Have we ever thought or contemplated on the whole notion of Architecture ?
Architecture has been commonly defined as a fusion between the Art and Science. Personally, I believe that Architecture SHOULD BE defined as an 'Art of Adaptation' ...
It has been an art that unified the need of mankind, responded to their social, climate and surrounding contexts ...
Over the yearS, we have seen the evolution of Architecture ...
From the Great Master of Poetic Architecture, Sir Frank Llyod Wright, the Functional Architecture of Le Corbusier, Social Architecture of Herman Hertzberger, Political Architecture of Jorn Utzon, Expressive Architecture of Herzog De Meuron and of course not forgetting the local Green Architecture of Ken Yeang ...
Globalization ... Industrialization ... Technology ... Sustainability ... Green ...
These big words are becoming some of the main vocabularies used to describe Architecture a.k.a. BUILDINGS.
In recent days, Architects are often asked to 'design' building that is similar to ONE that the Clients have seen in Country XYZ ...
Massive + Boxy Steel Structure Buildings (fast track and cost-saving) are emerging, mimicking the building typology of Factory / Warehouse for mass production ...
Local Design Guidelines or Building Compliances ...
Computer 3-D Modeling Softwares have facilitated and are gradually replacing the ORIGINAL designing 'tools' (pen, pencils, butter paper, T-Ruler, set squares) ...
Presumably, most of the Architects will reach to this important crossroad of self-reflection and start to wonder if we are on the right track of producing ArchiTECTURE or ArchiTORTURE ?
WHAT SAY YOU ?
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yeah .... it is quite a torturous profession however like eating sambal belacan more you get tortured more you like it ....
ReplyDelete...well good architects do not follow instructions to copy other buildings .... architects innovate ....thats how architecture evolve ....progressive or regressive is for people to judge ....haha easy said than done
ReplyDeletethe problem also occur due to the fact that architects 'understand' that their paymasters are their CLIENTS !!! so, if they are NOT doing what being asked, they'll risk LOSING THE JOB or even JOBSss ...
ReplyDeleteso, it's again back to the issue of mentally TORTURED !!!
more architectural schools are now producing 3d visualiser instead of architects.....i think should change the program to Bachelor of 3d design@animation@modeller instead of Bachelor of architecture....hahaha...
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