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SDVOT
San Diego Visions on Track
Ideas Competition, First Place
San Diego, California 1994
California's growth has led to a recent construction boom in rail infrastructure. The engineer-driven design of the rail-landscape relies upon standardization and expedience to create an aesthetic of economic practicality. This is almost okay. Some of the best American design has been the result of unashamed technological competence. However, in this age of NIMBYs, infrastructure is seen as a threatening and invasive "other" that homogenizes and irritates. In response, architects and artists have been hired to provide token decoration to appease the neighbors. As a result, many new public projects seem ashamed of their relationship to the infrastructure they are a part of.
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