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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago

An early draft of potential principles for a modern form language:

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 1: The Fundamental Principle Every building must help to heal the world.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 2: Materials Materials reflect nearby buildings and materials.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 3: Positive space The building form comes after creation of positive space on all sides, thus connecting the building to all nearby buildings by positively formed outdoor space in each direction.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 4: Normal walls Walls are normal walls, heavy and thick, with openings in them, that are distinct from the walls, so that each piece of wall is felt as a whole, and the windows are felt as whole.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 5: Good windows Windows are solid and have nice shapes within the wall. That means (a) window sits in a substantial wall, (b) bottom of window is good (c) top of window is good shape (d) window has real depth in the wall.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 6: Structure is real The structure works, and is taken seriously, as the essence of the building. We have not yet had enough discussion to know what this means.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 7: Ornament There is some sense in which the whole buildings and exterior space made is beautiful as an ornament. And actual ornament plays at least some visible role in the exterior and interior construction of the building.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 8: Form is of the place Geometrically, it is “of the place" and gathers together, morphologically, the buildings forms, and land character of the surrounding few blocks.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 9: Simplicity The building, inside and out, is made as simple as possible: this does not mean that it is minimal. It means that what is done (shape, and substance of each part) always helps the unity of the whole to be cemented.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Things are chosen, like the smile of the buddha, to help connect one thing to another, until the whole it is so perfect that it is indivisible.

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• almost 5 years ago
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Principle 10: Beings Each project is a being.

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