The Next Era of Architecture

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[@GeoffreyCavalier]

I can't express how grateful I am that your response came in the form of a video, thank you so much. When you said you might be wrong about your thoughts on the role architecture plays, I feel I can confidently say that you are absolutely right about what you were talking about. I don't have actual experience designing actual buildings, but what I have gotten from my education so far is that architecture has significant importance in society. If it was only about shelter and solving the problem, then engineers could design entire buildings, (and some think they should). It is about the arrangement of space, the materials, the public v. private, the context, and more things that no one thinks about or even cares about. What buildings get built really says so much about us all. We need to have better architecture. It is just as important as having good literature, film, music, art, but then add the importance of sustainability, health, spirituality, community, privacy, and so much more that buildings give us. I could keep going about how spot-on you were about this video, but I'm just going to say it answered my question perfectly. You really did your research. You really did a great job understand architecture and I appreciate it so much. I am not as good with words as I would like to be, so I really love that you were able to put the subject into words. I will concentrate on communicating with architecture, you keep concentrate on communicating with words. Thank you so much for this video.

[@Nerdwriter1]

Cheers, Geoffrey! Since you asked me that question I've been walking around NYC with my head up, thinking in a whole new way. It's clear that the buildings here were constructed one at time, in terms of need. It makes for a motley collection of beaux arts, functionalism, constructivism, bauhaus, art deco and postmodern styles of every kind. It has it's own kind of beauty, but I can't help but wonder how a little homogeneity might effect us. Thanks again for the question. To everyone else: this is how I want The Nerdwriter to work, so PLEASE don't hesistate to ask me questions here and on Tumblr.

[@GeoffreyCavalier]

i.imgur.com/tVlborT.jpg How does this homogeneity make you feel? I think it is nice. It is efficient. It works. I do feel like it is too much for me though. I like the variety of the different styles. It is like traveling through time in a city. Yes, books are now the preferred symbols for our society, but architecture is still a fantastic symbol for periods of time and the people who were there. I have never had the pleasure of visiting Europe, but from what I have seen, it is common for modern buildings to be adjacent to buildings of centuries past. It is like a bookshelf that has Shakespeare, Twain, Poe, Tolkien, and Rowling on it. I really enjoy the conversations that your videos produce. The subjects that you research and make videos of deserve to be talked about. Thank you once again for what you do.

[@elendiastarman]

+Nerdwriter1 Even though this is a 2+ year old comment, I feel compelled to say that what you said strongly reminds me of what I'm working on as a software developer. The (small) company I work for developed a platform to help other game developers build communities into their games, and they did so over a decade or so. In that time, of course, what our clients needed and wanted changed, and so did other business-related decisions. Hence, this sprawling codebase has that patchwork feel, where components and features were added primarily for need-based reasons. In fact, one could rightly say that much of the work I've done thus far has been renovation, only in code. It can really be quite interesting what sorts of phenomena arise from need-driven development.

[@littlebugsmith]

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[@GrubKiller436]

But more consistent; cuz Vsause has sudden changes into different topics.

[@prajeetladad]

I was about to comment this. Damn.

[@Kumbaya6991]

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[@travosk8668]

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[@Halo_Legend]

But less comfortable on close ups (wide angle camera, maybe?)

[@TheJaredtheJaredlong]

The future of architecture is Regionalism, or Vernacularism, or whatever term eventually rises to prominence. Post-modern architecture was the inevitable _intellectual_ finale of architecture; for once you free architecture to allow anything and everything there's no possible philosophical next step since everything can be rationally justified. The only question left is: what do we design now? A question that shares the same answer as a similar question: if you could do anything you want in life, what would you do? So the future of architecture is the development of unique styles that are meaningful to the people it immediately serves.

[@08emillos]

I think the utopian future of architecture is regionalism. And i think if you ask a lot of architecture firms, they will say they are regionalist, but most of the architecture today is pragmatism, with some regionalistic works in between

[@jhanalexander5377]

the problem with regionalism is that we live a globalized society. Vernacular-ism is constructed through the incubation of local culture and ideas, uninfluenced by global trends or technologies. If your copying and pasting design styles yet still using modern techniques, it's still modern architecture with decor to dress it up. The future of architecture is most likely A.I. generated buildings or automated designs. In many ways this is currently occur however with human input, doing this without human input would fundamentally change architecture. It would be like portrait painting vs photography.

[@momohkakulatombo-misoi126]

I agree, a "World Architecture"

[@courage4]

Wow, I know this comment is 2 years old, but I couldn't disagree more. If you travel from L.A to London to Dubai to Shanghai and Melbourne, you can see the same kind of buildings being built. I am of course talking about commercial architecture as oppose to domestic, which will always be a parochial matter. Large architecture firms create designs and practically franchise them out the world over. If a client in Asia turns it down, they will try, with a few modifications, the same building in Europe. Architecture has never been so bland, so beige, I am generally appalled these days at the lack of originality or genuine objective beauty. I hope for your vision, a distinct regional flavour, but in this globalist village we seem to be moving towards, everything just ends up looking the same.

[@AtelierFleur]

That's a very interesting argument. I am especially intrigued by your statement of the post-modernism as the finale of architecture and I would like to think about it. To respond to your other arguments: Personally, I do not think architecture can be free'ed'- architecture is still a physical object that is limited by physics. And yes you may do whatever you want with the design and the way it justify, however, it does not mean it is an architecture of value or a theory of value- an architecture that will last through decades and centuries because of its cultural significance and artistic innovation. Great example would be Guggenheim Museum, CCTV by Koolhaas, Parc de la Villette. All these innovative designs are supported by architects' own philosophy; which is not about 'justification (because); as/was an architecture student, you would like how many BS right after 'because' during crits.' but about 'questions: what, why and how'. Justification/Reasoning is not really the main point, which I think is really over-emphasised in general architecture education. Philosophical understanding of architecture goes much deeper than reasoning. And I certainly do not think 'style' is the right term to describe architecture as it is too general, I would rather think a good architecture is one of the million answers to the good questions. Good architecture suggests, proposes and offers. (:

[@NotYowBusiness]

