MDC Wolfson Campus Development

[havok100]

I heard some news about it and was wondering if anyone heard anything or has a picture. It is supposed to have a cantilever roof. I think they might have a picture on the Daily Business News.

[dave8721]

OMFG check out Oppenheim's design for the new Wolfson campus building!!!!

Its a little hard to get to and they don't allow linking to thier images so you have to go to the site, click on projects when the main page actually opens and its the 5th project from the left on the 2nd row from the top between COR and Element. Its the crazy wavy building. Someone could take a screen shot of it maybe and post it:
http://www.oppenoffice.com/

[DGM]

I photobucketed a few images from the Oppenheim site.

[brickell]

OMFG is right. I can't say that I'm crazy about it, but this is exactly the type of building Miami needs.

[BornInTheGrove]

HOLY SHIT!!!

OK. What's it gonna take to get this thing built, but i mean NOW!!?!?

[brickell]

From the description on the site:

2,504,912 SqFt Mixed-use proposed LEED Certified
est. completion date 2012

As planned it will include the
250,000sf Wolfson Campus Arts and Humanities Center
146,400sf two-level street fronting commercial space wrapping the entire base fo the building
41,000sf open air campus arts quad on the 3rd level
250,100sf of office space
60,000sf meeting facility
40,000sf athletic center
798,551sf residential section with 1,142 studio and one bedroom rental units
300 key 268,400sf mid-range hotel
proposed underground parking

"...vibrancy at the street level is supported by the proposed bookstore, House of Blues restaurant and House of Blues Theater and other significant retail stores..."

[MIAMI MAN]

This building is the ideal building Miami needs.It brings a sense of diversity and extreme style, This building in my mind screams Miami! Is this aprroved and will it get built?

[Hanshin-Tigress]

How tall will it be?

[spellbound]

That would be pretty neat, although it's inevitable that some people would immediately begin comparing its shape to some parts of the human anatomy---if you catch my drift.

[Architek]

I love it and it looks great, but i can already see everyone saying that its a ripoff of Koolhaas cctv building, and the design for the new hong kong government...

[900Biscayneguy]

So where is this going to be built?

[coruna]

I'm not especially crazy about that building, but Miami needs something like that. Innovative designs and designs that challenge the conservative architectural opinions. That building could be the one "unique" complex/tower that Miami has, different from all the rest.

How tall would it be and what would they use the rest of it for that is not being used as part of the college?

I don't personally think that this building would ever get the City of Miami's approval, and many people would object to it. However, I like it, and I think Oppenheim should try to build it.

[BornInTheGrove]

similar... but not the same...

[dave8721]

Originally Posted by 900Biscayneguy

So where is this going to be built?

The vacant lot just to the south of the Freedom tower and north of the current MDC buildings (the pink ones):

image hosted on flickr

[Architek]

Originally Posted by coruna

I'm not especially crazy about that building, but Miami needs something like that. Innovative designs and designs that challenge the conservative architectural opinions. That building could be the one "unique" complex/tower that Miami has, different from all the rest.

How tall would it be and what would they use the rest of it for that is not being used as part of the college?

I don't personally think that this building would ever get the City of Miami's approval, and many people would object to it. However, I like it, and I think Oppenheim should try to build it.

did you not read the post above yours? Theres already 3 buildings being built around the world that look similar, and one of the renderings show the different uses in the building. As far as height it looks around 400feet.

And this looks like if it were an architectural competition or a proposal for a vision project, it def. doesn't look like a for sure project-reminds me of lynx if you know what i mean, doesn't look viable from a financial standpoint.

[coruna]

Architek, I agree for the most part with what you said....and by unique I meant unique to Miami, there's only a few buildings around the WORLD that look similar to that, most of the other condo and office towers that we have in Miami are not special, you could find tens to thousands of other buildings even in Miami itself and around the world that look similar to that. It may not be one of a kind in the world, but it's certainly different than anything else in Miami. A lot of the buildings downtown can't say that and among the ones that can, this proposal is more daring than anything else we've seen in a while.

[Toucano]

I like!

[BornInTheGrove]

Didn't dubai have a design for a building that was basically the Espirito Santo building but on 'roids.

Buildings get ripped off.. big woop. As long as no other building in America is designed similarly, i'm not complaining.

[Toucano]

It may be the same concept as the CCTV, but it is a very different building... think about how many buildings have resembled our citi tower in downtown, its just a box...I don't see anything wrong with the re-use and re-adaption of a similar shaped structure...

[nimbyhater]

thats fucking amazing... so naturally theres no way it'll eve get built, especially if its a county building, ya, like theyll pay the extra money for actual architecture

then again, they did drop a half billion for the PAC, so who knows