Some things are best left unsaid!!!!
Monday, May 29, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
A Tribute
Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.
- LUIS BARRAGĂN, Time magazine, May 12, 1980
When people ask me why I chose to be an architect, I say " whenever I see or enter a well designed space it make my hair stand on end and I wanna build better......thats why!". For me Architect Luis Barragan's works evoke that profound emotion. I havent experienced his works physically but the serenity of the spaces that he has created never fails to enthrall me. The vocabulary of design is so powerful , yet the 'alphabet' remarkably simple. I have realised that as a professional one has to experiment with a few languages in design before finding the right expression but this language probably would remain my 'mother tongue'!
- LUIS BARRAGĂN, Time magazine, May 12, 1980
When people ask me why I chose to be an architect, I say " whenever I see or enter a well designed space it make my hair stand on end and I wanna build better......thats why!". For me Architect Luis Barragan's works evoke that profound emotion. I havent experienced his works physically but the serenity of the spaces that he has created never fails to enthrall me. The vocabulary of design is so powerful , yet the 'alphabet' remarkably simple. I have realised that as a professional one has to experiment with a few languages in design before finding the right expression but this language probably would remain my 'mother tongue'!
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Killer Blue Lady
On my desk i see two pieces of paper lying side by side. One is a newsletter from Greenpeace announcing our triumph in sending the asbestos laced french aircraft carrier back from being torn down on Indian shores 3 weeks back. The other paper has fresh news that the S.S Norway aka the blue lady is now the other asbestos laden monster on its way here for its last rites.It is said that if you do something wrong once its a mistake; not learning from it and making the same mistake again makes it a crime. Didnt our government learn its lesson when the Clemenceau was sent packing? Why does this new bigger threat loom over us now? I shudder at the thought that if it wasnt for enviromental groups like the Greenpeace (may their tribe increase) Alang would have turned into a killing field. What we all must understand is that along with those innocent lives what we lose is the right to put our foot down and refuse to become a dumping backyard for all those 2-faced developed nations. Difficult to drive home this point to an administration which chooses to put blinkers on everytime it sees the colour green. Pity their green is not the environment, but earnings made by selling it cheap.
Monday, May 01, 2006
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