Color is a power that directly influences the soul
Color is a power that directly influences the soul
Wassily Kandinski
Beauty is only the promise of happiness
Beauty is only the promise of happiness
Stendhal
You create your own little universe, and then it does what you tell it to do.
You create your own little universe, and then it does what you tell it to do.
Vint Cerf
Generative Design Processes is about the modeling of initial conditions of an object (its “genetics”) instead of modeling the final form.
Generative Design Processes is about the modeling of initial conditions of an object (its “genetics”) instead of modeling the final form.
Paola Fontana
A basic form, pattern, or object is automatically modified by an algorithm. The result: infinite random modifications of the starting solution (within a solution space set by the designer).
A basic form, pattern, or object is automatically modified by an algorithm. The result: infinite random modifications of the starting solution (within a solution space set by the designer).
Frank Piller
Generative design approach works in imitation of Nature, performing ideas as codes, able to generate endless variations
Generative design approach works in imitation of Nature, performing ideas as codes, able to generate endless variations
Celestin Soddu
Generative design systems are aimed at creating new design processes that produce spatially novel yet efficient and buildable designs through exploitation of current computing and manufacturing capabilities
Generative design systems are aimed at creating new design processes that produce spatially novel yet efficient and buildable designs through exploitation of current computing and manufacturing capabilities
Kristina Shea
Generative design is not about designing the building – Its’ about designing the system that builds a building.
Generative design is not about designing the building – Its’ about designing the system that builds a building.
Lars Hesellgren
If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.
If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.
Albert Einstein
The unbuilt is the fantasy that underlies everything.
The unbuilt is the fantasy that underlies everything.
Rem Koolhaas
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
Louis Kahn
An algorithm must be seen to be believed
An algorithm must be seen to be believed
Donald Knuth
Une confrontation permanente entre théorie et expérience est une condition nécessaire à l’expression de la créativité.
Une confrontation permanente entre théorie et expérience est une condition nécessaire à l’expression de la créativité.
Pierre Joliot
Le goût est l’ennemi de la créativité.”
Le goût est l’ennemi de la créativité.”
Pablo Picasso
L’art est toujours le résultat d’une contrainte. Croire qu’il s’élève d’autant plus haut qu’il est plus libre, c’est croire que ce qui retient le cerf-volant de monter, c’est sa corde.”
L’art est toujours le résultat d’une contrainte. Croire qu’il s’élève d’autant plus haut qu’il est plus libre, c’est croire que ce qui retient le cerf-volant de monter, c’est sa corde.”
André Gide
The art of structures is where to put holes
The art of structures is where to put holes
Robert Le Ricolais
Structural Engineering is the art of molding materials we don’t wholly understand, into shapes we can’t fully analyse, so as to withstand forces we can’t really assess, in such a way the community at large has no reason to suspect the extend of our ignorance
Structural Engineering is the art of molding materials we don’t wholly understand, into shapes we can’t fully analyse, so as to withstand forces we can’t really assess, in such a way the community at large has no reason to suspect the extend of our ignorance
Dr A.R. Dykes
The diagram is an invisible matrix, a set of instructions, that underlies - and most importantly, organises - the expression of features in any material construct
The diagram is an invisible matrix, a set of instructions, that underlies - and most importantly, organises - the expression of features in any material construct
Stanford Kwinter
Form [...] is a ‘diagram of forces
Form [...] is a ‘diagram of forces
D'Arcy W. Thompson
any development that saves money and effort in construction contributes more to the general well-being of mankind than all the messianic claims so common in the profession
any development that saves money and effort in construction contributes more to the general well-being of mankind than all the messianic claims so common in the profession
Felix Candela
[…], la beauté exige en architecture la liberté, mieux : la surprise. Alors que l’angle droit sépare, divise, j’ai toujours aimé les courbes, qui sont l’essence même de la nature environnante.
[…], la beauté exige en architecture la liberté, mieux : la surprise. Alors que l’angle droit sépare, divise, j’ai toujours aimé les courbes, qui sont l’essence même de la nature environnante.
Oscar Niemeyer
Ce n'est pas l'angle droit qui m'attire ni la ligne droite, dure, inflexible, inventée par l'homme. Seule m'attire la courbe libre et sensuelle, la courbe que je retrouve dans les montagnes de mon pays, dans le cours sinueux de ses rivières, dans les vagues de la mer, dans le corps de la femme préférée. De courbes est fait l'univers, l'univers courbe d'Einstein.
Ce n'est pas l'angle droit qui m'attire ni la ligne droite, dure, inflexible, inventée par l'homme. Seule m'attire la courbe libre et sensuelle, la courbe que je retrouve dans les montagnes de mon pays, dans le cours sinueux de ses rivières, dans les vagues de la mer, dans le corps de la femme préférée. De courbes est fait l'univers, l'univers courbe d'Einstein.
Oscar Niemeyer
In biology material is expensive but shape is cheap. As of today the opposite was true in the case of technology.
In biology material is expensive but shape is cheap. As of today the opposite was true in the case of technology.
