http://emergenturbanism.com/2008/03/26/architecture-without-design/ Rediscovering urban complexity Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://emergenturbanism.com/2008/03/26/architecture-without-design/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Architects India Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:34:28 +0000 http://mathieuhelie.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-49 This actually draws the line between the mainstream stuff you see coming up everyday.Brilliant collaboration. This actually draws the line between the mainstream stuff you see coming up everyday.Brilliant collaboration.

]]> http://emergenturbanism.com/2008/03/26/architecture-without-design/comment-page-1/#comment-48 EWO Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:42:07 +0000 http://mathieuhelie.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-48 Do you think Louis Kahn would like those works? Do you think Louis Kahn would like those works?

]]> http://emergenturbanism.com/2008/03/26/architecture-without-design/comment-page-1/#comment-47 eric Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:33:20 +0000 http://mathieuhelie.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-47 I recently learned why the vernacular architecture pictured in your post will never be shown in architecture school. The people who built them, did so only for themselves, they have no need for academic support. For this reason alone, academics hate the 'untrained' independent. A classmate of mine recently left school because a side project he was working on went into construction. When he told the teachers he was leaving to build a project, they all became mad. They said he was not able to build yet because he did not have his degree yet. He said 'construction starts next week' I recently learned why the vernacular architecture pictured in your post will never be shown in architecture school. The people who built them, did so only for themselves, they have no need for academic support. For this reason alone, academics hate the ‘untrained’ independent. A classmate of mine recently left school because a side project he was working on went into construction. When he told the teachers he was leaving to build a project, they all became mad. They said he was not able to build yet because he did not have his degree yet. He said ‘construction starts next week’

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