So I heard from this YouTube video that a night is around 350-400 Euros. I do not know how much it costs to be in a hotel, or how much people are willing to pay, but let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that this is quite a considerable amount. 

The point is, after initial surprise at the amount, and after thinking that one wouldn’t pay that much for a hotel room, it actually makes sense, for what its worth.

It makes sense to make it that price because of the nature of the business. It makes sense to make the price that high because it seems like something you would do short term.

Anyway, the point of this, was that it made me realize “Go Big or Go Home” in a concrete example; that is, such an investment requires the architecture, the experience, and everything to be truthful to itself, to cost as much as it costs, because that’s the promise it lives up to. In short, being the best one can be, means being totally what one can be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhyiAA2VJpY&feature=share

the internet has taught me to search for things and explanations from other people before thinking about the topic to myself, by myself.

Now I shall teach myself to think first!!!!

biomimicry and architecture

landscape architecture

interest:

some jobs are obsolete, but can others be universal? i.e. architecture? to architect? I guess these are the ones more conceptual and ideas based rather than skills based.

I realized, what my problem in Architecture School is.

Design studio is more about Project Management, than it is about “seeking the truth”… or whatever it is that fosters endless searches, and low periods of production.

But design studio is not like that; design studio is project management, in short, getting something done, and not necessarily caring if it’s “truth” or not.

edit: in production mode, it is project management; but it’s not always project management; it’s switching modes… except in producing, it is using the tools, not finding their own architectures; at least once the tools are employed and known to work a certain way (i.e. the big picture which allows one to see/understand that the tool is used in such a way).

Project managers know what they’re after, and what’s required to get there. By seeing this big picture, they know at what point they are settling too much on details (and unnecessary details which thereby waste time) and when they’re just right. If for example, they understand that they’re looking to achieve a certain goal on the project, they have that goal in mind, and understand what it takes to achieve it. Good project managers also realize when they need to switch gears in order to properly make that work, or when they must switch either the goal, or their way of getting there. Because they can always answer: Why Bother… because they always look at that big picture.

So, once I find “the truth” of design studio, I can go about project managing it I guess ;) But I should also not stick to truths too much, as they can ensnare me, or anyone searching to something akin with universals.

I think J.S. Mill said: people will be free once they realize that they are free.

the fault is our own because we impose the limits on ourselves, then blame others for their existence. basically no one is forcing us to accept the bourgeois lifestyle.

further, we squander our own independence. no one says you go out and make a job, but everyone says you can’t find one.