Individual Architecture, or Life Size Legos?

 

              More often than not the world has looked to architects to plan out their futures and buildings. We have left an impression of this world that has lasted lifetimes and will affect more lifetimes as we proceed. However, no matter how hard we try we’ve found that architecture it self is a consumer good that one must pay for to enjoy. They often say architecture is for the people. It’s for the client. The one who pays for it. Which is why often people must find their own architecture.

               You might say this is not true. There is architecture that is designed for the public. They have a say during the design, they can object if they don’t like it. Maybe so. But where is their individual architecture. They architecture that lets someone surround themselves in a space that is theirs. That is not a mainstream idea pushed upon them because the man with the deeper pockets made it so. Enters Walter Segal who said “architecture should work with society.” He had a great approach to this continuous issue and created a modular and life size Lego set  so people can have their own architecture. A base system easily modified to encompass their need yet simple enough to build with basic skills already obtained or easily learned. So don’t forget that everyone deserves their own architecture.