Wonderful video! As a third year student of architecture this was refreshing to hear compared to the dreamlike world of academia. I’m thankful that my school teaches similar ideas but not every professor thinks the same way and some get lost in meaningless ‘intentions’, I suppose that’s why they give most of their focus to academia. Keep doing what you do, people like you are those who will bring respect and principle back to architecture and hopefully we will get to see respect and agency returned to the profession!
Another great topic and point of view! It reminds me the way Alejandro Aravena is always defining what is architecture: syntax. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hey Milos, great channel just discovered it and subscribed right away. . Just maybe a small side-note, the work of Filip Dujardin you showed is not a actual building but a digital composition of architectural details that he has collected as a photographer. Then on the other hand, I get why you chose the image.
Well the topic is old as architecture it's self. Brunnelschi was a goldsmith , Michelangelo , Bernini were sculpturist , Bramante, Raffaello, Vasari were painters,Leon Battista Alberti was a philosopher and so on and most of them gave the interpretation of architecture through their experience expect for Andrea Palladio which he was really an architect ,he began as a stone cutter and he had a deep understanding of his job. He wrote that an architect should be an intellectual bricklayer and he wasn't quite wrong . Architects are artisan even today ,in the digital era, and should not forget about this, and they should know how to use this new tools in a profund manner rather than for whim .
architecture like art maybe interpretated in various forms whether the communication is good or bad, it remains a perception of our reality! those topics remain subjects of perception and taste...
Dude after alots of architects videos i thought i was the only one who thinks they are saying lots of bullshits until i watch yours. There's a matter of expections vs reality in our profession. Thanks man. This video really helps.
By being a part of the Architectural school that was more paying attention to the engineering side, I thought that I am missing something that other schools had. That philosophy skill to talk about buildings. I always felt that there has to be something more and there is.
I once asked...where do those stories come from...then something happened while on my way to work on a bus...l was folding the bus ticket...until the material split. The failed creases resembled a bird in flight. I spent the next two years trying to learn...what a simple sheet of 8.5 x 10 sheet of paper could become. Along the way... thousands of versions of the bird in flight were given to anyone who happen to be next to me. Finally...the perfect bird was done...and they too were given to anyone and everyone...anywhere. The learning process evolved into it's own unique story that explains in part...its transformation. In Architecture, because of the length of time it takes to actually get an idea built...the same happens. John Ferraz Architect
Thank you for this amazing video, it is very insightful and gets deep into the meta of architecture - such interpretations and introductions are precious, rare to come across.
Hi Milos, I'm starting this year with the resolution to spread the word on building science thoughout the Spanish-speaking sphere, and I intend yo produce as much as possible content in topics related to building energy modeling and data science. I truly like your videos and your message resonates a lot between my ears. They are a great source of motivation. I've just sent you an invite through LinkedIn a few moments ago and it would ve awesome to connect. Saludos desde Monterrey!
Mark Foster Gage has compiled some essential texts for aesthetics in architecture & design which I think is very relevant to this discussion. I believe that narrative does not and should not necessarily enrich the way a building is received. The building is an object which has certain aesthetic qualities (some of which can be measured via neuroscience) and should be evaluated in that way. The narrative or references the architecture makes is just "conceptual ornamentation" to me... added on for effect and marketing.
Honestly, Architecture should NEVER resemble Art. By definition, Art is devoid of function and becomes meaningful only through context. Hence anything can become art. Architecture on the other hand may NEVER be devoid of function, because it would immediately become very bad architecture. IMHO the shapes of buildings should always revolve around the human form and it's intended use. The combination of form and function and scale and context can produce magnificent buildings, completely outrages spaces, which are still functional. IF you are an architect, please, don't ever aspire to create art when designing a building. If you do so, you are failing your profession.
Honestly, i think architects should stop trying to be so philophical and start expanding the term of functionalism, so that buildings can become catalysts for the intended use and not a piece of art. Built structure should be made for ordinary people and not for the artistical expression of an architect. I mean they can be if it actually adds to the function, like in a church, but otherwise it should not be the main focus.
I don't think architecture has to be art or have story or meaning. It can be artisan and just fulfill its job in a practical and esthetic way without alk this BS.
Milos, you are one of the most conscious professionals and architects that I ever saw. Make more of this kind of videos. Thank you.
Agreed.
Wonderful video! As a third year student of architecture this was refreshing to hear compared to the dreamlike world of academia. I’m thankful that my school teaches similar ideas but not every professor thinks the same way and some get lost in meaningless ‘intentions’, I suppose that’s why they give most of their focus to academia. Keep doing what you do, people like you are those who will bring respect and principle back to architecture and hopefully we will get to see respect and agency returned to the profession!
I would listen to you forever.. I wish our instructors in university were this interesting :(
by the way, I can help with adding captions and arabic subs if you're interested. You can add this option in the settings and anyone can contribute.
