Has anyone else got issues with firewhip? It's range with 8 m is not very high, but in my playthrough it gets cut even shorter regularly. It seems to happen most often on inclines or stairs to the extent that I'm not even able to hit someone like 3 m away for no obvious reason (like smoke or blocked sightline).
'The extension to the University of Graz Library is one of the best-known projects by Austrian architect Thomas Pucher and his practice, Atelier Thomas Pucher.
The project is based on one clear architectural gesture: the new reading hall does not sit on the ground, but hovers above it. A vast glass box projects outwards in a dramatic cantilever, creating a covered public space between the new volume and the historic university buildings.
According to the architects, the intention was not to imitate the nineteenth-century building, but to enter into a dialogue with it: stone against glass, weight against lightness, history against the present.
The cantilever is meant to preserve the visibility of the historic building below, open the ground level, and turn the library into a new landmark for the campus. The glass volume suggests transparency, openness and access to knowledge.
And yet, it is precisely here that the project becomes debatable. Structurally, it is impressive. Architecturally, it is a statement. Some will see it as a bold encounter between old and new; others may feel that the gesture overwhelms the building it claims to respect.
Unlike projects such as Tate Modern, Zollverein or the High Line, where the new intervention grows out of the existing fabric, here the new addition becomes the main protagonist. The historic building becomes almost a pedestal for the architectural idea.
Perhaps that is why the building provokes such a strong response. It does not try to disappear. It declares itself. The question is whether the declaration is necessary — or merely spectacular.'