Your last point is very interesting. I've always thought that we can't "name" our era like we can name "Classical Antiquity" or the "Islamic Golden Age" because we are living through it. In a similar way, we can't name the classics of our time like we can name Shakespeare of Fitzgerald. This is because we are living through our space in time and not looking back in retrospect. This leaves us unable to distinguish ourselves. We can easily see what makes the Classical period distinct from others, but people living in the Classical period couldn't. I'm pretty sure they didn't even call their era "Classical Antiquity". Similarly, you can't say what counts as a "classic" novel or play because our time hasn't passed yet. Of course, I can see how the explosion of media in our recent age has made it possible to "rehash" seminal story archetypes hundreds of times, making it difficult for one work of art to stand out, whereas Shakespeare merely had to popularise (note: not invent) story archetypes that were uncommon during his time to be remembered as a classic playwright. But there is a reason why the old Disney movies like Lion King and Finding Nemo are already referred to as classics, and why The Wire is referred to as a classic TV show (I don't know what that reason is). Of course, I think the naming of different periods of time is an unhelpful social construct. When the average person refers to the Middle Ages, they usually think the entire world was living through an age of low technological and cultural progress, while in fact many areas of the world were not. The Renaissance may have been a rebirth of Classical ideas, but life expectancy actually lowered in many areas of Europe. The labels unhelpfully accentuate certain aspects of those almost-randomly assorted periods, and don't focus on others... but that's an entirely different subject to talk about.

[@Nerdwriter1]

This is a great comment. If you ask the same question here: thenerdwriter.tumblr.com/ask I can can expand on my reponse a little more.

[@Zuriki09]

Maybe the architecture of our time will be referred to as the "Second Millennial Antiquity"? The name only matters when you're trying to distinguish between times the buildings were constructed, or the times the building represent (if they were built outside of the time their style-guide was popular). Modern and Postmodern work as a title now because they provide enough information to get the point across. In 2500 it won't make sense to refer to buildings from 1950-20XX as "modern" or "postmodern" because they will be... antiquated, in some sense. But you never know what the future holds. Perhaps the names will become immutable through popular usage and the trends will simply continue with, post-post-post-postmodernism (I feel like Futurama or the Simpsons already made a joke about that but I can't find a reference).

[@NotYowBusiness]

Nerdwriter1 Oops I couldn't complete the post and clicked on the send button by mistake :L Can you somehow show my youtube comment if you reply on tumblr? Please and thank you :D

[@nesnibila4888]

I agree. I think time prunes out art that is terrible or irrelevent and we're left with the classics. There's so much 'pulp' in history that didn't survive time. Time is brutal.

[@arjunadelhy7411]

@Not Yow business Who for God sake have a such amount of time to spending for cultural research???A.I. helps alot a Huge gap of cultural knowledge of Our new cyber arhitectural society

[@rushofblood994]

When I look around me at the pre-blitz London architecture, these stunning palaces and museums and even banks and pubs, I feel like they're so beautiful and detailed is because the theory of architecture back then was driven towards an exaltation of the monarchy and, by extension, God and the Church. But that decline in philosophical thought in modern western societies is what saw the decline in that type of architecture also, with its detailed engravings around doorways and angelic sculptures on rooftops. Does that make sense?

[@arelenoc3070]

Alistair Drennan It totally does. It speaks truly of a time when people didn't have a right to know about God (or read sacred texts) and all that mattered was to amaze the people with complexity and beauty. So maybe it did contribute to the decline of that manifestation of architecture because it was with the new printing methods that Bible's started to be available to more people.

[@catchy_name170]

Or maybe people have begun to enjoy the beauty in simplicity... Good architecture is not always detailed architecture.

[@davidgusquiloor2665]

It does have to do with the philosophical decline and cultural changes that went on. But one of the biggest factors during the industrial revolution that gave birth to modern architecture was to get rid of unecessary decorations in favor of funcional buildings.

[@MCernoble]

Catchy_Name modern architecture is far from simple, but it’s just ugly, made to stick out like a sore thumb.

[@robokill387]

it was made that way because it was cheaper. that's it.

[@atrijitdas1704]

how does one guy know this much stuff

[@TheGreatWhiteSHarker]

+Atrijit Das google lol

[@atrijitdas1704]

Takes more than that to articulate facts and personal opinions that well

[@TheGreatWhiteSHarker]

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[@abrarrazee4465]

+Atrijit Das reads a lot of book

[@TheNinetySecond]

+Atrijit Das Then again, you can bullshit your way through many things. I've no doubt that nerdwriter is factual about it, but many of these videos come from an idea, a bit of research and good scripting. If I want to buy a new processor, I'm gonna research processors to the point where I can sound like an expert for 4-5 minutes, but that doesn't make me an expert, that just means I'm good at presentations, which is all these videos really are. Even channels like Every Frame a Painting, with an actual cinema expert, still has to research.

[@ilyas1702]

Someone recently drew my attention to the size of buildings. The most important buildings are the largest ones. This has always been the case, the houses of god were the largest ones in the past (churches, mosques, temples). Now the largest buildings are the corporate headquarters of banks and other large multinational companies. If pure architecture means that buildings have meanings, than the fact that banks are larger than churches means that money is our new religion (or is more improtant than religion).

[@hanagreg]

someone as in the school of life

[@rfmjsdb9879]

It isn't that simple, the Mecca for instance isn't that large. Churches were large to get closer to God, later to promote the Church (as an institution, not the faith) with the grandiosity of the buildings. Banks are large because of the number of the employees, NY buildings are tall because of the cost of the land. Of course you are right in a way, but it's way more complex.

[@kieran1a2]

Money is just a representation of value. The banks are vital to our standard of living. I'm very glad they're doing well.

[@nikolarajkovic2169]

I am atheist and i have a question. Does the god you believe in cares about where are you praying? Really? You want the biggest churches to satisfy his big ego, got it xD well good luck in building skyscraper churches. About your last sentence:money can't be our religion because we know for a fact that money exists, it's not a belief. Of course money is more important then religion. Think about your life without religion (you admit that you don't actually know shit) and your life where you have to trade instead of having money. pfffff

[@vindicator2470]

@@nikolarajkovic2169 they aren't talking about religion dumbass, but the fact you got triggered by this mere conversation is astounding😂😂

[@PaulBamson]

As an architecture student in my last year, I really appreciate hearing someone who doesn't have a background in it understand and explain architecture's true complexity, and many times, understated cultural impact. Well said!

[@zerr0ww]

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[@Nerdwriter1]

Thanks, zerr0w. If I'm not mistaken, you were my first subscriber! The sponsorship is a big deal for me. I've been at this a long time, and I meant what I said in the ad: a lot of time and research goes into making these videos, so help helps. My dream is to do it full time, and this is how it can happen. To everyone: just clicking the first link in the description does so much for me. If you've been with me half as long as zerr0ww, and enjoy what I do, I could use the help.

