Thursday, September 27, 2007

Aspiration

Erick van Egeraat designs artificlial islands in the shape of Russia in the Black Sea

I want to say this is sick but I know I AM WRONG. If it can be made and lived in a sustainable way, why not? Architecture has always been the expression of patron's fantasy of the world. Emperor Hadrian has done that with his villa in Tivoli; Japanese have built a Holland Village in Nagasaki... Aspiration drives us; sometimes it is not creative, not tasteful, and not intelligent. But hopefully responsible.

Our cities and architecture manifest how human species relates to its environment. Ultimately our cities and architecture manifest whether our species is worthy of existence. ‘You don’t shit where you eat’. It is basic, it is self-respect, and it is our responsibility.