Comments on: Forbidden Architecture http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/ Architecture Tutorials 3D max Library Download AutoCAD ArchiCAD Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:59:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ken http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-27416 Ken Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:13:47 +0000 http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-27416 Hey fellow designer / architect.... Interesting blog you got, i will be around more often.... Hey fellow designer / architect….
Interesting blog you got, i will be around more often….

]]> By: Thanassi Karageorgiou http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-26443 Thanassi Karageorgiou Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:20:07 +0000 http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-26443 I have brought it to the attention of both students AND professors at my school that using the word "sexy" to describe aesthetic or formal characteristics of buildings/structures is completely wrong. In a profession traditionally dominated by males, the terminology has evolved for describing buildings that are either slender, smooth textured, serpentine, curvaceous, or exhibiting a modern/trendy color scheme, etc, etc. Architecture is as much written and spoken poetry as it is spatial and visual. It relies heavily on verbal articulation for criticism, development and communication of ideas/concepts. Whole buldings have begun as concepts inspired from works of literature. (including some of my own designs) I find it completely appalling that all these valid adjectives have been bunched together into "Sexy", when what the (usually) male architect really means is "That shit looks like a hot bitch". The term is mostly used lately as slang and has been abused too much. Sexy can be used to describe architecture, but only when the concept, or structure clearly illustrates that it was derived from sex. By the way, I'm not a feminist chick. I'm just a dude who takes his shit very seriously sometimes. I have brought it to the attention of both students AND professors at my school that using the word “sexy” to describe aesthetic or formal characteristics of buildings/structures is completely wrong. In a profession traditionally dominated by males, the terminology has evolved for describing buildings that are either slender, smooth textured, serpentine, curvaceous, or exhibiting a modern/trendy color scheme, etc, etc.

Architecture is as much written and spoken poetry as it is spatial and visual. It relies heavily on verbal articulation for criticism, development and communication of ideas/concepts. Whole buldings have begun as concepts inspired from works of literature. (including some of my own designs) I find it completely appalling that all these valid adjectives have been bunched together into “Sexy”, when what the (usually) male architect really means is “That shit looks like a hot bitch”. The term is mostly used lately as slang and has been abused too much. Sexy can be used to describe architecture, but only when the concept, or structure clearly illustrates that it was derived from sex.

By the way, I’m not a feminist chick. I’m just a dude who takes his shit very seriously sometimes.

]]> By: sid http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-26213 sid Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:39:31 +0000 http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-26213 emmmm...hey there was a survey says that i'm the sexiest of them alllll.... n my grandpa mies falls into two.. emmmm…hey there was a survey says that i’m the sexiest of them alllll…. n my grandpa mies falls into two..

]]> By: duaa http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-24568 duaa Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:17:27 +0000 http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-24568 pleas any one help me i want to know what is norman foster concept and what is his logo shape please iwant to know pleas please pleas any one help me
i want to know what is norman foster concept and what is his logo shape
please iwant to know pleas please

]]> By: Tara Imani http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-23489 Tara Imani Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:41:59 +0000 http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/05/forbidden-architecture/#comment-23489 This is so embarrassing to recall....but in my junior fall quarter studio, I chose to turn my squatty hill-hugging "grotto" into the tallest tower in sight. The program gave us a hilly tree-less barren landscape and we were to design a gathering place. It still doesn't make sense to me today. But after drawing all night, putting yellow trace paper together to fit the 6o'?? tower at 1/4" scale it never occurred to me how it might look- that is until I pinned it up for the next morning's critique. In retrospect, I'm only surprised that Professors Ben Gianni and Ken Lee were able to keep from rolling on the floor with laughter. Talk about a phallic symbol....! At least it was a beautiful one! This is so embarrassing to recall….but in my junior fall quarter studio, I chose to turn my squatty hill-hugging “grotto” into the tallest tower in sight. The program gave us a hilly tree-less barren landscape and we were to design a gathering place. It still doesn’t make sense to me today. But after drawing all night, putting yellow trace paper together to fit the 6o’?? tower at 1/4″ scale it never occurred to me how it might look- that is until I pinned it up for the next morning’s critique. In retrospect, I’m only surprised that Professors Ben Gianni and Ken Lee were able to keep from rolling on the floor with laughter. Talk about a phallic symbol….! At least it was a beautiful one!

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