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E N G L A N D L O N D O N | B E T H N A L G R E E N | S T R A T F O R D | L E I C E S T E R | C A M B R I D G E | L I V E R P O O L

SC OT LAND G L A S G O W | I N V E R N E S | L O C H E N D | D O R N I E | E D I N B U R G H

FATTO URBANO

Expression of Form

Architecture as an object in use, form and function

Collective Memory

Embodiment of past and present within an object

Singularity of Place

Individuality of site through unique spatial and temporal relationships

“ [URBAN ARTIFACT] Implies not just a physical thing in the city, but all of its history, geography, structure,

and connection with the general life of the city.

PETER EISENMAN in the architecture of the city

PERMANENCE

MARTIN HEIDEGGAR in poetry, language, thought

“ Our frame of reference for the past and future is based within the present. We compare and contrast from this known point, building from a collection of static references and relations.

“ A building is encountered; it is approached, confronted, related to one’s body, moved through, utilized as a condition for other things. Architecture directs, scales, and frames actions, perceptions, and thoughts.

JUHANI PALLASMAA

in encounters, stairways of the mind

EXPERIENCE

LESSON ONE

GO EXPLORING

(it will leave a mark)

LESSON TWO

NATURE WILL FIND A WAY

“Human beings are not out of nature when they stand in the streets of Manahattan any more than they are in nature when they stand in the mountain above tree-line in Montana”

Ashton Nichols in Beyond romantic ecocriticism: toward urbanatural roosting

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LESSON THREE

SEEK MOMENTS

(be an active participant)

LESSON FOUR

KNOW WHEN TO BE ORDINARY

(but always be exceptional)

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LESSON FIVE

YES, AND IS MORE

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LESSON SIX

CLIMB A MOUNTAIN

(don’t miss the forest for the trees)

A QUESTION

SO. WHY (RE)CONSTRUCTION?

“ Value is created between subject and object as an experience. An object itself cannot be quality. The subject’s experience is required to give it quality.

ROBERT PIRSIG in lila: an inquiry into morals

QUALITY

THE QUESTION

WHAT IS QUALITY?

FINAL LESSON

BE FLUID

“A house has its sense or meaning in a whole web of references.”

Jacque Derrida

Life creates conditions conducive to life. Entropy creates the richness.

FINAL LESSON

BE FLUID

“A house has its sense or meaning in a whole we of references.”

Jacque Derrida

Design for exploration: enable the contribution of the audience.

FINAL LESSON

BE FLUID

“A house has its sense or meaning in a whole we of references.”

Jacque Derrida

Fashion is a dangerous thing. Be good. Then be interesting.

FINAL LESSON

BE FLUID

“A house has its sense or meaning in a whole we of references.”

Jacque Derrida

Keep perspective. Don’t lose the experience in pursuit of the details.

FINAL LESSON

BE FLUID

“A house has its sense or meaning in a whole web of references.”

Jacques Derrida

thank you

LESSON ONE

GO EXPLORING

LESSON TWO

NATURE WILL FIND A WAY

LESSON THREE

SEEK MOMENTS

LESSON FOUR

KNOW WHEN TO BE ORDINARY thank you

LESSON FIVE

YES, AND IS MORE

LESSON SIX

CLIMB A MOUNTAIN

FINAL LESSON

BE FLUID