This video was mesmerizing. I'm a novelist, so I like knowing a little bit about a lot of things and I feel like I just got a free 1-hour lecture in 11 minutes. Thank you! As a creator, I know this took a lot of time, thought, hard work, and skilled delivery.
As a writer and an illustrator, SAME, except that I like to know a lot about some specific things such as architect, especially futuristic ones because I am doing a lot of sci-fi AU stuff. lmao.
This reminds me of the point Victor Hugo tried to make in Hunchback, architecture is the most permanent and fundamental way that humans communicate with each other, the cathedral communicated the dedication to a cause that the builders had, and every building is trying to tell you something by the very shape and material it's made from
I am software engineer but I really enjoy your videos it has a lot of depth as well as simplicity, it gives different aspect to seeing things which I normally don't see. Keep up the good work.
Same, I'm studying to become a software engineer as well! Related to this, I was just thinking about the possibilities that games could offer with such unbuilt buildings. There is a game called Manifold Garden, which was super mesmerizing for me in this sense. And, while VR can never be as great as real life, some of these structures could be, at least partially, experienced by them. And who knows where would the future lead us.
I'm a streamer, not a developer but, I do specialize in systems to make things work better and more efficient. Keep up the high quality content, many people cry out for this caliber of work. @VHZMC, there is a VR game coming out by Cyan Worlds, called Firmament that's full of original architecture as well.
Wow, what a captivating video you made here. Never really been interested in architecture, but I'm glad the algorithm recommended your channel. I'll definitely be paying more attention to how buildings make me feel from now on. Got literal chills seeing that Cenotaph, and that's just from a drawing on a screen 😅
I had architect bone in me since i was a child. By consequence of life i did not pursue this passion of mine later on and it is to this day my deepest regret. Hearing you talk about architecture is like asmr for me. Also you have the ability to make things interesting, by always choosing this awesome wording and little stories. You would make excelent teacher of architecture (if you are not already :D ). I am so glad i stumbled upon your chanel. I have already seen couple of your videos and i enjoyed them all.
@@kingmasterlord because it's expansive. The french national geographic institute is currently scanning all french territory excepted french Guyana with lidar. 10 points per square meters for a budget of 60 millions Euro
A year after this video again, I have been researching different paper architecture works and one in particular which is not well known where I am is the works of Simon Ungers's Paper architecture: Autonomy and Dialogue and how he managed to build 3 buildings in relation to the book that never would have been built. This is still a great video and a helpful introduction to anyone interested in paper architecture.
Boullee's Cenotaph is exactly what got me interested in architecture designed for mourning, grieving, or celebrating the lives of those who have died! I wish it was built, somehow, I'd love to experience that.
Eu sou estudante de psicologia e a arquitetura sempre foi algo que admirei, seu canal apareceu pra mim do nada e foi uma das melhores descobertas desse mês que pude ter. Obrigado pelos videos e a maneira que você apresenta tudo (com paixão e simplicidade), isso é algo que me cativa demais!!!
The Great Ape long term field studies by Jane Goodall, Diane Fossey and Birute Galdikas are some of the most amazing and informative studies ever done. The sheer courage of these women was astounding.
Dami, you're a compelling presenter, if not a performance artist, in the way your videos are composed, visually and aurally. Although I've been a part of the construction/engineering world for more than 40 years, and the large-sacle industrial plant/automation world, I've always been drawn to architecture. I thank you for rekindling that interest in me. I may yet build that Geodesic dome I've dreamt of for the last 4 decades.
My favorite paper architecture projects are those with tall, overlapping structures, eventually connected by bridges; overlapped by vegetation, drowned in industrial features or having elegant neoclassical elements. Two examples are "City of pillars" by drachenmagier and the artwork of munashichi.
Dami sos una genia! El tiempo que requiere hacer un vídeo como este es inimaginable y no solo eso si no que también lees y respondes los comentarios. Te deseo lo mejor y gracias por todo tu trabajo, lo aprecio mucho.
