2024-11-23T08:31:00-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150163292/the-creative-power-of-walking Sean Joyner 2019-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/93/934bf274db8876ec2f16e0e8d0600be9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Sitting there, program in hand, concept underway, and with constraints to abide by, we consider the possibilities. The design process isn't a scientific thing, there's an artistic aspect to it, one that sometimes leaves us searching for the perfect solution. We arrive at something, but know when it isn't right, it could be better, we think. But, how do we get there? We sketch, we model, we converse, we charrette, and yet sometimes there are still those moments of creative contemplation where we can't put our finger on that thing that we know lies in the back of our minds. Historically, walking has been one way to bring that&nbsp;<em>thing</em> to the forefront of our creative pursuit.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d6/d662542209d7097fc4a4a8633f3ef930.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d6/d662542209d7097fc4a4a8633f3ef930.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The School of Athens by Raphael.</figcaption></figure> Mobile pondering <p>In 335 BCE, after his pupil, Alexander the Great, rose to power and conquered Athens, Aristotle began teaching at the Lyceum, a school of philosophy whose followers would later become known as the <em>Peripatetics</em>. In the famous fresco&nbsp;<em>The School of Athens</em>, Italian Renai...</p>