evolutionary architecture
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- urbanist90
now i have a chance to work on EA with tom dickin...so i am just get some background to the subject in a number of differnt resoures..this is one...
- mbr0
you haven't visited many buildings in the US if you think people are only building for form! Almost every building made is driven by function. Now, there certainly are boundaries being broken simply because developers don't want to take risks or spend the money, but they do 'function' well.
Tried and true formulas, like 13'6" ceilngs, 30-40' from the central core - for office buildings, etc., etc. EVERY office building, that I know of, closely complies with this. It's all based on maximum functionality and has NOTHING to do with form.
You should do some more research before you categorize things as formal or functional - it's just not that simple.
As for Rem, he's one of the most formal architects of our generation, possibly of the century. Sure, he does his diagrams and writings, but he makes 'forms', as does Hadid, Gehry, Libeskind, and dozens more, he just has his own process (as does each talented architect).
So, my advice would be, learn about architecture, learn about the discussions surrounding form and function, learn about different architect's approaches, then pick something more specific to discuss.
- urbanist90
many thanks
i think i will keep chating thou,
yes, i been to many places in the world, new york, chicago, san fran, africa - ethiopia, nigria most of euro...and there is a lack of funtion in the highly poverty struct places.....you talk of some of the best well known and best funded architects... the lack of identity and understand of needs...the lack of anthropology research.....you speak like we live in a urdan ideal...
do you think we are?
- tkmeister0
there's no such thing as an utopia.
- urbanist90
very true...just keep evolving, try to get a better result...
- mbr0
My point was more that you need to focus on specifics and not make general assumptions. What you are complaining about, which sounds more like urban design than architecture, has little if any to do with the architects.
Architects are, generally speaking, a simple business part to the large puzzle. They are hired to design a single building, then move on. It's not their job to stimulate poor areas of town, restructure badly flowing traffic patterns (either pedestrian or vehicular), etc. Those are the jobs of the city and urban planners. Architects are involved, at times, but this is not their primary role.
Sure, some have proposed utopian solutions, but they are never built and sometimes prove ridiculous (Corbusier's dream would be miserable, in reality, even though he was one of the best architects of all time).
So just keep things in perspective. Architects are hired to design a building, usually a single building, then they move onto the next client, whoever, whereever, and for whatever purpose is needed.
The mess of the cities has much more to do with economics, politics and greed than any architect. That's pretty much it. It's power and money that shape our world, architect or not.