Confidence. Still such a fleeting thing. Focus. Always fleeting. Options might be luxurious. Loving them means doing this too.
text 26
Self consciousness is a thief of creativity. So is isolation. Creativity requires a certain level of openness. Educated openness, but openness to at least something completely new - however small.
text 25
Communication. Clarity. Confidence. Humility.
text 24
Cohesiveness. To be comprehensive. To start, and to finish. This is the most elusive.
text 23
What if architecture was more like music? Like you just write it, or play it. To write a song, or play it might be synonymous with drawing a building and constructing it. The best songs are probably not understood by the masses.
text 22
Stop being reactionary.
text 21
What is the spontaneous construction of the masses? It is certainly centered on joy in gathering. It might break even.
text 20
The blatant unwillingness to share. What if there is actually enough to go around?
text 19
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Ornament is crime is crime
Date TBA
We are conditioned to believe that ornament is crime, that less is more. In fact this so-called wisdom stems not from deep human insights nor profound spiritual truths, but from age-old middle-class snobbery. It’s time to abolish the lies around ‘refinement’ and material lust. Within the constraints of contemporary practice, restrained ‘truth to materials’ only works for the wealthy - the normal-person's version is horrendous and depressing casting class divides in concrete. We must abolish this crude consensus before it irreparably wrecks the experiential and social richness of our environment."
The first quote. Here:
Wow. really good. really interesting. Knit that shit.
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At what point did I/We reject my/our education? Surely there was something worth holding onto.
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Urban Architecture. Knit.
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No one knows how to make architecture anymore. If architecture is important then we have to circumvent those in power. I don't know that I've ever seen architecture as a political act - like really - until now. The built environment against societal trends. Architecture cannot be reactionary.
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There is a clear freedom to creating music - when that freedom exists of course. It only exists when there isn't an end goal in mind.
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An assembly of many disparate elements working together only because they are woven together.
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Dial in to what can be done, then finish.
text 12
I'm actually grateful. Grateful that time didn't move quite as fast as it it seemed like it had. Maybe just once.
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It's not their vision which is why they don't get it. That's ok. They're only frustrated when you don't lead them.
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The critical relationship between materiality and a concept. Be as analytical as possible until you start to see patterns.
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I think it's my job to make it happen. With my money.
text 8
It's a difficult thing to tell someone that the space they value - as it is - could be something more. Perhaps it's arrogant to tell them that it - should - be something more. It's just that most people respond in a very simplistic way to what they know and nothing more. So when it comes to spatial things, it's virtually impossible to discuss a truly new idea. Even with a good picture. People just don't get it until it is a physical thing.