Julian Vincent
The characteristic form results from the organisation of matter in space, the arrangement of elements according to a number of embedded rules
The characteristic form results from the organisation of matter in space, the arrangement of elements according to a number of embedded rules
Frei Otto
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein
[One must not] fear that the adoption of forms and volumes closely following natural laws must lead to a monotonous and unsupportable uniformity of products.
[One must not] fear that the adoption of forms and volumes closely following natural laws must lead to a monotonous and unsupportable uniformity of products.
Pier Luigi Nervi
Consciously emulating Nature’s genius means viewing and valuing the natural world differently. In biomimicry, we look at Nature as model, mentor, and measure
Consciously emulating Nature’s genius means viewing and valuing the natural world differently. In biomimicry, we look at Nature as model, mentor, and measure
J.M. Benyus
Data is a reinterpretable representation of information in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing.
Data is a reinterpretable representation of information in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing.
If your Architecture practice is not also a Software practice then bye-bye.
If your Architecture practice is not also a Software practice then bye-bye.
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan J. Perlis
Complexity as the capacity to transmit the maximum information with the minimum data
Complexity as the capacity to transmit the maximum information with the minimum data
BIG
Simplicity Is complexity resolved
Simplicity Is complexity resolved
Constantin Brancusi
Design is... "decision making, in the face of uncertainty, with a high penalty for error.
Design is... "decision making, in the face of uncertainty, with a high penalty for error.
Morris Asimov
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier ; failing that, it does nothing
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier ; failing that, it does nothing
Isaac Asimov
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Aristotle
Not form, but forming, not form in its final appearance, form in the process of becoming, a genesis.
Not form, but forming, not form in its final appearance, form in the process of becoming, a genesis.
Anderson on Paul Klee
The resistant virtues of the structure that we make depend on their form; it is through their form that they are stable and not because of an awkward accumulation of materials. There is nothing more noble and elegant from an intellectual viewpoint than this; resistance through form.
The resistant virtues of the structure that we make depend on their form; it is through their form that they are stable and not because of an awkward accumulation of materials. There is nothing more noble and elegant from an intellectual viewpoint than this; resistance through form.
Eladio Dieste
Form poses a problem which appeals to the utmost resources of our intelligence, and it affords the means which charm our sensibility and even entice us to the verge of frenzy. Form is never trivial or indifferent; it is the magic of the world.
Form poses a problem which appeals to the utmost resources of our intelligence, and it affords the means which charm our sensibility and even entice us to the verge of frenzy. Form is never trivial or indifferent; it is the magic of the world.
Albert M. Dalq
Consciously emulating Nature’s genius means viewing and valuing the natural world differently. In biomimicry, we look at Nature as model, mentor, and measure.”
Consciously emulating Nature’s genius means viewing and valuing the natural world differently. In biomimicry, we look at Nature as model, mentor, and measure.”
J.M. Benyus
To understand is to perceive patterns
To understand is to perceive patterns
Isaiah Berlin
A topological description of a pattern is concerned not with exact values of distances and angles but rather with the number of connections.
A topological description of a pattern is concerned not with exact values of distances and angles but rather with the number of connections.
A. L. Loeb
On the largest and smallest scale, we find serial elements, repetitive patterns. … And if we turn our eyes to the great natural domains, periodicity expands to include the ocean itself
On the largest and smallest scale, we find serial elements, repetitive patterns. … And if we turn our eyes to the great natural domains, periodicity expands to include the ocean itself
Hans Jenny
Imagination is a process of arranging knowledge into new formats
Imagination is a process of arranging knowledge into new formats
Syd Mead
Belief in the significance of architecture is premised on the notion that we are, for better or for worse, different people in different places.
Belief in the significance of architecture is premised on the notion that we are, for better or for worse, different people in different places.
Alain de Botton
Si la complexité est non pas la clé du monde, mais le défi à affronter, la pensée complexe est non pas ce qui évite ou supprime le défi, mais ce qui aide à le révéler, et parfois même à le surmonter.
Si la complexité est non pas la clé du monde, mais le défi à affronter, la pensée complexe est non pas ce qui évite ou supprime le défi, mais ce qui aide à le révéler, et parfois même à le surmonter.
Edgar Morin
Visual programming languages let the programmer sketch, point at, or demonstrate data relationships or transformations, rather than translate them into sequences of commands, pointers, and abstract symbols. These simplifications seem to promise to make programming easier, more reliable, and more accessible. However, making visual programming languages suitable for solving large programming problems often seems to require the very complexities VPLs try to remove or simplify. This is called the scaling-up problem.
Visual programming languages let the programmer sketch, point at, or demonstrate data relationships or transformations, rather than translate them into sequences of commands, pointers, and abstract symbols. These simplifications seem to promise to make programming easier, more reliable, and more accessible. However, making visual programming languages suitable for solving large programming problems often seems to require the very complexities VPLs try to remove or simplify. This is called the scaling-up problem.
There is no failure. You either win or you learn.
There is no failure. You either win or you learn.
Gary Keller
We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.
We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.
