DCPL put on a good show this Saturday, with the teams of architects presenting their designs. I always enjoy watching architects present their work to the public. It’s not exactly enthralling if you’ve read up on the three different schemes, but the nature of live discussions adds some insight into how each of the teams approached the design.

DCPL has done a great job of encouraging involvement and feedback, even if that meant reading ridiculous tweets at the presentation. They used a good competition process that begins with experience, pays for the work, and demands more than pretty pictures. It was just the level of openness that was needed. I like what Christopher Hawthorne says:

Architecture bake-offs r good for cities; shd be more common RT @kristoncapps: Good job @dcpl running an excellent forum today. #MLKfuture

— ChristopherHawthorne (@HawthorneLAT) February 15, 2014

Results will be announced this Tuesday, the 18th, but that will only the beginning of design.