forwarded message re architects | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Daniel Nachbar (nachbarworld.std.com) | |
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 94 07:51 CST |
I am posting the following message for a fellow cohouser. It's been sitting in my "IN" box for over a month while I tried to arrange for inexpensive, direct access for others in my community. That goal being still a fair way off, I'll post it indirectly. Please reply via nachbar [at] world.std.com Dan Nachbar Pioneer Valley Cherry Hill Amherst's 32 unit Not Pine Street Someday We'll Pick a Name Cohousing nachar [at] world.std.com BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE -- After attending the Boulder Conference it was fun to read about other people's experiences on the internet (which Jon Kent copied to all of the Pioneer Valley co-housing community in Massachusetts). I was however very unhappy to read Rob Sanderlin's comment that all the architects he spoke to at the conference were "building contric" and his opinion that "the best designs and designers are people centric". I don't believe he could have spoken to me, an architect and resident of Pioneer Valley who strives to design for people, or Mary Kraus, one of the architects (and also a resident) of our community. Mary has gone well beyond the call of duty reminding her design colleagues of the "process" by which our community makes decisions relating to design. Architects who choose to pursue co-housing projects do so because they recognize co-housing as an important social movement. Why on earch would they otherwise choose to sit through endless group meetings, defer their fees, and subject themselves to 25+ clients for a project that might simply fizzle? I'd like to hear a little recognition for their service rather than a blanket critisism. Rob's statement was so clearly black & white - right and wrong - what about all the grey between that would include all the architects who strive to design for people and yet care deeply about buildings, spaces, functions, aesthetics. It is the integration of many diverse factors and the process of reaching consensus in the design process that makes for good design. Co-housing is about diversity of opinion and there is a lot of grey area in which to find solutions. Stating things in black and white raises flags, builds barriers and separates people. Laura Fitch (reply via nachbar [at] world.std.com) END FORWARDED MESSAGE --
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