A TREE IS A TREE IS A…BUILDING?
It is interesting to see the latest developments in neuroscience being used to justify an approach to design that has been around for a very long time. It short, this approach is to use natural forms as an inspiration for architectural forms. The author of the following article argues that science informs us that our [...]
Posted at 8:07 pm on January 27, 2012 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Guests, Lebbeus Woods | Tagged: architectural forms, architecture and nature | read on
QUESTIONING CATASTROPHE
Enough time has passed for us to not feel like voyeurs of disaster, or guilty exploiters of human tragedy. Rather, we can look at these images with a more objective eye, seeing them as types rather than only as documents of a shocking human catastrophe. As types, they give us enough emotional distance to learn [...]
Posted at 11:22 pm on January 23, 2012 | 9 comments | Filed Under: Lebbeus Woods | Tagged: earthquake, tsunami, Honshu, Japan | read on
