Architecture without architects

An excellent document on PBS on visionary art made by people who do not call themselves artists, called off the map

Some of these “backyard paradises” are well known such as the Palais Ideal by le Facteur Cheval or the Watts Towers in LA. Others such as the Bottle Village are new to me.

One of my favourite books is called Architecture without architects by Bernard Rudolfsky on vernacular architecture. A book that looks at buildings embedded in their context. Another excellent book on building on indigeneous buildings is Shelter by Bob Easton and Lloyd Kahn.
I used to work for the Japanese architect Hiroshi Hara on the Kyoto Station and the Umeda Sky Building. Hara is a professor at Tokyo University and during the late 70’s early 80’s he and his team travelled around to world catalogue-ing the vernacular architecture and urban design of houses and villages in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin and South America. Hara identified 100 elements which he would use as the design elements in his buildings. Often he would  use all the 100 elements in some way or another, which explains for the complexity of most of his buildings. Eventhough the approach itself is very interesting, I could never get the feeling that he really succeeded in implementing these elements in the way Hara had seen them in their context around the world. It all looks too artificial to  me. The difference being that vernacular architecture or the art created by the artists above is being implemented on an (I lack vocabulary here) “unconscious” level.
As trained professionals, will we ever be able to reach this level? This might sound very pessimistic, but I am sceptical about the “unlearning” element that an architect would need to go through to reach the level that vernacular architecture demands.
To be continued.

One thought on “Architecture without architects

  1. Ines

    Male strup club iin shhoreline washingtonWet budhy cunt indiaNake women clip artVidsos oof chubby teenns squirtingWeet chicks wit dicksTeenhs
    brokle suckGame onn hardcore sorts radioPictures of secy blachk girlsGang milfCheerleaders strip districtLa innk nude picksAateur pirn vidiosDeeep dick pssy pie fulll videoVintae dirt annd magazineVntage
    cowhoy furnitureVandread nue picturesLatin matfure assBackk door virginNuude
    girs inn seimming poolsTeen ppussy rubbing closeup moviesTopless aasian babesSexyy
    yellow slutLovdrs seex fash gameMother daughter
    lesbian dominationSiin cty hustlerPlasyboy pics nude freeJennifedr aniston golden bikiniWeaqning
    breasxt to bottleGay male nufses victimsSarmmili nudeLightweeight adukt ponchoSitee
    impexol.cn condomCoock deep iin assholeGapinmg ana extrme
    https://smut.cc/kink/indian-cpllege-girl Gilmore girls actor nudeHd porn full moviesTight wett teenFree 12 inch ppussy penetrationAmateur women pubvic
    hairVotuer bikiniCornfted nudeFetish dollyStarr seex ideos freeNudde
    phofo previewBigg coc hite sexFaat naked omen frdee sitesFrewky
    lesbians nudeAtlanta esacort modelTattooed teeen cpck suckerGirll gets mmad abouht her pussyDildoo fre girl videoPornn casting talernt agenciesVancouver
    slutsPluus ize brial limgerie catalogsTeeen adjustable
    watchWildferness programs for tens proTeenn niopple and breastGaay escort swedenNakjed woman wth big boobsOrgasmm techniqyes freeGlory hole locztion train stattion ukGayy toon porr nExpansiopn tank vintyage voltageHorby teenage cockPeneloope krith
    sexy photoJenna hazse gang bang videoInterraciaal cheating wufe breedingAsian homemadfe videosFrree poirn videos oof ahgelique
    morganCum worpd storySelenaa spkce aked videos

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *