[REQUEST] Going to Fargo

[kwistenbiebel]

Next week i will stay 10 days in Fargo visiting my girlfriends sister.
Any idea (besides the movie :D ) wich goodies i should check out on the architectural field ?
Thanks in advance

[kwistenbiebel]

I am just back from my trip to Fargo (North Dakota). It was great visiting my girlfriends family.

When i posted this thread on Fargo no one replied....Now i know why!
It seems that Fargo is the last place on earth an American wants to be.
At the airport of Chicago (we went from Brussels , over London, over chicago to Fargo) the airport ground personnel was joking about Fargo : "Who wants to go there? The Margueritas on the plane must be for free.(as in:you are going to the end of the world).

Fargo is a vast planar area with a lot of farming going on. Not much to see on the contemporary architectural level but a good study for me as a European architect to get into the woodframe building typed houses.
economically Fargo is really expanding : Microsoft is making their new Silicon Valley over there since wages are lower and farming gets a second youth by the start of the production of ethanol for fuelling their (monster) cars.
Next to Fargo nature is great in the surrounding lake area (Minnesota).

Summing up, i think Fargo has a lot of future potential especially in the architecture field since the city is expanding and needs more contemporary input.

[wizum]

I am just back from my trip to Fargo (North Dakota). It was great visiting my girlfriends family.

When i posted this thread on Fargo no one replied....Now i know why!
It seems that Fargo is the last place on earth an American wants to be.
At the airport of Chicago (we went from Brussels , over London, over chicago to Fargo) the airport ground personnel was joking about Fargo : "Who wants to go there? The Margueritas on the plane must be for free.(as in:you are going to the end of the world).

Fargo is a vast planar area with a lot of farming going on. Not much to see on the contemporary architectural level but a good study for me as a European architect to get into the woodframe building typed houses.
economically Fargo is really expanding : Microsoft is making their new Silicon Valley over there since wages are lower and farming gets a second youth by the start of the production of ethanol for fuelling their (monster) cars.
Next to Fargo nature is great in the surrounding lake area (Minnesota).

Summing up, i think Fargo has a lot of future potential especially in the architecture field since the city is expanding and needs more contemporary input.


So your moving to fargo then kwistenbiebel? LOL sorry, but I couldn't help but have a good laugh at your beginning comments...pretty funny...

[cacapis]

You probably had to spend most of your time having meals with family and the remaining moments having sex like crazy (as in there is nothing to do) :D

[gaffaman]

Fargo is a vast planar area with a lot of farming going on. Not much to see on the contemporary architectural level but a good study for me as a European architect to get into the woodframe building typed houses.


Welcome to the "Great Plains", the part of America that keeps the two coasts apart. Most of the middle of the country is like that, from Texas to the Canadian border and beyond.

Just curious, what did you think of the wood frame construction technique, and how does it differ from where you're from (materials, techniques, etc.)

I've never been to Fargo. I don't need to go, I live in a "planar area" just like it. ;)

[coral]

Ha - I have been to Fargo. North Dakota in general is very cold, very flat, and very conservative. Maybe the addition of Microsoft will help that last one.

[primocordara]

A friend of mine lives in Mineapolis, a few km away form there.
There is a small town not far named after mine, Montevideo, but doesn't even apear on GE..!
BTW here is the kmz.. very curious, the city is low-res but its hi-res all arround!

[imasayer]

I would recommend, that if you ever go back, plan on going to Minneapolis. It is a four hour drive and there is much more to see. The University of Minnesota is a regular "who's who" of famous architect's designs and there are some other noteworthy works around the city as well. (although I do not know the city well, I am sure that someone here does)

[jparchitectus]

I tried a bunch of searches, and have come up empty. sorry

[cacapis]

A friend of mine lives in Mineapolis, a few km away form there.
There is a small town not far named after mine, Montevideo, but doesn't even apear on GE..!
BTW here is the kmz.. very curious, the city is low-res but its hi-res all arround!

Maybe it's where aliens land or something. Is it located in a hill with good views like Monte Video?

[primocordara]

Yes, what I meant is that mineapolis is worth visiting!
Montevideo, Minesotta has nothing to do with my city, but they gave it the name for it...
its MONTE VI De E O (6th Hill from East to West in Portuguese)