This Week in Architecture: More than Visual
Architecture is a profession deeply dependent on the visual. It?s imagined, sold, critiqued and consumed almost entirely on the strength (or lack thereof) of drawings. We pick and prod at images presented at angles we?ll never be able see, admiring the architectonic qualities of elements we?ll never actually experience.
© Beat Widmer. ImageCourtesy of Diller, Scofidio + Renfro
Architecture is a profession deeply dependent on the visual. It?s imagined, sold, critiqued and consumed almost entirely on the strength (or lack thereof) of drawings. We pick and prod at images presented at angles we?ll never be able see, admiring the architectonic qualities of elements we?ll never actually experience.And yet, when it comes to the experience of architecture (which, lest we forget, is what it?s all about) the visual plays only a small part. What stays with us is how a building facilitates its purpose and affects our quality of life. Is it easy to navigate" Is the floor always slippery after it rains" Does light reach into the deepest layer of offices" Are the materials responsible for the headache that simply won?t go away"Architecture is about more than just the visual. But perhaps the visual can also be elevated to meet architecture. This week?s stories touched on issues of branding, drawing, and the sense.Eyes off Design
© 2008 Estate of Madeline Gins, Reproduced with permission of the estate of Madeline Gins. ImageCourtesy of Metrop...
© Beat Widmer. ImageCourtesy of Diller, Scofidio + Renfro
Architecture is a profession deeply dependent on the visual. It?s imagined, sold, critiqued and consumed almost entirely on the strength (or lack thereof) of drawings. We pick and prod at images presented at angles we?ll never be able see, admiring the architectonic qualities of elements we?ll never actually experience.And yet, when it comes to the experience of architecture (which, lest we forget, is what it?s all about) the visual plays only a small part. What stays with us is how a building facilitates its purpose and affects our quality of life. Is it easy to navigate" Is the floor always slippery after it rains" Does light reach into the deepest layer of offices" Are the materials responsible for the headache that simply won?t go away"Architecture is about more than just the visual. But perhaps the visual can also be elevated to meet architecture. This week?s stories touched on issues of branding, drawing, and the sense.Eyes off Design
© 2008 Estate of Madeline Gins, Reproduced with permission of the estate of Madeline Gins. ImageCourtesy of Metrop...
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