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[[Italo Calvino]] underlines this quality as one of his ‘Six Memos for the Next Millennium’, | [[Italo Calvino]] underlines this quality as one of his ‘Six Memos for the Next Millennium’, | ||
Imagine a life more light and imagine it to be constructed more mobile, flexible, portable, organic and more related to our natural surroundings and the elements, and that we can create our homes or shelters wherever our heart is with no fixed form or any beginning and end, either spatially or in time. | Imagine a life more light and imagine it to be constructed more mobile, flexible, portable, organic and more related to our natural surroundings and the elements, and that we can create our homes or shelters wherever our heart is with no fixed form or any beginning and end, either spatially or in time. | ||
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- | And I wonder can we construct our worlds from the lightest quality surrounding us everywhere: –air-. | ||
- | Air's once palpable presence in contemporary architecture has become largely invisible. Our architecture is often asphyxiating its inhabitants, | ||
The Renaissance embodied the idea of air or better ‘pneuma’ [wind, air, breath, spirit and soul] in their art of building. One of the primary goals of renaissance architects was to enhance the powers of pneuma so as to foster the art of well-being, essence, wind and ventilation were core principles of classical buildings. Pneuma was a wonderful link for establishing harmony between the human body, architecture and the cosmos, and that building was envisioned as a mediator between the inhabitant' | The Renaissance embodied the idea of air or better ‘pneuma’ [wind, air, breath, spirit and soul] in their art of building. One of the primary goals of renaissance architects was to enhance the powers of pneuma so as to foster the art of well-being, essence, wind and ventilation were core principles of classical buildings. Pneuma was a wonderful link for establishing harmony between the human body, architecture and the cosmos, and that building was envisioned as a mediator between the inhabitant' | ||
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- | Inflatable architecture is simply constructed | + | And in wondering if we can construct our worlds |
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One can simply tape, stitch or iron the layer plastics together, make a hole and mount a table-ventilator and voila there is an inflated space. To enter the space; take a knife and make an incision. | One can simply tape, stitch or iron the layer plastics together, make a hole and mount a table-ventilator and voila there is an inflated space. To enter the space; take a knife and make an incision. | ||
Its a quick medium to construct a space, one can practice building over and over again, every time deepening its patterns, until you know exactly how to realize spaces which works. | Its a quick medium to construct a space, one can practice building over and over again, every time deepening its patterns, until you know exactly how to realize spaces which works. | ||
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===== Some general problem domains in contemporary architecture===== | ===== Some general problem domains in contemporary architecture===== | ||
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* The current over-emphases of intellectual and conceptual dimensions of architecture contributes to the disappearance of its physical, sensual and embodied essence. | * The current over-emphases of intellectual and conceptual dimensions of architecture contributes to the disappearance of its physical, sensual and embodied essence. | ||
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[reference to :There is a Timeless Way of Building- patterns of events]\\ | [reference to :There is a Timeless Way of Building- patterns of events]\\ | ||
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- | After Coming across some problematic patterns | + | After Coming across some problematic patterns |