[@zerr0ww]

Nerdwriter1 You're right, you Have been at this a long time and it frustrates me to no end that you haven't received the recognition you deserve! Not sure if I was your first sub because you were a few vlogs in when i found you, but I reckon I'm up there :) either way I hope you continue doing what you are doing, whether or not you get to do it full time. Thousands of people already regularly watch and thoroughly enjoy your content. Hope you continue to enjoy making these videos.. so I can watch them!

[@MrLebowski97]

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[@Davidp915]

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[@Syllence]

Started from the bottom Now we here

[@arranwhite5343]

Been waiting to find a youtube channel like this for so long, I study Interior Design at university (can see people already rolling their eyes thinking "how is that a degree?") and I'm really interested in the psychology and social impact of design. Great video, I'm looking forward to watching more.

[@architecturaldream1]

+arran white I study architecture and I think interior designers do something very valuable and important. Your education is certainly very different. In many ways interior design is the human interface of architecture. It is arrogant of architects to think that they are automatically interior designers as well. Interior Designers are experts in their own right.

[@Midironica]

+arran white Environmental Designer here. Don't worry, I think every major with "design" at the end inspires a few "oh boys" or rolled eyes in the workplace. But trust me, if you can show an employer that you know Adobe/Rhino/CAD like the back of your hand, you are basically hired. Oh and a little bit of coding knowledge goes a long way. Trust me, computers/tech is your best key for getting into the job market. Be a stereotypical millennial basically.

[@arranwhite5343]

+Midironica well thats great to hear because that is one of the areas of my course i really enjoy! I've tried out all the autodesk stuff and I can use it ok but I generally prefer Modo 801 and Archicad - do you find there is much of an obstacle in getting hired if an employer uses a different software to you for the same purpose? or do they just view it as any expertise in parametric modelling or BIM is fine?

[@arranwhite5343]

+architecturaldream1 Thanks so much for saying that - it really does mean a lot coming from your position. But I think there is also a lot from architecture that interior designers should learn too and bring in to their practice. I had a start of the semester lecture yesterday where my tutor defined interior design as 'the study of spatial design within existing structures' (or words to that effect) and it got me thinking that at not one point have i ever been instructed to consider the external structure when designing. And i think that to really make structures work interior designers need to collaborate well and in an understanding manor with architects too.

[@Midironica]

arran white Hmm, good question. While I can't say for everyone, most people just like to see expertise in some software. They will of course want you working with their software but again, if they can see that you've mastered one, they'll expect that you are capable of mastering something similar. It's a lot easier to learn how to run then it is to walk, that whole chestnut.

[@roygordon4651]

Although this is not a direct answer to your question about whether or not we have or will ever again have a dominant or coherent style of architecture which defines our age, it has always struck me that who the people/institutions are that have commissioned major architectural works throughout civilisation is telling and instructive, in that it gives a very good indication of where power lies in each (and our) particular epoch. In the middle ages the great architectural works were palaces and medieval manor houses, in the Renaissance churches and cathedrals refelct the dominant architecture of the time. As we gravitated towards the nation state in the mid to late 1800's and the early 20th century, the administrative and parliamentary building as an architectural work of significance arose and now we have corporate (and particularly banking headquarters) dominating the skyline in most developed and developing cities.

[@LucasRodmo]

I always get drilled and overexcited about Architecture Manifesto in the internet. Because architecture has become so so bad and ugly, I almost cry for living in a ugly time, the details and the concerning about how things look and works are un thought. Urbanism became a shame, a mountain of disfunction and ugliness. Everything is for cars and anything is for human beings. Everything is grey, boring, unexciting, and nothing stimulates greatness, creativity, reason or well being. I really hated how praxis take over the beauty and after a while take over the practicality too. Everything is in just accommodation mode.

[@LucasRodmo]

This makes me feel sad. :(

[@thedavidj1996]

Lucas Rodmo I don't see how modern architecture is uninspiring or ugly. It is different, clearly, from the great ancient buildings, but far from ugly. Modern architecture is all about simplicity, and like modern clothing trends, all about challenging what new materials, shapes, or designs we can use for something so mundane and ordinary as a shirt or a building. Classical architecture, referencing everything pre 1850 I guess (pre industrial revolution) has incredible detail, and an abundance of objects as decoration to compliment the structure, something modern buildings have done away with, from necessity or not.

[@LucasRodmo]

David Jensen Good modern architecture is the exception, not the rule. Some modern cities are pretty, but in mundane world of daily life of billions, is just a dream far way.

[@diahan9896]

i dont see it as "bad and ugly". Architecture in ancient times greatly deals in aesthetic and honoring Religions not about the needs of the society. In modern times, It evolves and mostly center to human values and incorporating it with environment.

[@ironmanhorst]

Dia Han Religion was important for the people in ancient times. I would say it was always about the system you live in, I would say right now the architecture is driven by the capitalism and the ideology behind that. Therefore I would say that it does not center to human values and incorporating with the environment. If you are not a Fan of most of the architecture these days that could be because you are not a fan of the capitalistic society.

[@augustoleme]

i've been binge watching all your videos. they are so good it's unreal. congratulations.

[@sophrapsune]

'Now' is the only time available for any new artistic style. Here's a counter-thought to architecture as disappearing into the background, yet shaping our worldview. The same can be said of the classical texts that we take for granted. For example, the works of Plato are deeply embedded in our worldview, not so much as specific theories but as persistent metaphors: the idea of psychological projections (Plato's Cave), the idea of seeking one's "other half" (the Symposium), the experiential equivalence of dream and reality (Theaetetus), to name but a few. Ancient texts such as these also form the background of our lives, as the unseen wallpaper. They form the basis of our psychological architecture.

[@avedic]

Smart comment! Marshall McLuhan often spoke/wrote on the very idea you bring up...that we wear our culture as clothing, without even realizing it. It permeates _everything_...from how we speak, to how we walk, how we see ourselves and others, etc etc.

[@timothytia]

I just discovered your channel today and I'm truly amazed. I'm amazed the wide spectrum of topic you're able to cover deeply - I though I was just going to learn about symbolism in Blade Runner but an hour later I've learned about Diderot, kinsugi, the holographic universe . While most vloggers have a style of rapid jump cuts or a scattered brained rambling, it's refreshing to see someone who has such well scripted and edited videos. Anyways my main point is - you've earned yourself another big fan!