This episode was my first introduction to your channel, I only follow the B1M for learning about engineering and architecture but I was pleasantly surprised with your explanation and presenting. You've got a new subscriber and I look forward to catching up on your previous content 😊
As a huge fan of FLW for all his built ( and unbuilt) designs, I would love to see an in-depth study of "Seacliff", an amazing home residence clinging to the side of a cliff along the sea. While the project certainly looks like a challenging build, it's certainly more doable than the centograh. 🌊
Your channel has become my favourite as of late. The story telling and structure in your videos is exceptional! Artful and informative. I’m captivated!!
I've always been fascinated by the concept of a Dyson's Sphere... an entire planetary structure built around (thus encasing) a star with humanity living on the interior.
Megastructures look absolutely majestic. Seems like it really took a whole lot of immense planning to make everything work in the end. May God bless you and everyone else around here.
Cool! I've never been interested in architecture but growing up and living in the American South I see a lot of old buildings next to new buildings and I have always been curious about why the old buildings were built the way they were
I love your videos, it makes me consider a career change into architecture, but I also really enjoy just learning about higher level concepts and philosophies of it. I’m currently a software engineer and use these videos to help look at web / software from a different perspective.
As a concept artist, we have to design a lot of things from a rock to an alien life form with their whole ecosystems at times. We're dabble into a lot of professions and often times we use a lot of architecture shape language to intergrade into our works. So these videos really helps!
It's just so inspirational to hear you talk because it's with so much passion, I'm just a mechanic but hearing you speak makes me want to perfect my own craftmanship.
I never went to a visual arts or architecture school, but I did major in music performance, and that dead-eyed "Yeah, but I like drawing on paper" bought so many emotions rushing back. 🤣 Regardless of artistic medium, there's a particular kind of solidarity I felt with that! (Can also vouch for Paperlike, if you can't afford a Cintiq, and you don't like the slippiness of a naked iPad screen, it's a really neat product.)
I did the landscaping at a Frank Loyd right this year. He utilized rhododendron to make a nooked corner next to the porch. He used red moter in the foundation. Very unique place.
So just found your channel and definitely subscribing but wanted to say I'm really impressed with how you did this video. Not just the information covered and the gentle handling of a sponsorship so it doesn't feel forced but also your transition from one topic to another. I listen to a lot of longform content and a lot of creators tend to start rushing as soon as they know how long they're going to be going for so people won't get bored or so I'd imagine but I like this and how you did a long silent pause almost like giving someone time to digest the information before moving on. I can't remember the architect's name but in the 50s there was a design for houses to make them much more efficient, for example the laundry room and master bedroom had connecting shelves so folded clothes were put away without leaving the room. Also the windows were set so that the rising and setting of the sun would light the appropriate rooms for most of the day yet also be heat efficient for winter and naturally cooling in Summer. That's basically my dream house and what I wish homes were more like now. I don't have anything for paper architecture but I do love that sphere building and I wish we would build it even if it was to just be a message of coming together for a beautiful experience instead of just profits or agendas.
Dami, your content and production value are off the charts. Expertly edited, intelligently narrated, a non-stop pleasure to consume. Keep doing what you’re doing and thank you!
I absolutely love your videos. They're so calm, fun and informative. I feel like a good friend, who is super passionate about architecture, is sharing with me all she knows. And it's great. Keep up the great work!
Dami: "If you liked this video, leave a thumbs up" I'm going to need some extra hands to to get more thumbs to show appreaciation because "liked" falls very short to what I felt with this one. Dami, this must be one of your best ones if not the best video you've done. Makes me think of all that architecture can be, as an art, as a machine for living, not just in the utilitarian sense but life as an experince we came to this planet to feel. Congrats! keep it up! 💪💪💪
Recently found your channel... Took a drafting program in high school in 92, and loved the architectural side of it. Thank you for the interesting and insightful videos.
