Kindness, as an architectural imperative.
"Structural members relate to one another with a visual poetry of mutual negotiation, collaboration, and celebration, creating visual harmony."
Brilliant & provocative (h/t Nathaniel Walker & the @classicist).
classicist.org/articles/grace…
The lovely dance of columns, scrolls, & bouquets. They should be polite to one another & seek to celebrate one's "grace under pressure".
Abruptness is antithetical to classicism's greatest virtue.
Human scaled 🙏
"studies in neuroscience indicate that humans are hardwired to seek visual evidence of safe, flourishing, nurturing environments,.., which exhibit a delicate balance of softness and strength, variety, and order."
"When we spend time walking in a field of flowers or under a forest canopy, gazing at the undulating treeline that crown hills and mountains , soaking up a sunset, contemplating the sea, or considering a babbling brook, our minds and bodies are restored."
The Maya & their emotional connection to the materials & structure 🌔
"Energized spirits and energies, stones had the capacity to see, smell, vocalize, and breathe. In some cases, a god...lived within their stony frames."
Korean bricks with flowers are delightful & suggests you are alive, indicating a metaphorical smile to the passerby's.
The undulating lines here, are presented for no other reason than to delight your eye, being careful not to overwhelm the viewer.
"Vitruvius had asserted that architecture was derived from the symmetrical-that is, balanced and interdependent-analogy of the body. Di Giorgio went further...he called man ‘a little world, in whom are held all the general perfections of the whole world’"
journal.eahn.org/articles/10.53…
Gaudi, the one-of-a-kind Catalan architect, whose style blended his passion for architecture, nature, & religion.
Believed that human beings have been created in continuity with this world.
These spaces evoke a sense of "frolicking through a forest or garden of flowers".
Closing thoughts 🕯️
"Classical architecture has the power to suggest on a poetic value level. That is a value to a nation and a world that desperately needs more poetry."
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