[@Persnikity-yv3nh]

N-oh-truh D-Ahm. Not No-ter- Daime... Love from Montreal!!

[@vindeltrapp]

This video is a bit old, but I am binging your channel and I feel like I can contribute so here goes. I study aesthetic theory in university and last year we read a book that adressed some of what you were talking about in this video, primarily about ecology and sustainable architecture, and the importance of atmosphere. The book was Architectural Atmospheres, edited by Christian Borch. It's too short and unfocused to answer any questions, it's more like a call for a bigger discourse about this subject, but our class found that it adressed a lot of things that we hadn't thought about. So I guess I recommend it. I really liked this video (and all the other ones I've watched so far)!

[@bikramjitbiswas9478]

bro your videos are not only original but really really thought provoking and I especially like that fact how you bring out the interesting from the mundane or something which we take for granted, and also wrt the perspective(s) of the subject-matter of your video.

[@architecturaldream1]

I am just about to graduate after six years. This is the first video of yours I've seen (bf : "you need to watch this") so I'm not sure if you study/are an architect but I think you were spot on. There is so much more to the conversation - in certain parts of the world design and architecture are a critical part of the society's cultural expression and shared intellect and in other parts of the world architecture is in danger of perceived obsolescence. In Australia, architects are potentially in the midst of an identity crisis coupled with the fact that society perceives architects as too expensive yet they are paid less than teachers. The endeavour of architecture has been fractured into so many fields we're left wondering what we can actually offer. We know our own value but if we are not valued by others what then? Anyway, thanks for the insights, back to my assignment :-p

[@wreuagh]

+architecturaldream1 You touch on a lot of things I've been thinking about recently. I can reciprocate the same frustration about architects being under valued in society. But if there is anything to learn from this, its that architects haven't been proposing the right type of ideas or theories to be taken seriously. In some ways, i think its because the architectural pursuits of post-modernism spawned architectural theorists that made the profession self-referential and closed off from society by focusing too much on a buildings aesthetic or poetic quality. Architects like Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne(Morphosis), and Zaha Hadid set this era of architecture, and worst of all, have become influences for the next generation! Fortunately, I've been seeing a new trend emerging surrounding a shift in architectural thought. Architects like Norman Foster, and Alejandro Aravena are now gaining more attention for their humanitarian or "green agenda" architectural projects. Their projects tackle huge regional issues like poverty, infrastructural demands, and the environment. Hopefully, architectural schools will elaborate and advocate for this type of thinking. Architects can then be seen as innovative, and relevant thinkers for society. As opposed to people that are only good for making a building pretty.

[@rfmjsdb9879]

I do study architecture, and i can reassure you that the Design is one big deep conversation with oneself or others, constantly questioning your work. It's a debate that never ends and does quite turn around environment and people. If not anything else actually.

[@primordialchick]

Loved this video! Thanks for making it. The only thing I didn't like; Celtic is a hard "c"!

[@Nerdwriter1]

Gah! My bad.

[@ThEfextors]

and it's not noter, it's Notre

[@reginabaptista7402]

Architecture it's not only close spaces, it also defines the open spaces (parks, squares...) so may be now is the moment of trying to unite both.

[@jennyB07]

I keep coming back to this ....... i‘m not even an architect nor is my major remotely close to architecture but this is honestly captivating

[@sukosuko]

this one s still lit 7 years later

[@sbhsm]

I happened to run into this video and I was pleasantly surprised that you started it quoting my all time favorite novel. The Hunchback of Notre Dame touched me on so many levels and made me love architecture even more. Thank you for your videos. Keep them going! 😄

[@annaneu8790]

Hi Evan, Thank you for your thoughts and visuals on architecture! The idea that language and writing is in our stones, our walls and whatever we build, makes much sense to me, especially when thinking about the gothic mystic cathedral in Chartres just 100km outside of Paris. However, what came to my mind was the little lecture that Vachel Lindsay put as a note to his collection of poetry, titled ‚The Candle in the Cabin‘, where he speaks of writing being the base for architecture, because it is the base for our drawing, or it could be as the the old Spencerian System of Penmanship shows. In his art work, he uses the letters of the alphabet to create fine quill-tip drawings of his poems, effectively translating them into images that help one understand the essence of the poem. I found that his words there made much sense as well... So thanks for spreading sense. It can be the start of truth.

[@tanyapammy459]

Can't believe I found u so late. I am.on a binge watch mode of ur videos. Keep up the good work.

[@calliope7479]

Rather than a formal reading of architectural eras, I think the best lens for understanding our current situation (bad) is through the shifts in the political and economic position of the architect. We're quite stuck, at the moment, with very little agency. The aspirations of the sustainability movement have especially little chance of wide scale adoption under current conditions. Check out Manfredo Tafuri's Architecture & Utopia: Design and Capitalist Development.

[@gokul4812]

Hey man, everytime I start to lose interest in the everyday things and routines, I view one of your videos to let my mind expand again after being compressed into this narrow view of my work. You're like an intellectual pressure release valve. Just that I'd put out there. So thank you and much love, all the way from India!. Do continue with these :)

[@andreiperiainen4955]

A truly interesting take on contemporary architecture. I must add that from my point of view it seems that the pluralism and lack of a general direction or style of architecture is a reflection of the ever-growing individuality of our society. There are less and less standards we all must live by and hence we can express our creativity in vastly different ways. I'm not sure if this is a good thing, because sometimes it feels we have less material to connect us with a larger audience, but maybe that is just a parallel thought and not pertaining to the issue at hand. Anyway, I really enjoyed the video. Thanks.

[@95GuitarMan13]

It's amazing that you're so knowledgeable about something you address so rarely, I for one would welcome more architecture content on your channel, perhaps an analysis of a building you find particularly meaningful the way you do with paintings?

[@alexbancone]

Here is some books you might be interested in based on your question at 3:02, "What does it mean to live in..." Image Of The City - Kevin Lynch; discusses what a city's form means to the inhabitants. The Celebration Chronicles - Andrew Ross; describes Disney's version of a perfect suburbia and how it relates to typical suburbia. Expanding The American Dream - Barbara M. Kelly; investigates what began the trend of suburban sprawl and its consequences.

[@onewhoisanonymous]

Great Video as always. But Johannes Gutenburg did not invent the printing press. He invented the European movable printing press. The Chinese were the first to invent the printing press.

[@Nerdwriter1]

You're right. Thanks for the note. Anyone who's interested can read more about it here: io9.com/5910249/printed-books-existed-nearly-600-years-before-gutenbergs-bible

[@finleycastello6512]

onewhoisanonymous, i like your name.

[@iamnoone348]

+Nerdwriter1 - please make a video about Chinese art.

[@ilavautoo]

I would love to see a video about Frank Lloyd Wright's influence.

[@mxwonder9802]

As someone who aspires to begin architecture in university next year (woot! woot!), I'm greatly interested in its philosophy. I've already been familiar to seeing it as a sort of uncelebrated profession, because, as you said, of it's tendency to disappear into/as the background, but I've never thought of it as Victor Hugo put it. Structures as books! Thank you so much for this awesome channel! I'm definitely subscribing and watching some more but for now I'm going to go on and continue my homework with a novel perception of the four walls around me...

[@MrZefmiller]

You seem to know a great deal about a lot of things, how do you learn all of it? Is it just personal study and if so, where do you go to get good information? I know you post your work cited and I really enjoy that (I've mentioned that before) but how do you find those resources to begin with. Also, great video, as always.

[@Nerdwriter1]

Google, usually! And you learn where to look after doing a lot of research on a bunch of different topics. I don't really know that much about that much. That's one of the reasons I started the vlog in the first place. I've learned loads in the process. Now it's just a matter of retaining those insights. Easier said than done!

[@nintendude794]

Most of my time, the impossibility of complete retention makes the very act of discovery and comprehension unbearably crushing... >_

[@spicynoodle888]

There's always the internet for retaining information or finding it again. What I enjoy about your videos is your ability to process the information and state a clear viewpoint or opinion. Nicely done!

[@valkyrie273]

Went on a bender today of your vids...damn good man. I've always loved your content but the wide range is just amazing.

[@Elagabalus711]

I think that the 'void' he describes applies to many forms of art, thinking, and philosophy right now. The predominate view of the world for my generation (I'm 19) seems to be pseudo-existential take on reality and morality, the 'you do you' mantra but intermixed are deep seeded beliefs of right and wrong that are in constant struggle against an equally rooted conviction about the importance of individuality and freedom. This school of thought hasn't been named or even fully defined as having tenets yet, but I think some philosopher in ten years or so will formalize it.

[@Luboman411]

Also, there is a classic literature being written RIGHT NOW. Nobody realized the genius of Shakespeare or F. Scott Fitzgerald until a few decades of hindsight and analysis had elapsed. I would dare say that among present authors, David Foster Wallace probably fits into this mold (though I realize he's been dead since 2008), as well as Zadie Smith and Roberto Bolanos (also deceased, in 2003). We'll have to have a few more decades more to come to a definitive conclusion.

[@SoundEscape3ing]

You just inspired soon to be , architects

[@yves2281]

"The Celtic Dolmen and cromlech" is a myth. Those stones were made by people around 6400 BC, largely before Celts arrived. Assuming that Celts appeared in Europe 500 years BC, there is more distance between the makers of Stonehenge and the Celts than between ancient Celts and us today. The association of those stones and Celts is a myth widely spread in the Romantic era, probably because, at this time, the Celts were the first known settlers in Europe, and surely because people had no tool to give a date to the stones. Even the greater writer can write crap.

[@Aphfaneire]

I'm Irish and living just up the road from the great Neolithic complex of Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange, hardly anyone talks about the Celts. It was built 6 thousand years ago, long before anyone wrote the word celt in a "history". We know nothing about who they were, just how they lived, and what has survived this long.

[@yves2281]

The wrong fact is crap. You think it is rude, that's your opinion. If you start your video with wrong exemples just because they are said by famous people, you show your lack of knowledge and critics about your subject.

[@yves2281]

By the way, the right word is "dolmen" and it is not the plural of "dolman". "Dolman" is a cloth.

[@yves2281]

That's your opinion. There is no debate with opinions without arguments.

[@yves2281]

I never said this point ruins the whole video. But it is was a common misunderstanding in the 19th century, and I see here that people still believe in it. As I am from Celt descent, I feel concerned by the misconception on my ancestors. Not by the old Hugo's beliefs, but by those who, today, still propagate his preconceived ideas.

[@ericm1839]

i think you're right in saying that buildings that integrate with nature are the next thing. on tv we have extreme log cabins, treehouses, etc. as we struggle through our energy crisis, more importance will be placed on sustainability (and, therefore, affordability) and we will get more ZCBs (zero carbon buildings) like the self-sufficient solar house in Freiburg, Germany. as everything (art, math/science, politics, etc) becomes more and more integrated with technology, i think we'll see a pushback to use technology as a slave to nature instead of the other way around (cutting trees to heat houses etc). i mean, it's just my 2 cents, but when i see a building that can heat and cool itself without being reliant on natural gas by the thermodynamic movement of air through a series of insulated chambers, i get a little excited about the future.

[@vicitorie4947]

you just blew my mind. now i have so many new ideas and thoughts i can put in my view of modern architecture. thank you so much

[@thomasmouton9914]

that was nice, and I feel I align with this more than most of the architecture view points I was surrounded by in architecture school. I often feel a need to not ignore objective elements in architecture but to emphasis the subjectivity of it. For I feel this over emphasis of objectivity can and has spawned a sort of indifference that is dangerous.

[@terribletoothache]

Needed to bring some Foucauldian governmentality stuff in there with the whole architecture shaping as well as being shaped by culture thing! Jeremy Bentham's panopticon, defensive architecture (eg. designs to inhibit comfort and keep away homeless or prevent skateboarding) and all that. Super interesting stuff!

[@desssm]

Thank you for making this channel, it is the perfect thing to watch while having a cup of coffee in the morning...

[@ropretypographic]

This is exactly the question that the Constructivists asked themselves on the wave of the Russian avant-garde in the USSR in the 1920s. You will probably be interested in reading about the House-Commune in Moscow, on Ordzhonikidze Street. The building was built with the aim of completely transforming the daily life of a person. True, the experiment turned out to be unsuccessful, and the Soviet government did not really like avant-garde artists at all (so the idea did not receive its development until the 60s).

[@felipemorales4901]

I believe that now is the start of what will eventually be the modern architectural age; a synergy between technology, aesthetic and the environment. We've already started but we still have a lot to learn in how we integrate spaces that feature technological advancements with the most basic and simplest designs that take advantage of what's around us. However, maybe it'll never be as beautiful and breathtaking as the Alhambra or Notre Dame.

