Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Elevated Garden For Aberdee

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It's official. After being shelved last fall for its £140 million price tag, Diller Scofidio + Renfro's ambitious plan to transform a city garden in Aberdeen, Scotland, into an aerial web of granite-paved greenways is being scrapped. Aberdeen's city council has announced its redevelopment plans for the city center, which include only a £20 million allowance for pedestrian amenities. As city councillor Fraser Forsyth told the Evening Express, the Granite Web—as the project is known—has entered the realm of a "totally imaginary situation" alongside "unicorns and tooth fairies." The firm's design, which bested Foster + Partners in a competition last year, had lots of public support. But in August, the proposal lost in the city council in a close vote, 22–20. This week's decision nailed the coffin shut for DS+R's exuberant plan, meaning that Aberdeenians will lose out on a groovy subterranean amphitheater, sloping gardens that seem to pop out of the landscape, and the general cool factor of walking around on a giant sculpture.
The very good news is that the just-approved £300 million package will go to improving schools, roads, and cultural centers—you know, things cities actually need.

















Images courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro


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