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entry 28. – on quality, 02
to be honest, i have been trying to bring out this piece, the second of my writings titled “on quality,” for a long time now, but i could never quite settle into it. what pushed me to write it was an encounter that happened before i had even read pirsig. the concept of quality i…
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entry 27. – on quality, 01
i’ve read the book called “zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance”. it was very intriguing to read, as it made me relate it to my environment and perspective. (spoilers ahead) i liked pirsig’s idea of making the book a chautauqua and a real-life documenting tool at the same time. it reminded me of my…
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entry 25. – speaking the city
Architecture, worldbuilding, and design process as a language, these are the three fields I keep returning to in this casebook. I might be wrong at times for trying, as not many architects relate to these three fields in particular. But I think it is important to bring them together by finding common things and even…
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entry 22. – timeline of architecture / 20th century
I want to share another website that I made in school for an architecture history class. here, you can read why I made the website: This site was created for the final assignment of the History of Architecture IV course. The aim is to examine the architecture of the twentieth century in a chronological order…
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entry 21. – the timeless way of building*
*Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. I’ve been exploring connections between worldbuilding and architecture as a way to imagine what could be. Worldbuilding has developed particular ways of thinking about creation and emergence. I’m curious whether those ways of thinking could enrich architectural practice. To gain a perspective,…
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