This past week on Archinect, we heard Thom Mayne's story of "jazz, sex, and the alienation of singular genius" in Julia Ingalls' interview with the Morphosis lead, and hypothesized on the future of architectural work in a world of full automation and universal basic income, based on Nicholas Korody's interview with the co-authors behind Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work. Both Ingalls and Korody join us on the podcast to delve deeper into these pieces, and share some juicy tidbits that couldn't make the final cut.
Listen to episode 57 of Archinect Sessions, "How Much a Dollar Costs":
Shownotes:
"Untitled" (1961) by Cy Twombly:
Pershing Square Renew competition
The controversial Border Wall competition
Patrik Schumacher's Liberland
Nicholas' interview with FOAM: Towards a decentralized architecture with FOAM + the Blockchain
Julia & Nicholas answer Ken's question, "What are you listening to?":
Julia: Iggy Pop's new album, "Post Pop Depression"
Nicholas: Gene Clark's "No Other"
Rihanna's latest, "Anti"
and Kanye West's latest, "The Life of Pablo"
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Love how Mayne is exploring the emotional and experiential humanism in his work, which is so obviously rich.
I would assume architecture has never been a "leasure" profession, but completely tied to local needs and uses. Im not sure if it's useful to explicitly dictate how many hours someone is allowed to work, or how much they should be paid apart from minimum wage. I like the results oriented work and creating new ways to pay firms based on that... Which is impossible because the results are determined over years and years and considering how praise is heaped on firms that are better at renderings than results.
Of course when the day comes when a.i. or tech replaces all payable work, it's likely that architecture itself will become the last vestige of humanity, as it symbolizes all human needs (shelter, home, eating, contemplation, sex, meaning). A world without work creates a paradox where leasure and art cannot exist either. Humanity cannot exist in this context without creating war on each other or on the robots for stealing their meaning. Just like the Microsoft AI robot quickly became a racist, hate monger...primitive humans cannot coexist with rational beings.
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