the idea of propagating mass transit in Boulder seemed alien but then the realization that architectually crafted bus stops would also be beacons on the road travelled by everyone. This realization illuminated the idea further. Imagine a route from Denver to Boulder along the beautiful corridors of city and country, concrete and open space; leading locals and travelers along their daily journey. What an amazing experience to see over a period of 10 years…a diary of the world’s leading architects.
This is why this collection of thoughts is called Glidepath…a journey of ideas
Of course, just as easily I could have subtitled this “glidepath” as a journey of mathmatics, of inspirations, of artistry, of construction, of spacial dances, or sarcastically as public private foley. But I believe and have for 10 years that this Glidepath can be an open air museum of intellect, artististic expression and municipal stewartship.
