Even (especially?) a Calatrava has neighbourhood issues

Calatrava unveils tower's latest twist | Chicago Tribune

This makes for a fascinating read - a spire in Chicago being 'sold' by the architect exploiting his artistic ability working with pens on an overhead projector at the meeting, but the most informative part of the newspaper story is the computer animation that was also played at the public meeting that is attached.

Animation Class lecture 3

Today we spent an hour watching and listening to Walt Disney talking about the Plausible Impossible (IMDB). The message for those seeking to explore the role of the architecture in a movie about buildings - 'Architecture as Actor' - is consistency. The various ideas that were discussed by WD were all made plausible because of some vague connection with the real world - momentum for example - and most importantly because they were presented in a consistent manner. The lesson for architecture as actor is to ensure consistency of viewpoint - and if there is a switch, then to ensure that the switch of viewpoint is made obvious in the manner of the switch (perhaps not a cut transition).

The second hour was spent on the first few slides of the 'storyboard' powerpoint. Ref: BBSC / ARCH