January 24th, 2012
ryanpanos
Zoom QUESTIONING CATASTROPHE « LEBBEUS WOODS Here are some questions to consider, when looking at these photographs, if we working in the field of architecture want to learn anything from the Honshu disaster: Much has been destroyed; has anything new been created? If so, is it evident in the photographs; or is it something the photographs might help us to express? To what extent is destruction necessary for creation? Are creation and destruction two separate, opposing things, or are they the same thing, expressed in different ways? Do the photographs convey beauty of any kind? Or, are they just ugly? If conveying beauty, what does this tell us about the qualities that constitute beauty? If conveying the ugly, what does this tell us about the qualities that constitute the ugly? Do the photographs portray “Nature against the Human?” If so, is Nature an enemy, to be defeated, conquered, and controlled by Humans? If not, is Nature’s destruction of what Humans have made serve any conceivable Natural or Human purpose? What are Nature’s purposes, as embodied in earthquakes and tsunami? Can architects somehow design for earthquakes and tsunami, or only against them?

QUESTIONING CATASTROPHE « LEBBEUS WOODS

Here are some questions to consider, when looking at these photographs, if we working in the field of architecture want to learn anything from the Honshu disaster:

Much has been destroyed; has anything new been created?

If so, is it evident in the photographs; or is it something the photographs might help us to express?

To what extent is destruction necessary for creation?

Are creation and destruction two separate, opposing things, or are they the same thing, expressed in different ways?

Do the photographs convey beauty of any kind? Or, are they just ugly?

If conveying beauty, what does this tell us about the qualities that constitute beauty?

If conveying the ugly, what does this tell us about the qualities that constitute the ugly?

Do the photographs portray “Nature against the Human?”

If so, is Nature an enemy, to be defeated, conquered, and controlled by Humans?

If not, is Nature’s destruction of what Humans have made serve any conceivable Natural or Human purpose?

What are Nature’s purposes, as embodied in earthquakes and tsunami?

Can architects somehow design for earthquakes and tsunami, or only against them?

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