"dO y0u eVeN gO hEre?"

   As explained in "The Culture of Congestion", Rem Koolhaas discovers one of Manhattan's most "techno-psychic" machines, the Downtown Athletic Club. With its experimentally placed program, the building could be viewed as "cool architecture” from the exterior with its standard skyscraper look, but the interior does not follow this rigid form. This congestion and madness in section shows chaos within a box, which some might say is genius and others may argue, is overly exaggerated. 

I find these views of form follows function to be fascinating because I often question how our modern day architecture will be criticized 100 years from now. In my opinion, any kind of architecture can follow logic and theory, but it is up to the individual and society to determine what role it plays in the present and what it will become in the future. 

I am the most drawn to the Athletic Club because of its main purpose to the rich and wealthy and the stigma that places. When you think of a “rich, white country club man” there is often a “snobby” or “arrogant”  stereotype attached. This brings me to the analogy of how some architects today can be so quick to judge and arrogant on a theoretical basis, but then having nothing to back themselves with or solutions to the so-called problem they are addressing.