We have in the past referred to German competitions as ‚Learning by Loosing‘, the Oxford Barracks was no exception. According to the jury report almost everything was wrong in the BOLLES-WILSON upgrading of military leftovers into a new Residential Quarter.
– Too many cars in the neighbourhood square
– Too much colour in the facades
– The brick housing, too enclosing
– Even though 80cm of earth was required on top of underground garages, interpreting this as a cherry
orchard was according to the jury – wrong.
NEVERTHELESS WE STILL LIKE THE ATMOSPHERE.