Marshall McLuhan
Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity
Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity
Aaron Swartz
A bridge is a communication medium as much as a connector
A bridge is a communication medium as much as a connector
Paolo Soleri
Un bâtiment commence toujours par ses fondations
Un bâtiment commence toujours par ses fondations
Luigi Snozzi
If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.
If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.
Pete Seeger
Intuition plays a large part in architecture, because we don't have an IBM machine big enough to take all the factors into consideration. So, you depend on intuition. But, boy! Wherever you can apply straight thinking or IBM machine methods or things like that, you absolutely have to do it.
Intuition plays a large part in architecture, because we don't have an IBM machine big enough to take all the factors into consideration. So, you depend on intuition. But, boy! Wherever you can apply straight thinking or IBM machine methods or things like that, you absolutely have to do it.
Eero Saarinen
Perhaps one day our home will be reduced to just our skin, infinitely sophisticated...
Perhaps one day our home will be reduced to just our skin, infinitely sophisticated...
Guy Rottier
L’Utopie en effet n’est pas pure illusion mais mise à jour d’un système positif de normes qui, indépendamment de toute référence à leur possibles réalisation, donne seul la mesure de ce qui se passe.
L’Utopie en effet n’est pas pure illusion mais mise à jour d’un système positif de normes qui, indépendamment de toute référence à leur possibles réalisation, donne seul la mesure de ce qui se passe.
Lucien Sebag
From where I stand it is easy to see the science lurking in robotics. It lies in the welding of intelligence to energy. That is, it lies in intelligent perception and intelligent control of motion.
From where I stand it is easy to see the science lurking in robotics. It lies in the welding of intelligence to energy. That is, it lies in intelligent perception and intelligent control of motion.
Allen Newel
At bottom, robotics is about us. It is the discipline of emulating our lives, of womdering how we work.
At bottom, robotics is about us. It is the discipline of emulating our lives, of womdering how we work.
Rod Grupen
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Aesthetics is not a luxury, but a universal human desire.
Aesthetics is not a luxury, but a universal human desire.
Virginia Postrel
We can accommodate climate change through the creation of new urban space.
We can accommodate climate change through the creation of new urban space.
Guy Nordenson
Les Nations différentes bâtissent suivant leur goût particulier et leurs besoins ; les différentes températures de leur air servent de règle pour la distribution et la forme de leurs édifices.
Les Nations différentes bâtissent suivant leur goût particulier et leurs besoins ; les différentes températures de leur air servent de règle pour la distribution et la forme de leurs édifices.
A.Ch. D'Avilier
All models are wrong. The practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.
All models are wrong. The practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.
George E Box
The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to convey it to another
The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to convey it to another
Richard Feynman
Without mathematics we cannot penetrate deeply into philosophy. Without philosophy we cannot penetrate deeply into mathematics. Without both we cannot penetrate deeply into anything.
Without mathematics we cannot penetrate deeply into philosophy. Without philosophy we cannot penetrate deeply into mathematics. Without both we cannot penetrate deeply into anything.
Leibniz
Ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω (Let no one ignorant of geometry enter)
Ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω (Let no one ignorant of geometry enter)
Plato
By style people meant ornamentation
By style people meant ornamentation
Adolf Loos
Inventer le bateau, c’est inventer le naufrage
Inventer le bateau, c’est inventer le naufrage
Paul Virilio
Cities conform to certain universal dynamics - just like biological organisms.
Cities conform to certain universal dynamics - just like biological organisms.
Geoffrey West
Technology is the exoskeleton of ideas
Technology is the exoskeleton of ideas
Kevin Kelly
C’est la qualité de l’œuvre qui doit porter et légitimer la technologie et non l’inverse.
C’est la qualité de l’œuvre qui doit porter et légitimer la technologie et non l’inverse.
Jean Zeitoun
Architecture in general is frozen music
Architecture in general is frozen music
Friedrich von Schelling
Good design is good business.
Good design is good business.
Thomas Watson, Jr.
What works good is better than what looks good. Because what works good lasts.
What works good is better than what looks good. Because what works good lasts.
Ray Eames
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
[Design means] changing existing situations into preferred ones.
[Design means] changing existing situations into preferred ones.
Herbert Simon
Design isn't problem solving. Design is cultural invention and imagination.
Design isn't problem solving. Design is cultural invention and imagination.
Dan Hill
Art, like morality, consists of drawing a line somewhere
Art, like morality, consists of drawing a line somewhere
G. K. Chesterton
Art & Science have their meeting point in method
Art & Science have their meeting point in method
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
L’architecte n’est pas l’artiste plasticien, le sculpteur du monde. L’architecture est quelque chose de plus profond…il faut entendre l’architecte comme le philosophe de l’espace, comme l’anthropologue de la création, le psychologue de cette dépendance entre corps et espace.
L’architecte n’est pas l’artiste plasticien, le sculpteur du monde. L’architecture est quelque chose de plus profond…il faut entendre l’architecte comme le philosophe de l’espace, comme l’anthropologue de la création, le psychologue de cette dépendance entre corps et espace.
Morena Campani
L’architecture est art de suggestion.
L’architecture est art de suggestion.
Daniel Pennac