《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》章节试读

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第9页 - LANDSCAPES

I suppose everyone has competing and conflicting qualities in one's character, some of them conscious intentions, others unconscious reactions. Any artistic discipline consists of both instrumental and existential realms, the first being connected with conceptual knowledge and professional skills, the other with a sense of lived culture and life.
I see the dialectics of practice and theory in architecture in a similar way. A grasp of the historical, theoretical, and conceptual fields of architecture simply provides you with a kind of intellectual map, but it doesn't make you any better as a designer; design arises from lived and embodied reactions. In order not to drain the mental tension necessary for design work, one needs to keep theoretical thought and design work in different parts of one's mind. Teaching, for me, is primarily a matter of trying to open perspectives and views into the phenomenon of architecture. However, the phenomenon has to be seen and experienced, and eventually, understood by the student.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第18页 - LANDSCAPES

Paradoxically, I have grown increasingly skeptical about architectural theory; here my doubt reflects the late attitudes of both Aalto and Blomstedt. I have come to understand that artistic and architectural quality derives from unique and personal poetic encounters rather than from theories. The phenomenological approach appeals to me bcz of its intellectual innocence and its essence as an anti-theory. I wish I had been drawn to this line of thought decades earlier, although I probably would not have been raady for it.
At a younger age, one seems to need rationalized explanations almost as intellectual crutches, whereas age and experience prepare one to accept uncertainty and undefinability. I have grown increasingly suspicious of persons who are sure of themselves and their work; in my own thinking, the realm of uncertainty constantly expands.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第19页 - LANDSCAPES

As a consequence of the shifting of my intellectual interests, my view of architecture has altered from a visual and formal focus to a multi-sensory, existential, and experiential understanding. I see this development as a rather consistent deepening of perspective and insight, as well as a strengthening of my personal encounter with architecture, as opposed to any given theoretical or dogmatic stance.
In retrospect, I feel that the development of my thinking has been rather logical and inevitable; the shifts and slants are part of that very logic. I am a bit surprised to make this observation, as my writings on architecture have evolved as responses to externally given situations and impulses, rather than through a deliberate theoretical conception or project.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第19页 - LANDSCAPES

For me, the current course of Western culture - towards a surreal cult of materialism and consumption, temporary fashion and image - poses another moral imperative. The task of the artist and architect is to resist these forces, to prevent the erosion of value and meaning. As Italo Calvino saw the task of literature, so too I see the task of architecture: as the defense of the authenticity of human experience.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第18页

Paradoxically, I have grown increasingly skeptical about architectural theory; here my doubt reflects the late attitudes of both Aalto and Blomstedt. Ihave come to understand that artistic and architectural quality derives from unique and personal poetic encounters rather than from theories. The phenomenological approach appeals to me because of its intellectual innocence and its essence as an anti-theory. I wish I had been drawn to this line of thought decades earlier, although I probably would not have been ready for it. At a younger age, on seems to need rationalized explanations almost as intellectual crutches, whereas age ande experience prepare one to accept uncertainty and undefinability. I have grown increasingly suspicious of persons who are sure of themselves and their work; in my own thinking, the realm of uncertainty constantly expands.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第9页

One needs to develop a rhythm of life and work, where moments of inspiration and excitement are embedded in everyday routines and even boringly repetitious tasks.The depth of any work, I believe, derives from this fusion and compression of things.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第7页

Engagement in the phenomenon of architecture is, for me, a balancing act between uncertainty and certainty, between a sense of security and a sense of helplessness. When on experiencse architecture-or any of the arts-this way, it becomes inseparable from one's self-identity and way of life.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第8页 - Landscape

I do not believe that one could, or even should, plan one's life; life is an open-ended process where one thing leads to the next, and the most enjoyable and rewarding moments are the ones that you never imagined in advance. This applies also to design work and writing; the joy does not arise from doing things you know, but from discovering things you have never considered.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第6页 - LANDSCAPES

I share the view of Joseph Brodsky, the Russian writer, that before we become ethical beings, we are first aesthetic beings. The identification and enjoyment of beauty is the ground for ethical values.
Education is primarily about an aesthetical and ethical view of life, an internalization of a sense of responsibility and ambition. Thus, instead of trying to teach architecture or design, I try to teach how to be an architect : how to look at the world, perhaps, or how to think, and how to work with curiosity and humility.

《Encounters - Architectural Essays 奇遇》的笔记-第14页 - LANDSCAPES

A pragmatic, and one could say, even an anti-theoretical, stance is a long tradition in Finnish architecture. It probably reflects the peasant's unself-conscious attitude towards building, but it is also reinforced by the severely practical demands on construction in our climate.