Kahn - "form is what, design is how"

"design as if you were a child"-
picasso?
*source:yahoo

"form is what, design is how"
kahn
*source:google

"design as if you were a child" - Picasso?

let the facade be a free composition-gaudi?

i thought paul klee said 'design as if you were a child'? or maybe he was just described as painting like a child.

are these answers for a take-home quiz?

who is the 'traditional modernist' architect?
alvar aalto?

'damn, my keyboard is sticky' - mdler

"it's not what you do, but how you do it"..... B. Du BOIS.....


2:37am

not necessarily...

sorry...

stephanie,

no they arent for a take home quiz but some items in a past licensure exam questionnaire which i would like to know the answers to... apparently it aint that available in the net and i thought maybe you guys would have any idea as to who said em...

isnt philip johnson the traditional modernist? :-?

thanks to all who could help! it is much appreciated!

Philip Johnson's a whore

in a good way.
may he rest in peace.

katze,

thanks for you response on louis kahn.
wasnt it michael graves who said 'design as if you were a child?'

i dunno..can anyone confirm? :-s

"it's just stuff"

i'm fairly sure "let the facade be a free composition" is corb. i think from when he is talking about the free plan in vers une architecture.

"architecture is hard" (in french)
-Alvar Aalto

Robert Stern has used the word "modern traditionalist" to describe his work
-wikipedia

who was the first one to say "f*ck context"?

"Beer me."

--Chili D

any one can confirm on the quotes? appreciate any help and confirmation as i would need them answers... thanks in advance!

Unfortunately, I can not confirm the "design as if you were a child". I found one Picasso reference and now I am having a difficult time finding my original reference :(

These are seriously licensing exam questions? I'm screwed.

hi katze,

no worries if you cant find your sources... no pressure and thanks really

hi myriam,

yup they seriously are. no kiddin.:)

which licensing exam? and what makes you think these questions will appear on your exam??

betadinesutures,

licensure exams here in manila. these questions im askin came out in previous exams, and there are possibilities of 'em comin' out again. even if chances are slim, i still would not risk not knowing the answers.

Agfa8x - agreed, "let the facade be a free composition" is le corbusier, in refernece to the separation between structure and planning (dom-ino house).

phew--i'm not in manila!

that's a tough break, cj w. sorry.

Best quote I ever heard in a hissy fit was by a classmate while in the middle of a desk crit. The student was interupted while expalaining the scheme to the prof who was notorious short with students and the student yells back to the prof to;

"shut the fuck up .... I think in paragraphs not sentences and I haven't finished my thought!"

It was priceless, he was a total academic and only started designing (drawing) once he had researched / read a dozen books, then always had some drivel of a drawing to pin up, that no one could read. Prof always threatened to have him sent to work in some large production office to do nothing but reflected ceiling plans and door schedules.