[@secularmonk5176]

0:12 Using stone in ancient construction biases our thoughts about what makes for "great" ancient civilizations. The evidence of a robust society full of prosperous citizens that built its infrastructure out of compacted soil and wood would fade away after a few centuries of neglect (the North American pre-Columbian cultures). Meanwhile, a society that enslaved many to build enduring piles of rock that only served the needs of an elite looks ambitious and significant through the ages (the Central American pre-Columbian cultures). In addition, when a society with stone infrastructure and low population density collapses, its population centers tend to shift, because they can't maintain that way of life, and start from scratch with a simpler community nearby, while leaving evocative ruins of a lost world. (post-Roman Europe). Whereas high population density and easily modified wood/earth infrastructure means that population centers tend to stay in place, plowing under evidence of the past and giving a sense of enduring sameness (China).

[@WallaceBeery]

On the subject of aesthetics in architecture, I recommend Christopher Alexanders's book series "The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe".

[@dungeoneering1974]

The post-modern era has given rise to a plurality of art forms that draws inspiration from every art period preceding it. Artists are free to borrow from every era, and build upon it, because of the incredible access to information and the remarkable modern tools available that allow them to both replicate and improve upon the past. Likewise, in architecture modern building techniques are developing so fast that engineers, construction workers, and architects can replicate in more efficient and durable methods anything from the past. The next BIG era in architecture will be the 3d printing of buildings in any form imaginable by craftsman and designers within the physical limits of what's possible. It's going to be crazy, and awesome.

[@yaven8338]

I just finished my first year of architecture and I think that another use for architecture is to restrict our bodies, in addition to protecting them from elements. We have houses to show us which area is "ours", giving a sense of ownership, We have balusters to stop us from falling from places. There is also the need for transportation architecture. I also think that we make buildings the way they are not only to contain our bodies, but to contain our minds. Many of us can survive just fine in a much smaller house that the one we live in, but that would be much less convenient. Try to rearrange the furniture in a room in your house. You might feel like the space is much more open now, even efficient. And you will realize how much space is there not because you need it, but because you would feel like you're living in a tight space without it.

[@jacobyoung6876]

The last point he made about a particular subject rising to culture predominance in a given period of time was pretty interesting. It got me thinking on how we as a society tend to highly value a certain subject somewhat more than others, whether that be philosophy, architecture, the languages, arts, engineering etc. I think it's interesting how we see these new subjects peak and heavily influence our culture.

[@jou-anchen7840]

I don't know why or what it is, but there is so much passion for the world in this video

[@cognitiovitae6407]

IMHO you are an amalgam of "A School of Life"and "Every Frame A Painting" and I'm loving it.

[@nicholaswikert6519]

I love how interesting each of these episodes are!

[@OrganicProgression]

Should check out Paolo Soleri; he is a legend that passed during our time. His Architecture was further then most science fiction today. The bridges are crazy and I'm not sure rest of his work is any less. Got rare chance to peak into his archive.

[@AbundantLivingWellness]

Hey, first off, so glad you are back! I've been binging on all your recent uploads and this one got me thinking about the thesis I'm working on. The Tiny House Movement is underway and this a great perspective to reflect upon more with regard to current sustainability practices among other things, but what are your thoughts on this front? I'm not sure about your knowledge on the subject, but do you think that tiny houses and minimalistic living could be the future for more than just the fraction of folks living this lifestyle currently? I'd love to see a follow up to this vlog with a future interpretation. Thanks for all you do!!! Keep on :)

[@veritorossi]

I don't know how I got here but I just fell in love with your channel!

[@Bountyart]

The finger snap is the perfect ending. I would like to request more of this.

[@Yobidefy]

Everything has beauty in it. We're just not used to seeing it. We are bombarded with negative thoughts and outlook about the future that we feel like there's no reason to change it.

[@NeilSonOfNorbert]

very good video. I really like the simile of Architecture to Language, for one thing it links my loves of Architecture and linguistics, for another it really works when you consider the blending and borrowing of architectural styles as well as how when you are creating a fictional culture there fictional architecture is just as important as there language.

[@Nerdwriter1]

I think there are a lot of similarities, particularly with the almost fruit-like life cycles of styles. And with ancient traditional styles vs. modern pluralism.

[@GeoffreyCavalier]

If you have not heard of the Paper Architects you should look into it. That is one example of fictional architecture. Any cartoon, science fiction movie, or video game are also examples of fictional architecture. Just like fiction literature, even though it does not exist in the real world, it says a lot about people, whether as the human race, cultures, or individuals.

[@NeilSonOfNorbert]

Nerdwriter1 they are probably both just example of the borrowing and blending that happens when two or more cultures interact, through conquest, immigration, trade, ect. most cultures show signs of these sort of interactions in there language/architecture/arts/clothing/ect. it raises some interesting questions for our modern world, where there are simultaneously planet wide forces urging homogenization and the most free cultural trade and resultant blending ever known.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Celtic has a hard c, as in 'Keltic.' (Unless you're talking about the football team)

[@superhseep]

That Lost in Translation Scarlet cut blew my mind a bit.

[@DJRod91]

Landscape Architecture! A vid on Landscape Architecture would do this world some good :D

[@Sinlinara]

Loved the Tumblr conversation last week, can't wait for this one as well. Although I don't know if Architecture is really something I have a lot of knowledge to discuss. XD

[@Nerdwriter1]

I didn't know too much about it either, until TheCajunCavalier asked me that question on Tumblr and I went on a massive reading spree. I love that about the interactions I have with the people who watch these videos, AKA, you.

[@Sinlinara]

Nerdwriter1 Well, if my own superego may take the place of the rest of the community's for a moment, I am -- I mean... we are pretty awesome. And I do enjoy that if there is anything I disagree with you on I can voice it in a way that has a high chance of getting a response. On that note, does it ever bug you when people say they agree with you 100%? Because I'm not even sure if I agree with myself 90% of the time, much less 100%.

[@Nerdwriter1]

Sinlinara It doesn't annoy me when they say that. It's an exageration, but people use exageration to make a point. Besides it's flattering too, and I could use all the confidence I can get!

[@Sinlinara]

Nerdwriter1 I both love and hate that you communicate to your audience with all of fluency of language that only a writer posses. I love it because I truly enjoy language, but I hate it because it makes trying to impress with words alone truly a challenge. Oh well, you win this time... but I'll be back. >:(

[@rainbowpineapple715]

I watched a special on the history of NY city and it provided a lot of gereat examples as to how the infrastructure and architecture was shaped in this country. Also the documentary focused a lot on the Twin Towers and was very interesting because they were actually quite an impressive piece of architecture.