Excellent use of FLW archival video and overall an absorbing video, not just a lecture illustrated with stock photos as so many are. Interesting and original and very well produced.
This is so wonderful! It would be really great to see you talk through your own paper architecture projects and the thought you might have behind everything.
This episode blew me away Dami 😊 I'm really learning more about proper terminology, concepts and sciences in architecture and their poetic or practical applications thanks to you.
I don't know if you've been asked before yet as someone who has subscribed just the other day, I'd like to hear your thoughts on Gobekli Tepe the archaeological site in Turkey which was built 11.600 years ago. I'm curious as I have never listened it from an architect before. Have you ever thought about this ancient structure like how and why did they build it? But most importantly how do you feel when you examine it as an architect?
Loved this ep. My first introduction to paper arch was FLW's mile high skyscraper and Broadacre City concepts. The practice of dreaming beyond the feasible is essential to healthy progress, imo
Everything about your channel is charming and enchanting. The love you show for architecture and your communication is wonderful. Oh, your smile is absolutely gorgeous =)
I really like your videos. All the in depth information and background. My favorite are your analysis of movie architecture . Do you think you can do the same with video game architecture like in Mass Effect?
Just came from a two year old vid of yours, and wow. The difference is astonishing. Your presentation skills have improved so much. Such a polished channel at 500k subs. Congrats
Loving your videos - I am a infrastructure project manager, so I work with the mechanics of building something. It is refreshing to be invited to look at the artistic side of the process. I am sharing your videos with my co-workers.
Yes, the "classical" style, make you feel good. It makes you feel as though you have a history. And that there is something that is good and enduring to live up to.
Wow, Dami, I just discovered you and your videos. I'm not even really into architecture. But you have me mesmerized. I felt awe, wonder, and good while I watched this. It made me realize that I've become numb to a lot of videos. Something about this, the way you make your videos, talk, present the topics, the sounds, sights, _feelings_, really woke my brain up. Amazing. Thank you :)
I've only recently discovered your You Tube channel and have watched about a dozen videos so far. I find them informative, fun, and well produced, and enjoy your presentation style very much.
after binge watching your videos, and what i have realised is that what i love about massive buildings is the sense of ethereal. sometimes we want something so unreal and yet so believable that it drives us. it is the sense of why dreams are so mesmerising. also, youtube algorithm is doing wonders. thank you for video.
I really liked your insight into why architecture is intertwined with society and its development. Most people think they are extremely detached, because it is difficult to separate the different projects and purposes behind them in context. More on the main topic, Boullée is one of my favorite "paper architects", but if I have to choose for the next video suggestion on this, I think that Piranesi would be a great choice! As an Italian kid, I was mesmerized by "Le Vedute di Roma" and, in particular, by the realism and the (impossible) self-standing dome of the print "Tempio Antico".
Wow, that is an extraordinary video. I love how you explained in only a few images and sentences, what brought you to architecture. Me myself often contemplates what the heck made me doing digital user expierence in the first place, haha. This self reflection of your really was inspiring. In the mid of the flick I was wondering how you will get the curve back to to videos headline. And boy do I love how you contected your initial personal "architecture show make us feel something" with what you've been explaining about that Cenotaph and how it was intended to make the visitors feel the environment. This video is amazing, thank you for putting in so much thought, depth and love into your work here on yt.
When I was a boy I was fascinated by architecture, so much so that I thought that was my destiny [okay, that or a race car driver, or astronaut, or...!] but it did manage to carry through to my teens. Life teaches us lessons and I soon realized I didn't have the discipline necessary to make architecture a career but the fascination never left. I love, Cami, how you bring that inspiration back, that love for the art of architecture and I thank you. I look forward to seeing all your videos. :)
Hey that's the downtown VPL! Used to go there a lot just to hang out as a teenager! What a cool and immediately recognizable form. Often see your shorts but this is the first time I've clicked on a video. What a pleasant surprise!
