The Process

 

 

 

In John Harbraken's article, Questions That Will Not Go Away, he states, 

 

"A good method allows each of us to do

our own with a minimum of fuss"

 

and then 

 

"Indeed, in architectural design as in music, method allows

coordination, but thereby also stimulates improvisation"

 

  

It gave me a space to think about architecture, or music, or really any art form

that requires a method or process to make.

 

In these three years of studying architecture, I have found out that it really

is the most important factor for success. 

I have done other artful things like learning to play the guitar or leathework,

and everytime I notice that once I have a method, or formula down, then and

only then, can I deviate and 'riff' or 'improv'. 

It's really through this foundational process structure, that I am allowed

to create more things. 

 

Harbraken also states, 

 

"What is common cannot be special, but it can be

of high quality"

 

This quote in particular builds upon this idea of process.

 

Do we need to re-invent the wheel from the beginning in this field?

Should we allow ourselves to be common, and build that foundation so

that we can deviate later on?

 If architecture were instead a musical instrument, we would learn how to play

scales, chords and maybe a song before we wrote our own things.

 

I think natural ability and talent exist, but without structure of some kind, how 

far can it develop?