Byker Wall

The Byker Wall video was hard to take seriously due to Beatrix’s heavy accent. Epic music played in the background as the camera angled up towards Byker Wall. The video montages were almost humorous. All joking aside, the Byker Wall did not look too interesting to me. Maybe it was the specific footage in the movie, or maybe it really isn’t good design. I was expecting something more grand, (maybe because of the music!) than what I saw in the video. The Byker Wall is an interesting concept so that people can view something better than tall high rises, but the design was just not up to par with the concept. The clip from the destruction of the Pruitt Igoe helped me realize how easily a “modern style” apartment complex could fail; especially in the location it was built. Again, I think the concept of these modern apartment complexes is refreshing in regards to architecture now, but they concept and design need to be coherent.