建筑师Jeehoon Park日前提交了一份诉讼,起诉Skidmore,Owings&Merrill(SOM)建筑事务所设计的纽约市世界贸易中心一号楼是从伊利诺伊理工大学研究生开发的项目盗取的。
他在诉讼中指出,这个104层的“世界贸易中心一号楼”与他设计的122层的“Cityfront99”摩天大楼相比,具有“惊人的相似性”,而且还有一个倒立三角形面的玻璃幕墙也是一样的。
Park现在是乔治亚州萨沃尼Qube Architecture LLC建筑有限公司的总裁,目前他正在寻求这项未指明损害的赔偿,包括对其公司造成的损害,并获得了建筑设计的官方认可。
据建筑师介绍,SOM建筑事务所可以在第一时间看到大学毕业生所展示的毕业论文,或者通过他以前的论文导师来拿到这些论文。Park还表示说,他设计的“City front'99项目还在2006年拍摄的电影“触不到的恋人”中扮演了一个场景,该影片由著名演员Keanu Reeves基努·里维斯和Sandra Bullock桑德拉·布洛克担任主演,其中还在SOM芝加哥的办公大楼的大厅里面拍摄的场景。
此案中的其他被告还包括纽约和新泽西港务局,房地产开发商以及承包商Tishman Construction Co蒂什曼建筑公司。
"他只是希望能够公平对待,"Park 的律师 Dan Kent说道。
Kent还补充说道:“我们的客户在找到我们之前一点都不了解他的合法权利。我们相信我们在法律范围之内做的都很好,但还是有些违法行为会发生。”
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