""The timeline never made any sense to me," said Thomas Gallas, a former member of the planning commission who long led a design and planning firm. A building on this scale might take its architects and engineers 18 months to two years from initial concept to completed construction documents, he said."
""The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government," said David Scott Parker, an architect on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and one of more than 30,000 people who wrote to the planning commission objecting to the building."
"The proposed East Wing is about 60 percent larger than the White House residence by floor area. But by cubic volume, and including the porticos, it's more than three times as large because of the ballroom's vast ceiling height."
"Viewed from the south, the ballroom's size will make it the dominant building of the White House complex, with a portico bigger than that of the residence."
Experts have raised concerns about the rushed construction plans for the president's new ballroom, which deviate from traditional design processes. The timeline for the project is criticized as unrealistic, with construction documents needing to be prepared while the design is still under review. The proposed East Wing, including the ballroom, is significantly larger than the White House residence, raising concerns about its visual dominance and architectural integrity. Critics argue that the ballroom's design imposes on the relationship between government branches and could result in a poorly conceived structure.
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