architecture
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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 26. – ottavia (invisible cities series, 03)
“If you choose to believe me, good. Now I will tell how Octavia, the spider-web city, is made. There is a precipice between two steep mountains: the city is over the void, bound to the two crests with ropes and chains and catwalks. You walk on the little wooden ties, careful not to set your…
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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 23. – on fairy stories*
*tolkien. Andrew Lang lectures at St. Andrews, 1938. In previous entries, I briefly mentioned primary and secondary worlds. In this entry, I will quote from Tolkien’s lecture “On Fairy Stories,” in which he develops these concepts. I will interpret them and attempt to establish their relationship to worldbuilding and architecture. faerie begins Allow me to begin…
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