Well this is the most common-sense idea ever, but it made the news, which in and of itself is a sad statement on the commonness of common sense.
So get this: how about actually going to the site before and during the design process? Kinda like everybody and their intern did before the advent of the computer?
In this age of alienation and detachment in which people in increasing numbers, work on computers, Portugali still plans her projects in the field. During the first stages of planning, she is on site.
What is good for humans, Portugali believes, will be good for the environment too. With physical tools like ropes for delineation, she goes about the spot, discovering its terrain and character and how the construction will blend with the environment.
When Portugali plans a window, for instance, she does it in the field because it’s very important to understand what the subject will see from the building through that window, and what passers-by will see when they look at the building from outside.
No Pingbacks for this post yet...
This post has 281 feedbacks awaiting moderation...
Previous post: By persuading the suburban middle class to incorporate the fundamental principles of New Urbanism—using natural ventilation and other low-tech green solutions in houses, for instance, and designing neighborhoods that rely less on automobile transportation
Next post: Why I went into architecture
Enter your email address below to be notified.
After you click Sumbit, you'll simply come right back to this page. Be assured that your email address has indeed gone through. (I've had a few people enter their email address multiple times.)
After you click Submit, you'll come right back to the blog!
* Unless you spam me.
Created by Contact Form Generator
Know of some others I can add here? Let me know. Have you already visited some of these places...or planning on it? Let me know and I will feature your story and your photos here!
I am starting a new kind of architecture school. Unlike most architecture schools, you wouldn't have to submit GRE scores or good grades or letters of recommendation. You wouldn't have to put the rest of your life on hold for 3 to 5 years. You wouldn't have to accrue tens of thousands of dollars in debt. At my architecture school, anyone could come for a few weeks and learn how to build a house with their own two hands. My teachers would take skills and concepts from some of these other workshops I've listed above... except classes would be held year-round to make it easy to fit into your schedule. I would have a number of different campuses around the country that would teach building designs appropriate to the local climate. And I need your help. Can you donate land for a campus? Can you dotate books for a library? Can you teach a workshop? Can you provide start-up capital? Let me know.
Need more? Visit our bookstore