Before starting to blog I must say that it is kind of therapeutic to blog about architecture and what I've learnt... But anyway... yeah the stress is coming back because it's 3+ a.m. and I have 4 guest lecture responses to do which were due yesterday according to my schedule. Sigh.
I learnt that it's good to keep an open mindset. (some stuff I learnt before or knew or thought about before hand, but let's just talk about my perceptions now without any other links to past stuff.)
Because architecture links to so many things. And also why, O why would I want to forget about the past? All the things I studied before and loved so much... all that knowledge that I was proud to have learnt and had a great time learning about. I must find a way to apply them in architecture. Draw links somehow from everything... The architect has to put himself in the shoes of so many. Think about what people sense. Who to design for? Why? So many things to answer, so much to learn.
I learnt that we must always question and look at context. When you know culture, when you know precedence, then you will understand fully. It's important to read widely and I'm thankful I can indulge. Read, question critically, form thoughts, apply, look at your own work critically and improve on it, always improve on it. Architects are always critical of themselves. You have to look at your own works objectively so that you can improve on them.
Dare to change everything, but also keep in mind the past and the future, walk onward while looking back. Think about everything both small and large. Dare to ask. Dare to explore. Dare to challenge.
Keep in mind context, look at tropicality if you're in Singapore. Think about progression. Know that the architect merely is part of the equation. The architecture is born, but then it takes on a new life and ages and grows with the people who inhabit it, grows old, and one day it is time to reinvent or die or something else. And when that time comes, there's a need to do something about it.
Art and architecture are linked. Art for architecture, architecture for art, architecture as art.
I learnt that it's good to keep an open mindset. (some stuff I learnt before or knew or thought about before hand, but let's just talk about my perceptions now without any other links to past stuff.)
Because architecture links to so many things. And also why, O why would I want to forget about the past? All the things I studied before and loved so much... all that knowledge that I was proud to have learnt and had a great time learning about. I must find a way to apply them in architecture. Draw links somehow from everything... The architect has to put himself in the shoes of so many. Think about what people sense. Who to design for? Why? So many things to answer, so much to learn.
I learnt that we must always question and look at context. When you know culture, when you know precedence, then you will understand fully. It's important to read widely and I'm thankful I can indulge. Read, question critically, form thoughts, apply, look at your own work critically and improve on it, always improve on it. Architects are always critical of themselves. You have to look at your own works objectively so that you can improve on them.
Dare to change everything, but also keep in mind the past and the future, walk onward while looking back. Think about everything both small and large. Dare to ask. Dare to explore. Dare to challenge.
Keep in mind context, look at tropicality if you're in Singapore. Think about progression. Know that the architect merely is part of the equation. The architecture is born, but then it takes on a new life and ages and grows with the people who inhabit it, grows old, and one day it is time to reinvent or die or something else. And when that time comes, there's a need to do something about it.
Art and architecture are linked. Art for architecture, architecture for art, architecture as art.
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