Comments on: The Future was Then http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John Snead http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then/comment-page-1#comment-43 John Snead Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:39:11 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then#comment-43 I love it, Gaudi has always been one of my favorite architects, and this design is quite nice. it also looks rather like it's about to lift off the launching pad, which is always a good thing in my book. I love it, Gaudi has always been one of my favorite architects, and this design is quite nice. it also looks rather like it’s about to lift off the launching pad, which is always a good thing in my book.

]]> By: Randolph Fritz http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then/comment-page-1#comment-42 Randolph Fritz Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:18:32 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then#comment-42 Gaudi saw his work as a continuation of the past, rather than something of a revolutionary future, so the world of Zot may not be quite the direction. I find it interesting that biomorphicism, moderate nationalism, and structural clarity--and Gaudi very much relied on structure to give his designs form--can still lead to fresh work. It is much fresher than most modernist straining after abstract form; most architects don't know enough mathematics to do that well, and most of the mathematics comes from the study of natural form, anyway. "The tree is my master." Some architectural historians, however, place Gaudi with the nationalist modernists like <a href="http://www.jkl.fi/aalto/" rel="nofollow">Aalto</a>, and I think they have a point. Gaudi saw his work as a continuation of the past, rather than something of a revolutionary future, so the world of Zot may not be quite the direction. I find it interesting that biomorphicism, moderate nationalism, and structural clarity–and Gaudi very much relied on structure to give his designs form–can still lead to fresh work. It is much fresher than most modernist straining after abstract form; most architects don’t know enough mathematics to do that well, and most of the mathematics comes from the study of natural form, anyway. “The tree is my master.”

Some architectural historians, however, place Gaudi with the nationalist modernists like Aalto, and I think they have a point.

]]> By: --k. http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then/comment-page-1#comment-41 --k. Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:54:19 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then#comment-41 It's one step closer to the world of Zot. I approve! It’s one step closer to the world of Zot. I approve!

]]> By: Randolph Fritz http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then/comment-page-1#comment-40 Randolph Fritz Fri, 24 Jan 2003 05:12:10 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/23/the-future-was-then#comment-40 Well, I've been saying the 21st century might look like Gaudi and the Dean brothers for a while... There are a few more <a href="http://24.46.42.210:1818/Sinehead/Gaudi1.html" rel="nofollow">notes by Laffoley</a> on-line. I believe the BBC's comparative drawing is after a similar drawing in Rem Koolhaas' <i>Delerious New York</i>. I wonder how much there actually is of Gaudi's sketches, and what materials he would have proposed for their realization. Well, I’ve been saying the 21st century might look like Gaudi and the Dean brothers for a while…

There are a few more notes by Laffoley on-line. I believe the BBC’s comparative drawing is after a similar drawing in Rem Koolhaas’ Delerious New York. I wonder how much there actually is of Gaudi’s sketches, and what materials he would have proposed for their realization.

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