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From: brownlee@xxxxxxxxxx (Donald Brownlee)
Subject: Re: What's wrong with Architecture!
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 14:57:56 GMT
In article <1994Feb28.174459.1@clstac> cvacsgrg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>I truly think that Architecture is obsolete. The world, every day, becomes
>more and more mechanized and efficient. Engineering is what is in demand. No
>one wants these architectural artists around to draw up pretty pictures that
>only serve to masturbate the architects egos. Their designs are not understood
>by anyone but themselves. Engineers make the world go around. It's all about
>math and logical thinking and not stupid abstract concepts about how light
>hitting a dixie cup or some other stupid thing that generates ideas. Look at
>idiots like Le Corbusier. What the hell was he thinking. His designs are
>totally inapropriate. They cost too much too build and ended up failing.
>Looking nice is one thing, but FUNCTIONING is another. You architects better
>wake up and look at the world around you, The World of the Engineer.
>
>F. Grant
>Engineer extraordinaire
How light strikes a dixie cup affects the way people perceive the cup.
Inappropriate, expensive, failed designs can be very informative.
D. Brownlee
Not an Architect
From: brownlee@xxxxxxxxxx (Donald Brownlee)
Subject: Re: What's wrong with Architecture!
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 14:57:56 GMT
In article <1994Feb28.174459.1@clstac> cvacsgrg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>I truly think that Architecture is obsolete. The world, every day, becomes
>more and more mechanized and efficient. Engineering is what is in demand. No
>one wants these architectural artists around to draw up pretty pictures that
>only serve to masturbate the architects egos. Their designs are not understood
>by anyone but themselves. Engineers make the world go around. It's all about
>math and logical thinking and not stupid abstract concepts about how light
>hitting a dixie cup or some other stupid thing that generates ideas. Look at
>idiots like Le Corbusier. What the hell was he thinking. His designs are
>totally inapropriate. They cost too much too build and ended up failing.
>Looking nice is one thing, but FUNCTIONING is another. You architects better
>wake up and look at the world around you, The World of the Engineer.
>
>F. Grant
>Engineer extraordinaire
How light strikes a dixie cup affects the way people perceive the cup.
Inappropriate, expensive, failed designs can be very informative.
D. Brownlee
Not an Architect