Sometimes I am curious to look at the curriculum of an architecture course, to try to understand how this absolute, indisputable and blatant regression in the results provided by the evolution of architectural technique was possible. The obsession with low cost does not seem to be enough to justify it, since even in European cities there are none where the modern part is visually superior to the old part. In short, modern architecture is uglier and less creative. What is this, then, that is being taught so that the professional, with better resources, produces something expressly worse?
Tag: behavior
It Is Amazing How Easily Most People…
It is amazing how easily most people adopt theories, beliefs, worldviews, novelties of all kinds and immediately start professing them. A deep and instantaneous perception of the truth being spoken does not seem to justify most cases. What then? It seems that such a reaction can only be justified in those unaccustomed to finding meaning in words, who finally come into contact with a discourse they understand. Is that all there is to it? Perhaps there i also something of an innate inclination to repeat. But while this inclination can sometimes prove fruitful, at other times it only reveals a gigantic susceptibility to manipulation.
It Is Really Difficult to Reconcile…
It is really difficult to reconcile inner peace with the unpredictable daily demands that sometimes seem to aim to destroy it. That is why it is necessary to come up with a conscious plan to sustain it, the primary action of which is to continually remind oneself of one’s need for it. That is exactly what refuge and inner peace are: necessities. Otherwise, one cannot achieve sobriety in one’s thinking, much less the tranquillity necessary for fair reflection.
If the Future of Paper Books Seems Uncertain…
If the future of paper books seems uncertain, not to say that their days are certainly numbered, we cannot help but proceed to imagine libraries as relics of a distant past. Forming and maintaining them, therefore, would only be done by collectors. This simple fact, although it masks the range of facilities that modernity has given to the average reader, cannot inspire good feelings. A book as an antique… What to say?