[@ADHDtj]

please keep doing what you are doing man! great content!

[@discountconsulting]

What fades more into the background than architecture, unfortunately, is the function of nature. Because humans are generally self-interested and aesthetically-minded, they fail to see the full complexity of function in both architecture and nature. It is far easier to look at something as a static picture or object than as a functioning system connected with other systems. For this reason, humans have come to fetishize the ability to control aesthetic experience even beyond how they fetishize their ability to control functionality through industry and technology. Ultimately, it takes a higher-aspiring intellect to go beyond aesthetic appreciation and competition with nature to fully analyzing all functions of both culture/architecture and nature, and how they influence each other. Once you start to grasp the complexities of all these interactions, the appreciation of aesthetics fades to lesser importance. The real challenge lies in influencing the functions of culture/architecture, and nature in pursuit of sustainability because ultimately you will find that life and its preservation is far more inspiring than any aesthetic appreciation of creation processes, which ultimately amount to little more than naive expressions of self-indulgence if they are not undertaken in the spirit of serving life, human and non-human, and providing a sustainable future for it.

[@xesolor]

Architecture as a practice isn't homogenous, just as artists had a mental breakdown on the practical role of art in service of humanity after it was replaced by photography, do did architects moved on from pure "form follows function". Without self-indulgent, perhaps in your eyes, criminally wasteful pursuit of pure aesthetics, we wouldn't have any of the classical architecture that symbolised the achievement and excesses of ancient civilisations. Architecture without fetishistic pursuit of technological control over nature or egotistical artistic expression already exists - caves. Anything that modifies the existing natural context is inevitably driven by human will, and will is the pursuit of subjective human ideologies.

[@discountconsulting]

Da ve Is the sacrifice of life in deference to beauty criminal? How much life can ethically be wasted in pursuit of aesthetic goals? As for the subjectivity of human ideologies, have another read of the post I wrote that you are responding to. I describe how architectural aesthetics simply falls short of the ability to appreciate the incredibly rich complexity of nature. There are some interesting pieces of 3D art resembling trees or animals, for example, but they are only superficial representations. Try building a photosynthetic machine that self-assembles from a seed. Try building a living animal by writing DNA and getting it to function successfully into the distant future by reproducing asexually, let alone sexually. Human aesthetics have just failed to develop the full distinction of taste required to fully appreciate natural forms. Those that have appreciated natural forms have only done so by reducing the object of appreciation to some sub-set of its full characteristics. For example, a sculpture of a tree might capture the size and shade-giving characteristic of a tree, but wouldn't be able to capture the growth of the tree as would a time-lapse video. Likewise, no amount of looking at a living organism at the scale visible with the human eye can appreciate the complexity that occurs at the microscopic or even quantum/chemical levels. There are so many layers of structure and form to living organisms and systems. No artificial creation can ever come close, regardless of how much effort the artist puts into the creation process.

[@xesolor]

discountconsulting One concept - cognitive bias, you see what you want to see. We're hardly at the height of our civilisation dude. I actually do not believe technology is the deus ex machina to all problems and do personally advocate for the protection of existing environments, instead of screwing the pooch so badly (excuse me) and then having to use artificial means to completely alter it afterwards - why fix something that's not broken? I suppose the philosophical conundrum, like the concept of mathematics, is whether aesthetics, is just man's language to interpret what's already there, or has human aesthetics evolved beyond to be able to stand by its own powers? Truthfully I don't care, all I know is despite our pitifully limited perception and abilities, I don't want to live in a world that's without the "shoddy" reproductions we call art and music.

[@discountconsulting]

Aethetics can be used to perceive and evaluate received information, as well as to guide processes of creation. Generally, however the aesthetic mode of framing/interpreting things is limiting. E.g. when reading text, the aesthetics of style forms a filter/distraction from interpolating the content. Likewise, if you're trying to get information from a photo or video, concern with aesthetic aspects distracts from lucid use of the content. You could compare aesthetics with the role the ego plays in the mind, distracting subjectivity from a more direct relationship with its objects. In a way you could even call egoism the aesthetics of personal being. Transcending aesthetics, like transcending ego, makes it easier to focus on and pursue true goals. E.g. if you need someplace to sleep, aesthetic concerns can distract you from evaluating the true safety or cleanness of a given shelter. Minds are generally programmed and trained by aesthetics to substitute abstract aesthetic concerns for real concerns, which is why ugly people are sometimes assumed to be stupid or unhealthy in some way. As we develop a more critical mind, we become better able to separate aesthetic concerns from clear critical thinking about the realities behind appearances. It can be difficult, however, because aesthetics programs us to think in terms of the universe consisting of many separate 'works of art' instead of in terms of how processes connect each event to its anterior causes and subsequent effects. Narrative aesthetics, for example, takes a story/narrative of causes and effects and sums them up into an object that is perceived/appreciated as separate from the events the story represents. In reality, a story is part of a large tree of effects that manifest from a cause or network of interwoven causal chains. This doesn't mean that it's necessarily better to include more context in the story itself, because that just increases the amount of information represented. Instead, we have to open our consciousness to becoming aware of representations (and the aesthetic mindset that creates and interpolates them as such) as a distraction or shift away from direct consciousness and interaction with reality, which is fundamentally functional and not aesthetic/representational.

[@xesolor]

discountconsulting Yes... in ONE sentence - superficial aesthetics distracts from "true objective" functionality - a.k.a. your example, an "ugly" person isn't inherently less useful than a "beautiful" person. From a social equality context I wholly agree with you. BUT, being from a culture that values "objective functionality" far more than any superficial aesthetics, a.k.a. Asia, and having escaped that tormenting, totalitarian, conformist ideological dictatorship, I can't help but be wary of your proclaimed "universal objectivity". What is "functional"? Art and music are not necessary for rudimentary human survival, yet it is these "decadent, wasteful exercises of the ego" that set humanity apart from any other living organism we have encountered, and that which, with other "useless" pursuits like philosophy, forms the backbone of civilisations! In practical socioeconomic terms, what is "functional" in Asian states is the pursuit of monetary value, right now overwhelmingly limited to STEM-related fields. Whereas in the west, with the expansion of creative and entertainment industries, the arts, in being able to earn a living, have also become, functional! In political terms the Anglo-American hegemony isn't solely based on "physical" military might, it has more to do with the extension of their cultural soft power - which is why people in China wear jeans, not Americans wearing cheongsams! And isn't the functional value of money, in of itself, a superficial, artificial construct, stripped of any direct correlation with physical reality since the abolishment of the gold standard? And isn't the value of gold in of itself, SUPERFICIAL?

