Adam Caruso Interview: Novelty is Nonsense

[@Frühobst]

Very intelligent man. Nice to see him valueing beauty and not dismissing it. Beauty has a function too. It calms our nervous system being around beautiful buildings, mimicing nature.

[@JadenJahci]

Beautiful Mind. Kind Regards, Eve

[@armymenaroundthehouse]

What he says about modernism is interesting. Le Corbusier wrote extensively about his admiration for classical architecture, and I think he felt that a more modern, stripped down architecture that focused less on decoration, and more on proportions would bring us closer to a purer form of architecture. I think that's been lost on most of his admirers.

[@Dev1nci]

There’s a joke: Why is architecture undergrad a 3 year course? Because that’s how long it takes to convince someone that Le Corbusier is a good architect. 😂😂 He obviously was a good architect but I think his work doesn’t allow for a multitude of levels of reading. If you’re a more casual observer you might just interpret it as a concrete block. I think it’s our job now to introduce architecture with character that the most disinterested people can discern.

[@jemmanuel6674]

This seems like almost the sole problem for many, if not most, disciplines in the post-modern age; a lack of historical relevance/awareness, and abstraction that forgoes formal knowledge.

[@andjelatatarovic8309]

abstraction maybe? the work of Deleuze looks at that

[@porsche9184]

"The only thing wrong with architecture is architects" Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright

[@romanovrex]

Eurocentric to the core. When will Europeans tire of sniffing their own armpits, when will they tire of rummaging through their atics full of grandfather's childhood toys in paroxysms of nostalgia and racial narcissism. There was hope for European culture in that 'blip' he dismisses, but if endless revision of some illustrious past is all that's on offer for Europe's future, than tourism is all it's good for.

[@Frühobst]

Would you kill your parents and grandparents because they are nostalgic? It is valueing your roots. Knowing, that you are a part of a whole world.

[@David-mt1qm]

you know he is not european?

[@greeneagle08]

Didn’t ask

[@arc3242]

So he praises European cities for 16 minutes...?

[@pkingo1]

"everything has been done before" words spoken by someone who has no imagination... perhaps that is why he clings to the past. Our consciousness (along with culture and technology) is evolving and we need NEW structures to accomodate this evolution. That said we should be aware of our history and rediscover the novelty, inventiveness and creativity that was in the spirit of ancient architecture...

[@geostk3659]

its not about imagination.. everything you make its done before not the same but the spirit.So we dont need NEW structures because new structures its going to be another dead end because they done before.We need the essence of structure not their shell (style).

[@Ruemliblader]

I get your point but I highly doubt he clings to the past. What comes out is always new, but founded on the present instead of a radical speculation that can not be proven right or wrong. Or did you have any particular experience like this while working in his studio or practice?

[@ziraprod6090]

well stated.

[@bensummers9580]

well hello there, mr schumacher. i've been expecting you...

[@sepj3491]

If you actually listened to what he was saying, he said that is what his artist buddies used to say. Maybe you have too much imagination that prevents you to hear what is actually being said.

[@monstaax3]

*Caruso

[@edisoncummings2970]

despite his interesting thoughts, his voice is sleep-inducing

[@Malmsam]

Despite his sleep-inducing voice, his thoughts are interesting!