Incredible video! I'd be really interested in looking more into the idea of Paper Architecture, my first thoughts are of how modern video game design and VR might let us walk these spaces that we were never meant. I'd love to see some of these old concepts revitalised in that format.
it's nice to someone with some bright insight into architecture / i had some architecture classes in high school but never seen it threw to busy one way or another - but like self-efficiency and robotics in architecture
Hello! I’m so glad I discovered your channel. This was yet another informative and inspiring video…literally, projects meant to inspire, to provoke thought and reaction. My personal favorite Paper Architecture project is Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1956 Mile-High Tower, “The Illinois”. I love it not only for the sheer audacity of building something so tall, but for its unusual 5-faceted design and for multiple false “peaks” he incorporated to break up the lines as the tower tapered to the top. For a person that loves a good skyscraper, this one is the most beautiful and stunning design I’d ever seen. Keep up the great work!
Beautiful video (and so are you). It improved me a little more. Thanks for share with us. I wish you continue finding good reasons to keep your trully enchanting smile up. 🌹
Honestly, the last time I was so engrossed in the subject of a video was when I was 11 and watched Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos’ for the first time. This was utterly fascinating and I wish it had gone on longer. Hell, I wish you would do something akin to ‘Cosmos’ for architecture. Brilliant!
Yeah, the central library in Vancouver is still the building that makes me feel the most. It's a strange sort of grandness that makes me feel important instead of insignificant - such a hard thing to manage.
this channel is fine art: really informative, makes you wonder on the theme, video editing is top notch! Pure fine art! It's so refreshing, that Dami is not just hot AF, but a pure artist :D
in my country when someone exceeds expectations in something, we say that "that person is a beast",,,,, You are a beast. I love your youtube, and the way you see architecture and how you transmit it to everyone💛💚
Your Videos are of such high quality, i really enjoy it! I am always waiting for the next Video even tho I was not interested in architecture a month ago (im into computer sciemce) Kepp Your Good work ^^
I'm echoing everyone else in praising the presentation and videography here; such nice work again! Was not expecting to visit Wright's Usonian ideas when I clicked the thumbnail, but I'm happy we went there on the way to the Cenotaph. As with Boullée concept, my favorite unbuilt / unbuildable / paper architecture tends to be big, ambitious projects that aim to challenge the way we think about our use of space and the natural environment. I like when architects / designers seriously ask, "What if we take what we're doing now, and turn it up to 11? Would we really want to live in a city or a world dominated by our current trajectory?" Hugh Ferriss's visionary work belongs to that latter category. Urban megastructure concepts from Bucky Fuller (domed-over Manhattan, "Old Man River", etc.) and especially Paolo Soleri's varied arcology [architecture + ecology] concepts from "The City in the Image of Man" ask all of those questions, with an emphasis on sustainability and human well-being that's obscured at first encounter, because their design renderings make such a strong impression. And classic space station concepts, like the Stanford Torus and the O'Neill Cylinder, take megastructures beyond Earth's atmosphere, and force us to consider, "How do we really want to live, going forward? What's important enough to bring with us, out into the wider universe? And what can we afford to let go of?" Pondering those kinds of questions can, I think, generate insights into our priorities even if we aren't yet ready to move out into the cosmos.
I saw your best scifi picks and really liked your breakdown of each movie or setting and surroundings. Just watched your why buildings make us feel, the way we do as to appreciate the space use of materials and our experience in it. I too have been a FLW fan and to feel the energy his architecture has brought forth. One of his disciples (as we call them) John Lautner has some clever and unique approach to everyone of his projects. I was going to mention Hugh Ferris of the early 20's and 30's illustrations of how some viewed what the future would resemble in architecture.
Lebbeus Woods is a master in that kind of architecture and one of my favorites! Imagine that concepts aplied on a Tsutomu Nihei manga! wooooow. hahaha great video!!
