Embattled architect Robert Scarano found the time to sit down with The Brooklyn Paper recently. Of course, that wasn’t so hard given that he’s gone from getting 600 projects a year back in 2006 and 2007 to “basically doing zero” now. He did have plenty thoughts about some of the higher-profile projects in the borough. On the new design for the Atlantic Yards Arena: “It’s a more buildable job… It’s not a great anchor, because it’s a lower-scale building.” On Downtown Brooklyn: “The Oro is a typical 1980s design and it doesn’t speak well for the skyline. But the Toren is not a bad job.” On Fourth Avenue: “They put up solid street walls and no storefronts. They isolated the street scene from the buildings.” On Richard Meier: “There’s a tremendous slavery to Modernism in what he’s doing. But at least they’re trying to raise the bar and that’s what we’re trying to do, too.”
Checkin’ In With…Robert Scarano [Brooklyn Paper]