Selfish architecture opening future possibilities
From my point of view, architecture is for the greater good. It is for people and to improve cities and create good ones. The study of architecture that delivered "experiments" to its clients with known wasted spaces was something that was far from understandable to me but to know that this movement allowed the freedom or the allowance of the type of architecture made nowadays is surprising.
Peter Eisenman, House III
Autonomous architecture can definitely be achieved as proven by Eisenman's houses, but I do not believe that buildings that take formal decisions based on the surrounding context are autonomous since in some degree are recognizing what is around. Even if these decisions are not highly restrictive in the project, the context in some degree shapes the building.
Architecture that delivers just a statement more than a service is something that should not be approved or admired, but autonomous design or its result has been used for many years now and results in architecture with more freedom that also thinks of its context and makes better spaces for people.
Peter Eisenman, House III
Autonomous architecture can definitely be achieved as proven by Eisenman's houses, but I do not believe that buildings that take formal decisions based on the surrounding context are autonomous since in some degree are recognizing what is around. Even if these decisions are not highly restrictive in the project, the context in some degree shapes the building.
Architecture that delivers just a statement more than a service is something that should not be approved or admired, but autonomous design or its result has been used for many years now and results in architecture with more freedom that also thinks of its context and makes better spaces for people.
Good point about autonomous architecture not being 100% autonomous if based on some piece of context. I think your opinion on architecture that is only there to make a statement not a service, is appropriate. I see this kind of architecture as paper architecture that made it off the page.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you're view point and I like that you're looking at Architecture as a bigger picture. I agree that architecture is the greater good and a service to the people. I do think there are some cases that can benefit the greater good by making a statement and sometimes that is necessary but not at the sacrifice of the people.
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