[@JapiSandhu]

your videos are ill, this is my new favourite youtube channel

[@Luboman411]

I was wondering where you lived. I've seen a few of your videos now. I see that you're somewhere deep in Queens or possibly Brooklyn. I can see the Citibank building in LIC, the Empire State Building, the Citibank building in Midtown, and other landmarks off in the far horizon. Thanks for venturing out! ;)

[@AndersonCrush]

I'm a student of architecture, and I do have some good opinions on those Yeah, we pretty much don't have one school right now. Some people still believe we're in the Modern era, but not me. Personally, we're in a (anti)Patternism! We're still constructing for the solutions of others or architects project dreams, but the environment became our influence, thus following a Pattern towards our surroundings. The *anti* on that point to the ones who break the environment of architecture so much, it feels like a disturbing eye-sore, or a golden statue around bronze statues! Great video :D

[@MrCharliey]

Thank you +nerdwriter1 for another really well made and insightful video that challenges the way the world should view it'self. It is all to common for individuals in society to look to and blame society for our ills. Instead we should look in the mirror to change ourselves, just as much as we look at the world and see how we can change it. I know that this does not bear much if any relevance to the video above but has surfaced from several of your videos.

[@KokicaToblerone]

You should read work of Edward Soja or (and) Lefevbre about space, injust in space and injust built in the space

[@tonita88]

Love love love your videos..it always transports me to another world i could explore with my mind. Thank you

[@ace5]

Love this! Thanks for making these!!

[@diontsonidis3033]

Another video on architecture would be great!

[@ursangonolibrary8074]

Wow! Quite extraordinary! That was a refreshing perspective on Architecture.

[@HaileISela]

I think sustainability is really a keyword. looking at the architecture of the green school in bali, completely made of bamboo and many other examples of organic architecture, I can see a viable alternative to the ecologically (and by extension mentally/spiritually) devastating concrete structures dominating today.

[@danilles.4247]

Pleeeeease look into solarpunk ideas. Solarpunk culture hugely emphasizes the usage of sustainable as well as beautiful architecture. It plays with the idea of infrastructure as a form of resistance and the role of public spaces as a right of the commons.

[@nightsage217]

I do graduate from architectural institute but sadly I dont share some of my colleagues enthusiasm about architecture. When urban planning is made to encourage economical growth & higher living standard; what really dominates the city-scape is the painful senseless repetition & alienation of height - express "wealth makes rules". The grandeur of city is determined by private sectors alone. Some says freedom but I would say it is just wide range of inconsistent. Well this is 2014 video & i am too late to say I dont pay much attention in class. XD

[@Johanpastoriza]

You have the best content in KZbin

[@bell6394]

Also this made me really happy as an aspiring civil engineer/ city planner

[@groovydoo]

You are such a boss! - I learn so much each week form you.

[@josedelossantos5078]

You... are... AWESOME! Thanks for your AMAZING channel.

[@avaizhashmi]

"why beauty matters" roger scrutton

[@Ag3ntW1nd3x]

This was actually pretty awesome. Nice job.

[@olger05]

I wouldn't say that prulisme is equal to the "void of now". Thats a very Beckett way of looking at life. Yes you need to be reminded that not one truth is the truth. But you need to have the individual courage to build something new. And there are a lots of people representing individualism in a very inspiring way. The "now" is individualisme and the courage to think for yourself not dictated by a authority. Building for the environment is a authoritarian worldview, it say's what you should do, living in a posh neighborhood equally so. The now is more do what you think you have to do, and face the consequences if people don't like it at least you follow your own inner moral-compass to build something unique that represents individualism and therefor the ideal of autonomy. Autonomy is the frame of thinking today. It's in my opinion more inspiring than the "void of now" it's way to passief, take action I would say and created something that feels true to you.

[@georginaramirez1171]

Downloading HoND narrated by George Guidall now, thank for recommending!

[@SteveMoraco]

I think online video is set to replace the utility of books as the new choreography of space and humanity - and I think your channel is vying to be one of those classics you refer to :)

[@VishalDubey]

Being an architecture student i always had that urge to know why we no more have the ornamentation which we had in 19 century, when modernism took everything from the exterior of the building. It brought lot of functionality in the interiors, maybe this was important for that period of booming industrialisation. Although it didn't had that connection to emotion or history as stated by a well known architect Robert Venturi. But we have to accept that modern architecture was art ,Perhaps the art of the space and it will have it's own history.

[@SergioCristancho]

In recent days I found some of your video. And this one is particularly important because the architect in me feels about it. But if there's any chance you have to find the way to a second part. Sounds great and hopefully dreaming about this as an era of new chance for architecture. But the culture and the media are turning architecture to a different ground more like a fashionable way for showing off technology forgetting the social and political purpose that architecture has implying now a days.

[@Lonelymonkeybat]

If there is already an invisible character to architecture perhaps it is also indicated by pluralism. The variety of designs or aesthetics of architecture could be no different from the variety among commodities of any kind. Those commodities are often interested in the construction of a market for the design of identities.

[@Ereyes238isback]

Keep doing what you do, it's inspiring and amazing.

[@JCATG]

I actually find this incredibly meaningful. Thanks for posting this response!

[@25thKANG]

Hah. You're an 'architect in training'. And i mean that you are able to create good quality of videos. Worth a sub and share! Looking forward for more new videos while i browsing through your available video.

[@YashShevde]

@nerdwriter1 I don't understand what you meant by "the void of now" at the end of this video. Could you please elaborate?

[@Tondadrd]

Your gigantic image pierces my comfort zone.

[@valhalla1240]

Johannes von Gutenberg didn't actually invent print. Technology like that has been around for a long time before him and was invented by the chinese. He did however invent a metallic alloy that dried quickly and was useful to replicate individual letters. This new technology increased reprinting enormously. This caused a media revolution and mass alphabetisation and essentially was a big stepping stone for civilization as we know it today. (I know all this because I study at Johannes von Gutenberg university in germany and went to the museum and watched a live presentation of a reprint of his original Gutenberg-bible).

[@Giulibomed07]

I am amazed by your knowledge!! Awesome videos!

[@rnanbr]

As an architecture student you have my check! (and complete support) Sharing!