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more than
shelter.
Places
represent
architecture’s
share in
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Less the molding of space to solve
a problem than it is the concrete
realization of a theoretical idea.
Not a singular, unified object [ but ] a building that attempts to
move beyond singularity of place to a multiple, dynamic idea
of what enclosure is, what defines inside and outside.
''a building that is waiting to be a building''
1989](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/klyn-iacamp-asgiven-150718022414-lva1-app6892/75/You-re-Screwing-Up-The-World-Profound-Opposite-Truths-in-Architecture-22-2048.jpg)
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You're Screwing Up The World - Profound Opposite Truths in Architecture
The document discusses profound contrasting truths in architecture, emphasizing that architecture transcends mere shelter to convey deeper meanings. It cites various architects and thinkers, including Christopher Alexander and Nils Bohr, to illustrate the complexities of architectural expression and its relation to order and perception. The text also critiques the hesitance of architects to embrace certain aesthetic approaches rooted in primitive construction.
You're Screwing Up The World - Profound Opposite Truths in Architecture
- 1. Profound Opposite Truthsin Architecture You’re Screwing Up The World “ “
- 2. You’re Screwing Up The World “ “ ProfoundOpposite Truths in Architecture
- 3. Maggie Moore Alexander LilyAlexander Center for Environmental Structure With deepest gratitude to:
- 4. Visual Materials Collections FrancesLoeb Library Harvard University Graduate School of Design In anticipation of the assistance of
- 5. Photo from Libraryof Congress Detroit Publishing Collection, Call Number LC-D4-3320
- 7. Dwelling …[is] more than shelter. Places represent architecture’s sharein truth.Christian Norberg-Shulz
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- 16. We must learnto see each not-wholeness expanding action (even if minor) as a bomb blast to the world - Christopher Alexander
- 17. Even architects notimmune to the charms of the places depicted, are loath to pursue the folksy aesthetic they see as implied and do not want to engage with such primitive construction - Peter Buchanan
- 18. The opposite ofa fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. - Nils Bohr
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- 21. using architecture as a meansof expressing other kinds of formal order 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/05/arts/architecture-view-the-museum-that-theory-built.html
- 22. “ Less the moldingof space to solve a problem than it is the concrete realization of a theoretical idea. Not a singular, unified object [ but ] a building that attempts to move beyond singularity of place to a multiple, dynamic idea of what enclosure is, what defines inside and outside. ''a building that is waiting to be a building'' 1989
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