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Originally Posted by SEFTA
There is a design process.
When you start with a blank page
references of history and the surroundings is where you begin
colors and textures and shapes of the site and what has happened there begin to influence decisions that are made.
It's why every city has a palate
continuity
Without these references
solutions are arbitrary
random
generic
it's a tool
if that was truly the inspiration who knows
it doesn't sound far fetched to me
(when the professor asks why brown you have to have an answer)
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I understand the design process, I am an architect. I am saying that I disagree with a lot of the process. yes, when the professor asks why brown, you need an answer, but to me it should be a better answer than "well they used to make train cars in a factory in north philly like that." if i'm the "professor", my response to that would be, so what? what does that have to do with the price of beans? if you're going to make a historical reference, and I am not saying that you should, you should at least make it relevant and understandable.