architecture
Software is like digital architecture: it’s art with utility.
I realized that I’ve been avoiding setting a bold goal for my life, probably because I’ve been burnt by past goals. Right now, there’s a really practical, short-term goal of just sustaining myself as a writer. But once that works, then what? Maybe that’s it, but what’s beyond that? In my grandest vision for my life, I think I’d be an “architect,”
... See moreThe physical struggle and value in building your own house (#one-day).
The “2D plane” is the plane for making sense of 1D linear arts (writing) or 3D spatial arts (architecture). It’s a middle ground where you can diagram to see the relationships between things. In the case of 1D>2D, you are “upshifting” to see patterns that aren’t visible. In the case of 3D>2D, you are “downshifting” to reduce complexity into
... See moreDo monuments or buildings have revolutionary potential? How? My sense is that architecture is not a driver of culture, but a lagging reflection. At one point, architects could move the cultural needle, but I think that reality, if it ever actually existed beyond romanticism, is long gone, since probably before the 20th century. Architecture is
... See moreToday’s freshman architecture students are almost immediately thrown into a pickle around technology: should we use software to automate the creation of our drawings and models? I was fortunate to take my first semester at the University of Miami, a classical program where there wasn’t even an option. No automation allowed. I literally turned
... See moreSimilar to how buildings are oriented (NSEW) based on religious narratives, so to can you meditate in a direction based on an idiosyncratic narrative. In lodges the self in an environment, and increase the scale from room to earth.
Interested in doing a deep dive in Steven Holl’s Hunter’s Point Library. It was a $41m NYC library by a starchitect and everyone seems to hate it (including my friends who lives nearby and see it from his window). A friend I know was given a tour there by one of the librarians, and she was complaining about how—functionally—it was an absolute
... See moreI could probably write an essay on how the MOMA demolished the Folk Art Museum by Williams and Tsien in NYC. The FAM was a masterpiece, it’s known for the facade, but the interior was special too. I think it went out of business. MOMA was next door, and instead of acknowledging the museum as a work of art, they figured big open spaces would be
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