I talked with an architect years ago, as they photographed a newly completed space for their portfolio. They said they didn't like visiting their work once it was in use, because people were never using it the way they had envisioned. Architecture as sculptural staged photography.
mncharity | 5 years ago
Stewart Brand's book seems related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Buildings_Learn
neilv | 5 years ago
We need to genetically engineer trees and the like to produce houses. We should be living with life rather than a cancer against it.
devoply | 5 years ago
I rent one of the capsules in Nakagin Capsule Tower. I love it. Perfect size for focusing (10m2).
raleighm | 5 years ago
Super cool
wwwpatrick | 5 years ago
The title immediately reminded me of Alexander's "Nature of Order" [1]; HN audience might know him as the proto-father of software patterns who, allegedly, inspired GoF (although he himself is an architect).
First part of Gabriel's book [2] offers an interesting perspective on that matter, from software engineering point of view.
[1]: http://www.natureoforder.com/overview.htm
[2]: http://dreamsongs.com/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf