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Architects are Artists

Architects are Artists

FromTalk Architecture


Architects are Artists

FromTalk Architecture

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

I would like to argue that Architects are Artists, ‘artists with a background of science’ (Pandikar, 1959). I take some theories from Ismail Faruqi's 'Cultural Atlas of Islam', Gottfried Semper (19th century philosopher), Christopher Alexander's 'Notes on the Synthesis of Form' and Colin Davies' book on 'Introduction to architectural theory's chapter on 'Truth'', as the basis for this argument. I would take precedents from phenomenology and the non-architects' architecture of the vernacular tradition, houses and shops, from the 19th and turn of the century right up to the 1930s in Malaysian towns and cities (for the Malaysian audience). The unself-conscious approach in design that uses 'sense and sensibilities' using patterns that have been there for centuries will make a better fit when we design, be it as an architectural student or an architectural designer in practice. © 2020 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd YaacobArt work in podcast is the conceptual drawing by Wong Chiang Her's 'Spine Variations', UM design thesis, 2019-2020Drawing  © Copyright: Universiti Malaya, Author: Wong Chiang Her
Released:
Oct 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Starting conversations viewed from a grounded theory perspective on architectural theory, philosophy, and practice, through a discussion with architects, designers, and former students. Podcasts started in April 2020, hosted by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, a former academic at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.