I've lately been exchanging bile on this subject with a friend, a Tokyo architecture professor who, having seen off earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, is having a harder time surviving the avalanche of well-meant, if simultaneously self-serving, condescension. — smh.com.au
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some may bristle a bit, but something that needs to be discussed...
thank you for posting this! i was just contemplating this yesterday
the opinion piece is, in itself, a little more provocative than necessary, just like the work with which she's taking issue. if you pay attention to what AFH has been doing, and what they say, the immediate disaster response probably isn't the best territory for architects to come into anyway, but the long-term recovery is where we can be much more useful.
ban is smart, and i think he's done some smart immediate response things, but maybe his approach shouldn't be *all* architects' approach. better to pay attention to the organized, thoughtful efforts of AFH and help there if we've got the urge to help.
Well, this is what happens when you have an instituition that values a pretty rendering over an informative floor plan. Or when you have an education system that teaches students to make something expresive, versus something utilitarian.
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