Not really sure why I’m blogging this, except for random thoughts that sprung up.
Listening to Matt Jones’s presentation at Umeå for the Fall Summit 2009, and reflecting on some things he said. (It’s amazing that when I listen to a speaker of such calibre, even half-baked thoughts leave me enriched.)
“Anything Essential is Invisible – We are sculpting with Data – We need to have a feel for the data we are working with - We dont design anything until we have a feel for what the data will be like – What the Data wants to Do – Making the Invisible, Visible.”
“And if you think of Brick, for instance,
and you say to Brick,
“What do you want Brick?”
And Brick says to you
“I like an Arch.”
And if you say to Brick
“Look, arches are expensive,
and I can use a concrete lentil over you.
What do you think of that?”
“Brick?”
Brick says:
“… I like an Arch””
(Louis Kahn, Architect, talking about conceiving the IIM Ahmedabad building)
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Perhaps this was why I left the older understanding of Architecture behind in search of a newer one.
Perhaps I was in search of more meaningful data.
