Monday, February 16, 2009

Landscape/Site/Time

How important is the history of a site? Is it alright to omit it with a focused eye on the future of the site?

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Weathering/Shadow/Memory

Adolfo Natalini mentioned that the Chinese found immobility sacred and built the Great Wall the keep wandering barbarians out of their land. What is wrong with mobility and constant migration? What's wrong with not having a place but a memory full of places?

Monday, February 2, 2009

Beginnings/Order/Proportion

The room is the beginning of architecture according to Louis Kahn. In what ways do you feel it is or isn't the beginning? What is the beginning of architecture to you? Why?