Thank you for such an informative, thoughtful video. As a physicist (specifically an astrophysicist), I would absolutely love to see the Cenotaph built. What an incredible experience that would be. There's something so intensely apt about the sense of trepidation and excitement in walking into the dark unknown, wondering yet hoping that at the end of that path will be a breakthrough and light. It's a somewhat romanticised reflection of scientific research -- and in particular astronomy, which is (to my view) the most romantic and inspirational of the sciences (though, I might be a bit biased) -- so I can imagine such a sensory experience of those notions would be quite moving -- even transformative.
This is lovely. All your work here is lovely. Don't know if they fit the term "Paper Architecture" (learning about architecture is a new hobby for me), but I'm in love with Gianbattista Piranesi etchings and, maybe even more than Piranesi, I'm really in awe when I look at Gerard Trignac etchings, with those giant structures and the feeling of past grandeur and present relinquishment.
I would love to see a Dune (2021) analisys from you. The architecture in that movie is amazing. Just what I imagine reading the books (where you have 2 kilometers wide temples for example)
The quality of your videos have gotten better each vid!! Love what your doing! Thanks for the informative videos, I am currently in architecture school and I use your vids as motivation and a reminder of why I am on it!
Working with architects for 20+ years on facade design and management, the singular aspect that architects usually don't pay a whole lot of attention to is how watertight the building is and the maintenance to keep the inside dry. There is certainly no shortage of outlandish designs, yet the flashings and seal leakage through expansion, aging, poor installation, etc. is a remote consideration.
When I got in touch into Boullee's paper architecture that was a shock and at a same time a mesmerise feeling of inspiration, also reminded me other architect that I love, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and his paper architecture about the prisons is also something very inspiring, poetry solidified into architecture.
Thank you for bringing more light into the industry that the majority might not know about. As an Architectural Technologist, I would often get bogged down by the building code that would constrain project parameters. But when I study my Architectural Science courses, those codes are an evolution of building standards that have gone hand-in-hand with design throughout history only to be codified recently. This with the constraint of gravity gives architects, as Frank Gehry eloquently say's, 15% of design freedom. However that 15% is the most profound as those constraints gives architects a canvas to work with.
Love your videos and your point of view on architecture. Funny thing is I love the design of the Vancouver library and have been fascinated by it for many years. It is used in so many of the tv shows I love, as a cool looking Alien building or town hall, or something Kool in the SciFi world. But to this day as many times as I have been to Vancouver, I have never visited or seen it in person.
My father built small, traditional wooden sailboats and had a small maritime library. In it was a book on Herreshoff, a third generation boatbuider from the American northeast. He was famous for practical, beautiful and good performing designs. The book was a collection of these designs, all famous in one way or another. At the back of the book there were three pages dedicated to the yacht he never got to build. If I remember correctly, and it was so long ago I'm certain not to, it was a 150 foot, three- masted schooner. She was beautiful. Her lines seemed delicate and robust; her rigging simple enough to not lose flexibility and a sail plan to match; the rake of her masts had a taste of something magic. Her Floorplan, the point of your question, was a compromise of giving everyone private space while keeping all hand as close to tue work the ship needed. It felt airy in my imagination, yet everything had its place. This design made me feel like an adventurer of olde just looking at her on paper. And my father confirmed that you could buy the complete plans from the Herreshoff estates and build her for yourself, if you had the millions it would require to build her. I've always wondered why not a single billionaire since the turn of the 20th century never did.
My personal favorite paper architecture project is Professor Wolf Hilbertz's coral ark, aka "cybertecture". The idea was to encourage coral to grow in a guided way, creating a hybrid of artificial reef and sea stead.
Somebody should definitely create that spherical building in Unreal engine as a VR space, would be amazing.
Hmm i will think about it in a year.
Oh my shit yeah... hmmm could be fun project, inspiring indeed
Reminds me of the globe in Las Vegas.
Guess it’s time to learn unreal. As far as architectural modeling goes the *relatively simple* shape of this may be helpful.
Buckminster Fuller already designed a spherical building that was built.
