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Originally Posted by calculoso
Do you seriously think that anyone is advocating having them try to come down with a fully-fledged, ready for building, design? If so, you're totally missing the point.
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If you're talking about letting the public in on the design process, you'll never get a consensus result out of it. You'll never please everyone. Plus, sometimes its more efficient and quick, and get better results, if you just go straight to a professional.
On the Children's Hospital, they did let kids choose the colors of the exterior facades, however. The architect involved them in the design process (colors), but obviously not essential architectural details. In this regards, it is okay. They consulted the people who were going to use it. There's lots of people who probably don't like it, but hey, that was the choice of the architect to go that route. It wasn't a public competition.