The client here was the same as the H— house. The situation was that the city had taken some property under eminent domain, a process the state supreme court declared illegal in this case. (Some local bigwigs were padding their own pockets.) So the city had a competition: the “best” design would get the property for the paltry sum the city had spent on it. The model shows two buildings, a rather ordinary warehouse for storing boats, and a restaurant on the water. The restaurant was the product of months worth of study. You can only see the exterior here, the least important part. Interior models were lost by the client (a troublesome fellow) before photographing. The fabric of flows was less complex, more bold than in the residential projects as visitors would only have an hour or two per session. The goal here was subliminal sharing. The project was not selected as the “best,” instead a 30-year old box, owned by an insider, was dragged from a few blocks down and placed on the bank and used as a restaurant. No matter for us, as we used the design lessons later.
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