People want new sight but also keep traditional buildings in their city. How do architects solve this problem? There is a good example in N.Y. It is the store of COMME des GARÇONS built by Future Systems in 1998. The Chelsea area where the store is located is surrounded by many galleries.
They didn’t destroy the exterior of the old building and utilize it to the store effectively. Its exterior is made by old bricks and they didn’t change except for the entrance. The entrance and interior are totally new. They are very futuristic and attractive so it might surprise people who are walking through the front of this store but it works effective way because of the area this store is located is Chelsea. There are many art pieces in the windows which attract people. In order to give the strong impressions to people, the contrast of old bricks exterior and futuristic interior woks well. For the company, the building is not just a space they sell their products, but they also use it as an advertising tool. For designers especially fashion designers, their stores are pavilions for their exhibitions. COMME des GARÇONS always makes people surprise because of their way to express their creation. So this building has a big part of their creation because it makes people surprise.
In N.Y. there are a lot of buildings built more than 100 years ago. Some people want to keep the atmosphere itself, not complete building and interior because people care about sight so they made success to keep a balance between the needs of people who want to keep city sight, their client and make the Architecture unique.
This writing has nice structure; first you raised a problem then gave us an example with clever analysis, and concluded. Maybe you could explain a little more about Future Systems b/c some people don’t know about them at all.
I also think this writing is well-organized. Personally, I like your topic how we can combine new and old.
Second paragraph might have three topic; the difference between exterior and interior, the quality of the Chelsea area, and the needs of people(COMME des GARÇONS). Using some transitions and clarifying these topic might make this writing more logical.
I love your topic also how city keep balance between new and old. And there is good example. So I want to see little bet more detail about Comme de Garcons.
I agree with your opinion. it’s really understandable. but let me say about your placement of big entrance picture. I think it works more efficiantly if it is in 2nd paragraph. it seems to be separated.