This video was mesmerizing. I'm a novelist, so I like knowing a little bit about a lot of things and I feel like I just got a free 1-hour lecture in 11 minutes. Thank you! As a creator, I know this took a lot of time, thought, hard work, and skilled delivery.
It did take a lot of writing, rewriting, filming and refilmin…! Thank you 😊
As a writer and an illustrator, SAME, except that I like to know a lot about some specific things such as architect, especially futuristic ones because I am doing a lot of sci-fi AU stuff. lmao.
This reminds me of the point Victor Hugo tried to make in Hunchback, architecture is the most permanent and fundamental way that humans communicate with each other, the cathedral communicated the dedication to a cause that the builders had, and every building is trying to tell you something by the very shape and material it's made from
I am software engineer but I really enjoy your videos it has a lot of depth as well as simplicity, it gives different aspect to seeing things which I normally don't see. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! 😊
Same, I'm studying to become a software engineer as well! Related to this, I was just thinking about the possibilities that games could offer with such unbuilt buildings. There is a game called Manifold Garden, which was super mesmerizing for me in this sense. And, while VR can never be as great as real life, some of these structures could be, at least partially, experienced by them. And who knows where would the future lead us.
I'm a streamer, not a developer but, I do specialize in systems to make things work better and more efficient. Keep up the high quality content, many people cry out for this caliber of work.
@VHZMC, there is a VR game coming out by Cyan Worlds, called Firmament that's full of original architecture as well.
Another software engineer here. I totally agree
CS student heree
Wow, what a captivating video you made here. Never really been interested in architecture, but I'm glad the algorithm recommended your channel. I'll definitely be paying more attention to how buildings make me feel from now on. Got literal chills seeing that Cenotaph, and that's just from a drawing on a screen 😅
I had architect bone in me since i was a child. By consequence of life i did not pursue this passion of mine later on and it is to this day my deepest regret. Hearing you talk about architecture is like asmr for me. Also you have the ability to make things interesting, by always choosing this awesome wording and little stories. You would make excelent teacher of architecture (if you are not already :D ). I am so glad i stumbled upon your chanel. I have already seen couple of your videos and i enjoyed them all.
I completely agree with this!!
Even though Newton's Cenotaph may not be physically built, we could sure as hell build it in the virtual world and experience the space via VR.
I don't know why we haven't 3D mapped the Earth for exactly that purpose. there could be whole jobs of people flying drones scanning the wilderness
You people are genuinely insane. Touch grass
Don't be mean Cat
*laughs in metaverse*
@@kingmasterlord because it's expansive. The french national geographic institute is currently scanning all french territory excepted french Guyana with lidar. 10 points per square meters for a budget of 60 millions Euro
A year after this video again, I have been researching different paper architecture works and one in particular which is not well known where I am is the works of Simon Ungers's Paper architecture: Autonomy and Dialogue and how he managed to build 3 buildings in relation to the book that never would have been built.
This is still a great video and a helpful introduction to anyone interested in paper architecture.
Boullee's Cenotaph is exactly what got me interested in architecture designed for mourning, grieving, or celebrating the lives of those who have died! I wish it was built, somehow, I'd love to experience that.
It would be an out of this world kind of experience for sure
Eu sou estudante de psicologia e a arquitetura sempre foi algo que admirei, seu canal apareceu pra mim do nada e foi uma das melhores descobertas desse mês que pude ter. Obrigado pelos videos e a maneira que você apresenta tudo (com paixão e simplicidade), isso é algo que me cativa demais!!!
The Great Ape long term field studies by Jane Goodall, Diane Fossey and Birute Galdikas are some of the most amazing and informative studies ever done.
The sheer courage of these women was astounding.
Dami, you're a compelling presenter, if not a performance artist, in the way your videos are composed, visually and aurally. Although I've been a part of the construction/engineering world for more than 40 years, and the large-sacle industrial plant/automation world, I've always been drawn to architecture. I thank you for rekindling that interest in me. I may yet build that Geodesic dome I've dreamt of for the last 4 decades.