You.
Make sense.
In a world that is drifting towards senselessness.
Man, you’re such a philosopher haha I really like your channel. Congrats! 👏🏻
Another great topic and point of view! It reminds me the way Alejandro Aravena is always defining what is architecture: syntax. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Every architecture student needs to see this video! (Currently a student myself)
This is absolutely spot on. I wish this discourse would be engaged more seriously both in academia and in industry practice
Hey Milos, great channel just discovered it and subscribed right away.
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Just maybe a small side-note, the work of Filip Dujardin you showed is not a actual building but a digital composition of architectural details that he has collected as a photographer. Then on the other hand, I get why you chose the image.
Well the topic is old as architecture it's self. Brunnelschi was a goldsmith , Michelangelo , Bernini were sculpturist , Bramante, Raffaello, Vasari were painters,Leon Battista Alberti was a philosopher and so on and most of them gave the interpretation of architecture through their experience expect for Andrea Palladio which he was really an architect ,he began as a stone cutter and he had a deep understanding of his job. He wrote that an architect should be an intellectual bricklayer and he wasn't quite wrong . Architects are artisan even today ,in the digital era, and should not forget about this, and they should know how to use this new tools in a profund manner rather than for whim .
architecture like art maybe interpretated in various forms whether the communication is good or bad, it remains a perception of our reality! those topics remain subjects of perception and taste...
Dude after alots of architects videos i thought i was the only one who thinks they are saying lots of bullshits until i watch yours. There's a matter of expections vs reality in our profession. Thanks man. This video really helps.
By being a part of the Architectural school that was more paying attention to the engineering side, I thought that I am missing something that other schools had. That philosophy skill to talk about buildings. I always felt that there has to be something more and there is.
I once asked...where do those stories come from...then something happened while on my way to work on a bus...l was folding the bus ticket...until the material split. The failed creases resembled a bird in flight. I spent the next two years trying to learn...what a simple sheet of 8.5 x 10 sheet of paper could become. Along the way... thousands of versions of the bird in flight were given to anyone who happen to be next to me. Finally...the perfect bird was done...and they too were given to anyone and everyone...anywhere.
The learning process evolved into it's own unique story that explains in part...its transformation.
In Architecture, because of the length of time it takes to actually get an idea built...the same happens.
John Ferraz Architect
Thank you for this amazing video, it is very insightful and gets deep into the meta of architecture - such interpretations and introductions are precious, rare to come across.
Lifelong debate... Since first day in architecture school
Hi Milos,
I'm starting this year with the resolution to spread the word on building science thoughout the Spanish-speaking sphere, and I intend yo produce as much as possible content in topics related to building energy modeling and data science.
I truly like your videos and your message resonates a lot between my ears. They are a great source of motivation.
I've just sent you an invite through LinkedIn a few moments ago and it would ve awesome to connect.
Saludos desde Monterrey!
Hi Mauro, thanks. Keep in touch.
Mark Foster Gage has compiled some essential texts for aesthetics in architecture & design which I think is very relevant to this discussion. I believe that narrative does not and should not necessarily enrich the way a building is received. The building is an object which has certain aesthetic qualities (some of which can be measured via neuroscience) and should be evaluated in that way. The narrative or references the architecture makes is just "conceptual ornamentation" to me... added on for effect and marketing.
hii, i have quetion that what is the name ar time 9.26 in this video. thanks for all information and support.
I love your videos, I feel more people should see this, we've lost ourselves to meaningless stories behind buildings, ignoring what really matters.
This channel must be supported. I just subscribed
I always had this exact opinin but struggled to say it as clearly as you do in this video.
i hope you can add captions ，thanks
Brilliant content as always, thank you Milos!
I got goosebumps
totally agree.. I think bijarke ingeles is rescuing the profession so far with the reasonable and radical approaches..
Thanks for the amazing content, Totally agree!
Honestly, Architecture should NEVER resemble Art. By definition, Art is devoid of function and becomes meaningful only through context. Hence anything can become art. Architecture on the other hand may NEVER be devoid of function, because it would immediately become very bad architecture. IMHO the shapes of buildings should always revolve around the human form and it's intended use. The combination of form and function and scale and context can produce magnificent buildings, completely outrages spaces, which are still functional.
IF you are an architect, please, don't ever aspire to create art when designing a building. If you do so, you are failing your profession.
Tuna I like..
Honestly, i think architects should stop trying to be so philophical and start expanding the term of functionalism, so that buildings can become catalysts for the intended use and not a piece of art. Built structure should be made for ordinary people and not for the artistical expression of an architect. I mean they can be if it actually adds to the function, like in a church, but otherwise it should not be the main focus.
I don’t understand why architects are so badly paid…?
I don't think architecture has to be art or have story or meaning. It can be artisan and just fulfill its job in a practical and esthetic way without alk this BS.