Ming Cheng RIBA | MRTPIWhy Thomas Heatherwick’s misguided ramblings are too dangerous to ignore. Thank you Olly Wainwright for pointing this out.
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Professor Kerstin Sailer@ArchitectMing Brilliant! I've been waiting for that.
My own musings on this were not quite so detailed but of a similar nature:
Professor Kerstin Sailer (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] I enjoyed listening to this too! Featured some research I greatly respect, for example the work of Colin Ellard: https://aeon.co/essays/why-boring-streets-make-pedestrians-stressed-and-unhappy However, there are also a few premises of the programme that I heartily disagree with. The fact that architects have ignored users for too long? Agreed. Thus, we need to focus on facades and exterior building aesthetics? Don't agree! Buildings need to work for regular users inside as much (even more?) as for those passing by
@kerstinsailer your analysis is just as good, and I need to read the articles being quoted.
However, I have problems with this simplistic view of our built environment, saying ALL buildings need not to be boring.
The fact that a majority of our buildings in the cities are ordinary tells us everything we need to know.
Take Venice as an example, it has many amazing buildings, but a majority of them are ordinary buildings set within an extraordinary setting.
However, I have problems with this simplistic view of our built environment, saying ALL buildings need not to be boring.
The fact that a majority of our buildings in the cities are ordinary tells us everything we need to know.
Take Venice as an example, it has many amazing buildings, but a majority of them are ordinary buildings set within an extraordinary setting.
Dave T-W@ArchitectMing It's a hilarious read as well, because every example he gives of bad design has a shining turd of his own to demonstrate the point.
@davoloid It is the exceptionalism view that he held that I find it difficult to stomach. ‘Do as I say, but not what I do.’
Also he didn’t even write the book! I will be so embarrassed if I go on these interviews, all guns blazing, knowing they are not my words.
Also he didn’t even write the book! I will be so embarrassed if I go on these interviews, all guns blazing, knowing they are not my words.