Guest guest Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 --- Global Regenesis Corporation <email wrote: > Reply-to: <email > "Global Regenesis Corporation" > <email > "GRC/Friends & Supporters" > <email > Ottawa Citizen news article on 7/14/01 > Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:10:28 -0700 > BELOW IS A MESSAGE ABOUT A PROJECT CALLED GLOBAL REGENESIS CORPORATION. IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A POSITIVE DEVELOP TOWARDS THE FUTURE. IT IS AN ECO-FRIENDLY CITY THAT WILL APPLY THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS(THE WISEST ANCIENTS WERE VEDIC,) WITH THE BEST OF MODERN EFFICIANCY AND THE USE OF CLEAN TECHNOLOGY. > Dear Friends and Supporters: > > > Attached is an e-mail version of recent press > coverage by the Ottawa > > Citizen. 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Thank you. > > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > PAPER The Ottawa Citizen > > DATE 010714 > > PDATE Saturday, July 14, 2001 > > EDITION Final > > SECTION Saturday Observer > > PAGE B2 > > LENGTH 1525 words > > STOTYPE Business > > PT P > > ITYPE Black & White Photo > > ILLUS Black & White Photo: Dave Chan, The > Ottawa Citizen / One of > > Douglas Cardinal's new projects is his > biggest ever: a whole, > > environmentally friendly town. > > HEADLINE Douglas Cardinal reaps benefits from > Washington D.C. fiasco > > BYLINE * Maria Cook > > SOURCE The Ottawa Citizen > > > > Three years ago, renowned Ottawa architect Douglas > Cardinal returned to > > Ottawa from Washington D.C. where he had been > stripped of a museum project > > that was the biggest plum in Washington. Broke and > feeling betrayed, he > > and his wife moved in with his son for a time. > Back on Canadian soil, Mr. > > Cardinal gave a special prayer for his > adversaries. > > > > ``When circumstances take everything away from you > where all you have is > > your own spirit, you become even more powerful,'' > he says. ``I honour my > > adversaries for making me so.'' > > > > Mr. Cardinal, who runs a 14-person-office on > Somerset Street West, is > > rebuilding his practice with his pen, talent and > faith in the magical > > power of creativity. Far from discrediting him, > the events in Washington > > have raised his profile and contributed to new > successes. > > > > ``We're recovering,'' he says. ``We're doing well. > Actually it hasn't hurt > > us really. People say if people go through so much > chicanery to steal your > > work, it must be worth a lot.'' > > > > Mr. Cardinal, 67, has recently been invited to > design an environmentally > > friendly town for 30,000 in California, an > ambitious and idealistic > > venture that would be his biggest project ever. > And, in October, his work > > will be showcased in Chicago at a retrospective > exhibition and lecture > > series called Celebrate Cardinal -- A Portfolio. > > > > ``You have to get on with your life,'' he says. > ``You have to be in a good > > space to be able to create buildings and serve > people.'' > > > > In 1993, Mr. Cardinal was commissioned to design > the Smithsonian > > Institution's $110-million U.S. National Museum of > the American Indian in > > Washington. He created a uniquely recognizable > design with dramatic curves > > intended to evoke stone cliffs eroded by wind and > water. It received > > enthusiastic approval. > > > > But Mr. Cardinal miscalculated how expensive it > would be to move his > > 12-person team to Washington and to seek various > approvals. Disputes over > > fees arose. In 1998, the Smithsonian dismissed Mr. > Cardinal and the U.S. > > architecture firm he was working with, citing them > for failure to deliver > > drawings on time. > > > > Mr. Cardinal received a personal grant of $400,000 > U.S. from Ann > > Rockefeller Roberts, Nelson Rockefeller's > daughter, to complete his design > > in the hopes he might be reinstated. Instead, Mr. > Cardinal's worst fears > > came true. The Smithsonian installed another team > to finish the job, > > burdening Mr. Cardinal with a loss of $600,000 > U.S. > > > > ``To them, I'm just another native American to be > exploited,'' Mr. > > Cardinal told the press. ``I'm not going to be > anybody's Tonto.'' > > > > The architecture critic of the Washington Post > added: ``To drop an > > architect with so strong and personal a vision in > mid-course and yet > > expect to continue in the same design direction, > is a recipe for messiness > > and mediocrity, or worse.'' > > > > Construction is to begin this summer on the Mall > in front of Capitol Hill, > > based on a modified design that Mr. Cardinal calls > ``an artistic > > forgery.'' He tells his version of the saga in A > Forgery for the > > Smithsonian, a book-length account on his Web > site, www.djcarchitect.com, > > which he says gets 30,000 hits a month. > > > > ``It tears into your very identity, your very soul > when your work is > > wrenched from you and given to somebody else to > express,'' he writes. > > > > Snce then, he has collected a slew of > architectural honours including the > > 2001 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media > Arts, and the 1999 Gold > > Medal from the Royal Architectural Institute in > Canada. > > > > Mr. Cardinal is busy with various projects as > well. He is designing an > > entire campus for a university in Bolivia, a > cultural centre for the James > > Bay Cree in northern Quebec, a civic and cultural > centre for a Michigan > > native band, and a new building for the > Saskatchewan Indian Federated > > College in Regina. > > > > A year ago, Mr. Cardinal travelled to Edinburgh to > receive an honorary > > fellowship from the Royal Incorporation of > Architects in Scotland. ``They > > wanted me to speak about the Mall project because > they thought it was > > rather outrageous,'' he recalls. > > > > There, he met John David Mooney, an American > artist known for large-scale > > public sculptures such as Star Dance, a 48-storey > light sculpture > > cmmissioned for the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. > Mr. Mooney runs