Gehry in Las Vegas
No matter what city I live in, I can't seem to get away from Frank Gehry's architecture. In Cambridge, I lived less than a mile away from Gehry's Stata Center on the MIT Campus. Now here in Las Vegas, Gehry recently unveiled his design for the Lou Ruvo Alzheimer's Center, to be built in the downtown area.
Reactions to the design have been mixed -- business as usual for a Gehry building. But a letter in today's Review-Journal asks: Will Gehry's amorphous design confuse the very Alzheimer's patients it's meant to help? My inclination is to say no -- I have the feeling that the building is quite navigable from the inside, based on my experiences exploring the Stata Center. Still, not a terrible point, no?
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It might even work the other way. It's a unique building with a strange design, it might be easier to remember than an ordinary block-shaped building. I don't know anything about Alzheimers, so I don't know if stronger memories are easier to hold on to, but I do know that I'm able to remember what the crazy building in MIT looked like while I can't remember what the building next to it looked like.
People with Alzheimer's often can't recognize their own spouses and children. But maybe you're right in the general case. Nacho?
People with Alzheimer’s often can’t recognize their own spouses and children.
Right, but do those memories go randomly, along with everything else, or do they go at the end after the less important, less strong memories?
who said that?
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