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I really do not have much to say about this reading / tedtalk. I feel like considering the 'why' more than the 'how' is a no brainer or at least using the 'why' as a starting point. I get that it is not always the case, but when we look at architecture through the lenses of academia, maybe it appears to be much worse than it actually is. Sure, when we talk about 'starchitects' (or at least the projects that are not successful), the ego is caught up in the 'how' and results in a complete miss on the core needs, the 'why'. I think that the average architect does a much better job at the 'why' than given credit for. I don't believe it is uncommon for an architect to ask what the client is trying to solve before designing. I think the why and how are essential to one another. The 'why' is what drives the design and is something you continuously go back to. Checking your 'how' to make sure it is satisfying the 'why'. The 'why' is what we laminate and put on the cork board.
Here is a picture unrelated to this week but it was Moh's first time going to waffle house. It is a before picture. He didn't look as grumpy afterwards. Obviously.
cool post holmes. Besides my picture being there I guess I also agree with you that as architects we tend to ask the"why" more than the "how," and design, beautiful design oftentimes emerges from a balanced approach of both. In the late 1900's it wasn't always a trend to ask "why" but times have changed and now more than ever, as future and currents designers/architects, we need to ask both simultaneously. It is critical to making sure we don't make the same mistakes as our predecessors. Also, I believe, there is no excuse for us not to ask "why" and "how" in this day and age, because we have everything but don't know how to use everything we have.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, I love the image above, thanks for posting it duuuude.
Hey Tre. I think that yes as architects we do lookback at the "why" often, but I think there can always be more attention paid to the community in the design process. I just think back to our senior project in the DR and think about how much we cared for and planned for the user and community experience with that project compared to our current studio projects, for example. We really immersed in the culture and with the people with that project, which I think ultimately lead that project to be such a success compared to others? Something to think about...
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