The photo essay above is an attempt to conduct a social criticism of architects and the sprawling milieu of conformity and down-right ugliness/mindlessness that surrounds us.
The stereotypical architect is dressed all in black - a mysterious, arrogant, haughty individual. One who has been lulled into a false sense of what can only be termed the "God Complex" - the master creator of space and time. Architecture, for him, is a self-gratifying process; one in which others are viewed as pedestrians, only being allowed to observe the process but not to touch. Oh no, don't you dare touch. Dressed in white, the architect understands that a re-birthing must occur - the establishment of the multi-disciplinary, collaborative architect. In the words of the Indian architect, B.V. Doshi, "I am not an architect. For me it is a search. A search for the known which I have not known".
Stepping into this Salt Lake neighborhood was like an eery, surreal scene from The Truman Show. The monotonous formal regularity bathed in a sea of beige, demonstrated in a lack of reality, and worse, an absence of identity. Is this the American Dream? People programed like robots to live a certain life - to be a certain kind of person - to CONFORM! Sedated by a potent tranquilizer, its citizens are mindlessly navigating this labyrinth of urban sprawl and a developers money-tree, shanty town.
Taken from the Young Architects Forum
Architecture is about physical space and tangible materials being constructed in the real world to express ideas or beliefs of a culture. Architecture has the ability to be a commodity, form of identity, cultural expression, beauty, humility, simple, complex, act of social deviance or vernacular fitness into culture. In our architectural education the studio life we once lived was about exploring these possibilities. Many of the debates we had in the studio were interesting, socially relevant, clearly articulated ideas about how to accomplish these ideas. As we move into our careers and grow as professionals we, as young architects, are faced with the challenge of balancing what we took from our education and integrating it with what we are learning as professionals within the rapidly changing world of architecture.
The purpose of the Young Architects Forum of Utah will be to encourage the participation of younger members in AIA Utah's programs and activities; and to assist young architects in their professional growth through the education of our members, as well as the education of the public of the value of quality design.
Visit the YAF here.
The stereotypical architect is dressed all in black - a mysterious, arrogant, haughty individual. One who has been lulled into a false sense of what can only be termed the "God Complex" - the master creator of space and time. Architecture, for him, is a self-gratifying process; one in which others are viewed as pedestrians, only being allowed to observe the process but not to touch. Oh no, don't you dare touch. Dressed in white, the architect understands that a re-birthing must occur - the establishment of the multi-disciplinary, collaborative architect. In the words of the Indian architect, B.V. Doshi, "I am not an architect. For me it is a search. A search for the known which I have not known".
Stepping into this Salt Lake neighborhood was like an eery, surreal scene from The Truman Show. The monotonous formal regularity bathed in a sea of beige, demonstrated in a lack of reality, and worse, an absence of identity. Is this the American Dream? People programed like robots to live a certain life - to be a certain kind of person - to CONFORM! Sedated by a potent tranquilizer, its citizens are mindlessly navigating this labyrinth of urban sprawl and a developers money-tree, shanty town.
Taken from the Young Architects Forum
Architecture is about physical space and tangible materials being constructed in the real world to express ideas or beliefs of a culture. Architecture has the ability to be a commodity, form of identity, cultural expression, beauty, humility, simple, complex, act of social deviance or vernacular fitness into culture. In our architectural education the studio life we once lived was about exploring these possibilities. Many of the debates we had in the studio were interesting, socially relevant, clearly articulated ideas about how to accomplish these ideas. As we move into our careers and grow as professionals we, as young architects, are faced with the challenge of balancing what we took from our education and integrating it with what we are learning as professionals within the rapidly changing world of architecture.
The purpose of the Young Architects Forum of Utah will be to encourage the participation of younger members in AIA Utah's programs and activities; and to assist young architects in their professional growth through the education of our members, as well as the education of the public of the value of quality design.
Visit the YAF here.
WHO WE ARE
Chair - Greg Walker
Vice Chair - Chimso Onwuegbu
Event Chair - Jarod Hall
Event Chair - Jake Gines
Event Chair - Heber Slabbert
Event Chair - Brittany White Johnson
Event Chair - Justin Heppler
Education Chair - Jesse Allen
EECTA Chair - Breanna Bonsavage
Technology Chair - Robert Pinon
Art Chair - Ben Wiemeyer
That one dude is wearing BLACK pants! What an asshole.
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