Stellar insights.
Sorry to use this way to contact you, but couldn't find any other way. With your interest in architecture and morality I thought you might be interested in checking out the newest endeavor from Urban Paradoxes, the URBAN PARADOXES E-ZINE (http://www.urbanparadoxes.com). In this issue is a review of Vinoth Ramachandra's "Subverting Global Myths." If you like what you see, please consider a submission for publication. Revitalizing our urban neighborhoods takes a community effort. If you can publicize the zine a bit too, that will be greatly appreciated. I am particularly interested in the role communities of faith play in both the decline and revitalization of urban neighborhoods.
Thanks,
Frank
Wealth of thoughts in the essay; a lot of possibly interesting branching out. I just wanted to note one small but impossible to overlook detail: to reconsider design ideology, in any way, under any political winds, you have to have something to design.
You have to have work to do, to think up the way to do it.
And there is very little work now. Some have none at all.
Tatyana,
Although a paying client is obviously necessary to sustain an architect, doing architecture and experimenting with ideas does not necessarily require a paying client. There's lots of 'paper' architecture to go around, either from fruitless design competition entries to pro-bono work.
There are countless design competitions conducted by entities that have no intent on building anything. They are simply happy to receive costly submission fees from designers who hope to earn some prestige in winning something.
Unbuilt projects have as great an influence on the development of ideas among architect than built ones. Due to not having been handled by the realities of construction, client politics, city regulations, etc. the ideas in these unbuilt project hold that much more power over us. They are also guilty in promoting some of the most wrong-headed ideas as well (e.g. Le Corbusier's Radiant City)
Sorry for the long delay, distracted by survival issues.
Came across this thread at Archinect today and thought this might interest you; it's not exactly a thread on long-term goals, more about long-term best architectural practices, but they are related.
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