the > > John David Mooney Foundation in Chicago, which > presents the work of > > outstanding international artists and architects. > > > > In the past, up to 10,000 people have visited > shows by high-profile > > architects such as the Co-op Himmelblau, an > Austrian firm, Hans Hollein, > > the Austrian designer of the Museum of Modern Art > in Frankfurt, and Carlos > > Ott, the Toronto architect who designed the Paris > Opera House. > > > > Mr. Mooney offered Mr. Cardinal an exhibition in > Chicago, a city where > > citizens are passionately interested in > architecture. Chicago is where the > > skyscraper was invented and where Ludwig Mies van > der Rohe, one of the > > 20th century's most important architects, made his > home. It is the > > birthplace of the famous Chicago school of > architecture which produced > > great architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright. > > > > ``He is a dominant figure in world architecture,'' > Mr. Mooney says of Mr. > > Cardinal. ``Douglas is able to bring to his > buildings a sense of nature > > which speaks of Canada. People will want to know > how did he arrive at > > these fantastic forms that please and delight > people so much. '' > > > > The exhibition of photos and models, also > presented by the Canadian > > Consulate General in Chicago and the Royal > Architectural Institute of > > Canada, will run from October 1 to November 17 at > the John David Mooney > > Foundation Studio in downtown Chicago. > > > > The $240,000 show is sponsored mostly by the > private sector. The budget > > includes $46,000 from the Canadian department of > foreign affairs, as well > > as a $30,000 contribution in kind by Mr. Cardinal. > > > > Mr. Cardinal's trademark is the use of organic, > curvilinear shapes and > > buildings that blend into the landscape. He > pioneered computer-aided > > drafting and design systems used by architects > across North America. > > > > The show will feature beautifully undulating > buildings such as St. Mary's > > Roman Catholic Church in Red Deer, the Grande > Prairie Regional College, > > the Canadian Museum of Civilization as well as the > original design for the > > museum in Washington. In addition, it will display > his plan for the Cree > > village of Ouje-Bougoumou in northern Quebec that > was named a ``model > > human settlement'' by the United Nations. > > > > Mr. Cardinal will create a room as part of the > exhibit with curving walls > > sculpted out of styrofoam ``to get a feeling of > what it's like to walk up > > to one of my buildings.'' > > > > Among the events planned for the first week of > October, Mr. Cardinal will > > lead a design session for a group of American and > Canadian architecture > > students, in which he will pose an architectural > problem which they must > > solve in a few hours. He will also give several > public lectures. > > > > ``They want me to talk about ethics in the > profession,'' he says. ``I > > would like to talk about the process, and some of > these alternatives we're > > thinking about like the California project, and > the excitement of > > producing architecture designed in harmony with > people and nature.'' > > > > It was because of his design for the National > Museum of the American > > Indian that Mr. Cardinal was recently invited to > produce a concept design > > for a ``zero pollution'' town in California, a > state in the midst of an > > energy crisis. > > > > Representatives of a Los Angeles company called > Global Regenesis > > Corporation, which focuses on sustainable > development, contacted Mr. > > Cardinal after seeing images of his design for the > Washington museum. > > > > ``It's something I've been dreaming about,'' says > Mr. Cardinal. ``It's an > > opportunity for me to apply all the thinking I > did, even as a student, on > > how to design a city like a living organism that > does not pollute the > > environment.'' > > > > He will create a showcase town of houses, stores, > offices, health-care > > centres and public transit for what the California > company describes as > > ``a resort-quality, partially subterranean, green > community that will > > become a template for `off the grid' sustainable > development.'' > > > > The preliminary plans include three-and-four > storey buildings, containing > > homes and shops, with landscaped roofs for energy > efficiency, and to blend > > into the landscape. ``We use the roofs as a > landscaped park,'' says Mr. > > Cardinal. ``You see the city as a green mound.'' > > > > Alternative energy sources include solar and wind > energy and fuel cells, > > which create electricity from a reaction between > hydrogen and oxygen. > > Public transit might include electric streetcars. > > > > ``We're brainstorming about having a more compact > city so that it would be > > pedestrian and have the cars at the periphery,'' > says Mr. Cardinal. ``In > > Disneyland you have millions of people but no > cars.'' > > > > It is an attempt to move away from the North > American car and > > freeway-dominated lifestyle, and harkens back to > medieval European towns > > that are designed for walking, and meeting in > friendly places such as > > public squares. > > > > ``Even in Ottawa, the Market is where everybody > wants to go because of the > > nice scale of it,'' says Mr. Cardinal. > > > > No site or budget have yet been established. > Funding is expected to come > > from venture capital. > > > > ``Initially, we wanted to look at it as a > theoretical city to present > > alternatives to society,'' said Mr. Cardinal. > ``But people are so > > interested, they're saying forget the theory. > Let's build it.'' > > > > For more information about the exhibition: > www.CelebrateCardinal.com. > > > > > ************************************************************************** > > ** > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/ms-tnef name=winmail.dat Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Messenger http://phonecard./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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