There is much discussion these days about the need for architects to attend to the needs of their environment rather than impose their personal visions from up on high à la Howard Roark. This is, of course, a mature, responsible position and one that most architects eventually come around to anyway. But still, the injunction that, as Kengo Kuma put it, “architecture should not be the protagonist of the environment” is a bitter pill to swallow. There is an imperious streak inside many architects, a desire to make one’s presence felt via transformative design. Like all artists, architects are driven by a creative instinct that is deeply linked with the human need to exercise control over one’s environment. While the real world might throw wrenches in architects’ plans, forcing them to adapt and even compromise, there is one sphere in which they are able to be the true lords of their domains: the architectural model. Here, architects are able to perfectly realize miniature versions of even their grandest, most outlandish designs. For architecture fans, models are interesting because they are the purest expression of the architect’s vision in its ideal form. Furthermore, their smaller scale allows ... , Pat Finn, read more http://ift.tt/2bu8IGz
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