FINDING PERMANENCE IN OBSOLESCENCE
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ENGLAND
LONDON|BETHNALGREEN|STRATFORD|LEICESTER|CAMBRIDGE|LIVERPOOL
SC OT L AN D
G L A S G O W | I N V E R N E S | L O C H E N D | D O R N I E | E D I N B U R GH
FATTO URBANO Collective Memory Embodiment of past and present within an object
Singularity of Place Individuality of site through unique spatial and temporal relationships
Expression of Form Architecture as an object in use, form and function
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[URBAN ARTIFACT] Implies not just a physical thing in the city, but all of its history, geography, structure,
and connection with the general life of the city. PETER EISENMAN in the architecture of the city
PERMANENCE
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Our frame of reference for the past and future is based within the present. We compare and contrast from this known point, building from a collection of static references and relations. MARTIN HEIDEGGAR in poetry, language, thought
EXPERIENCE
A building is encountered; it is approached, confronted, related to one’s body, “moved through, utilized as a condition for other things. Architecture directs, scales, and frames actions, perceptions, and thoughts. JUHANI PALLASMAA
in encounters, stairways of the mind
LESSON ONE
GO EXPLORING (it will leave a mark)
LESSON TWO
NATURE WILL FIND A WAY “Human beings are not out of nature when they stand in the streets of Manahattan any more than they are in nature when they stand in the mountain above tree-line in Montana� Ashton Nichols in Beyond romantic ecocriticism: toward urbanatural roosting
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LESSON THREE
SEEK MOMENTS (be an active participant)
LESSON FOUR
KNOW WHEN TO BE ORDINARY (but always be exceptional)
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LESSON FIVE
YES, AND IS MORE
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LESSON SIX
CLIMB A MOUNTAIN (don’t miss the forest for the trees)
A QUESTION
SO. WHY (RE)CONSTRUCTION?
QUALITY
Value is created between subject and object as an experience. An object itself “cannot be quality. The subject’s experience is required to give it quality. ROBERT PIRSIG in lila: an inquiry into morals
THE QUESTION
WHAT IS QUALITY?
FINAL LESSON
BE FLUID “A house has its sense or meaning in a whole web of references.” Jacque Derrida
FINAL LESSON
BE FLUID “A house has its sense or meaning in a whole we of references.” Jacque Derrida
Life creates conditions conducive to life. Entropy creates the richness.
FINAL LESSON
BE FLUID “A house has its sense or meaning in a whole we of references.” Jacque Derrida
Design for exploration: enable the contribution of the audience.
FINAL LESSON
BE FLUID “A house has its sense or meaning in a whole we of references.” Jacque Derrida
Fashion is a dangerous thing. Be good. Then be interesting.
FINAL LESSON
BE FLUID “A house has its sense or meaning in a whole web of references.” Jacques Derrida
Keep perspective. Don’t lose the experience in pursuit of the details.
LESSON ONE
GO EXPLORING LESSON TWO
NATURE WILL FIND A WAY LESSON THREE
SEEK MOMENTS
thank you
LESSON FOUR
KNOW WHEN TO BE ORDINARY LESSON FIVE
YES, AND IS MORE LESSON SIX
CLIMB A MOUNTAIN FINAL LESSON
BE FLUID