I have no doubt that Brad Pitt wanted to help with the best intentions when trying to redevelop New Orleans' 9th Ward, however; Frank Gehry, should have know better. Designing for the designer and not the client seems to be a huge problem today. I would say this house in the 9th Ward would be the equivalent of giving a poor person a Ferrari. Yes it would be great to own one, that is until you have to pay $7,500 for a tune up and $2,300 for a brake job.
True, the issues with this will be no where near the problems of Yamasaki's failed Pruitt-Igoe, but it is a clear example of neglecting design considerations of the people that will be living there. I'm really curious to how much it would cost to fix one of those solar panels.
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