So you Want to be an Architect

Daphne

Daphne, the myth, runs from Apollo into the forest. She petrifies into a tree, by doing so she accepts pain. "We should not conceive of Daphne's tree as a system of defense. Her building is not a castle or a fortress. It is not an edifice of power but one of frailty. Daphne's monolith is not a stature of narcissism and self-complacency, but the "void shape" of self-shattering. It does not repel pain but absorbs it. In other words, Daphne's monument is not a building against pain but a building of pain or, as Anthony Vidler would put it, 'in pain.'" - Spyros Papapetros. Surrealism and Architecture.

Dali's Dream of Venus

Dali's Dream of Venus

Graffitti

Plan of Site with Elevations

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Hello friends,

Seeing as how I am studying architecture I thought I would share with you architectural interests, and projects.

Architecture today is mostly slap shod, slap and dash, clap board, freezer pan, riff raff. Developers are mostly interested in capital gains, and less in feelings. Instead of designing to accommodate people and their activities at a specific site, buildings are erected with cost efficiency in mind, and without regard to site. In fact new buildings often interrupt movements or activities and determine what you should do. We are not robots.I am not a robot.

So, by sharing information on the internet I hope to provide readers with knowledge that could potentially make our cities and streets more human.

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