My favorite paper architecture projects are those with tall, overlapping structures, eventually connected by bridges; overlapped by vegetation, drowned in industrial features or having elegant neoclassical elements. Two examples are "City of pillars" by drachenmagier and the artwork of munashichi.
Dami sos una genia! El tiempo que requiere hacer un vídeo como este es inimaginable y no solo eso si no que también lees y respondes los comentarios. Te deseo lo mejor y gracias por todo tu trabajo, lo aprecio mucho.
This episode was my first introduction to your channel, I only follow the B1M for learning about engineering and architecture but I was pleasantly surprised with your explanation and presenting.
You've got a new subscriber and I look forward to catching up on your previous content 😊
As a huge fan of FLW for all his built ( and unbuilt) designs, I would love to see an in-depth study of "Seacliff", an amazing home residence clinging to the side of a cliff along the sea.
While the project certainly looks like a challenging build, it's certainly more doable than the centograh. 🌊
Agree. With all of this ❤
Your channel has become my favourite as of late. The story telling and structure in your videos is exceptional!
Artful and informative.
I’m captivated!!
Thank you 😁
I've always been fascinated by the concept of a Dyson's Sphere... an entire planetary structure built around (thus encasing) a star with humanity living on the interior.
Megastructures look absolutely majestic. Seems like it really took a whole lot of immense planning to make everything work in the end. May God bless you and everyone else around here.
yes, the civil engineers would cry
I got quickly addicted to your videos, the way you describe things, the tone, the voice ... Thank you.
Cool! I've never been interested in architecture but growing up and living in the American South I see a lot of old buildings next to new buildings and I have always been curious about why the old buildings were built the way they were
I love your videos, it makes me consider a career change into architecture, but I also really enjoy just learning about higher level concepts and philosophies of it.
I’m currently a software engineer and use these videos to help look at web / software from a different perspective.
As a concept artist, we have to design a lot of things from a rock to an alien life form with their whole ecosystems at times. We're dabble into a lot of professions and often times we use a lot of architecture shape language to intergrade into our works. So these videos really helps!
It's just so inspirational to hear you talk because it's with so much passion, I'm just a mechanic but hearing you speak makes me want to perfect my own craftmanship.
I love your work! Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
I never went to a visual arts or architecture school, but I did major in music performance, and that dead-eyed "Yeah, but I like drawing on paper" bought so many emotions rushing back. 🤣 Regardless of artistic medium, there's a particular kind of solidarity I felt with that! (Can also vouch for Paperlike, if you can't afford a Cintiq, and you don't like the slippiness of a naked iPad screen, it's a really neat product.)
You're one of my favorite youtubers! you really go in deep with the architectural thought, great video, keep up the amazing work!
Thanks for making the best architecture YT channel out there. We love your content; it just keeps getting better and better!
I did the landscaping at a Frank Loyd right this year. He utilized rhododendron to make a nooked corner next to the porch. He used red moter in the foundation. Very unique place.
I'm a lawyer. I know nothing about architecture but I absolutely love your videos. So entertaining and you seem to be really nice.
So just found your channel and definitely subscribing but wanted to say I'm really impressed with how you did this video. Not just the information covered and the gentle handling of a sponsorship so it doesn't feel forced but also your transition from one topic to another.
I listen to a lot of longform content and a lot of creators tend to start rushing as soon as they know how long they're going to be going for so people won't get bored or so I'd imagine but I like this and how you did a long silent pause almost like giving someone time to digest the information before moving on.
I can't remember the architect's name but in the 50s there was a design for houses to make them much more efficient, for example the laundry room and master bedroom had connecting shelves so folded clothes were put away without leaving the room. Also the windows were set so that the rising and setting of the sun would light the appropriate rooms for most of the day yet also be heat efficient for winter and naturally cooling in Summer. That's basically my dream house and what I wish homes were more like now. I don't have anything for paper architecture but I do love that sphere building and I wish we would build it even if it was to just be a message of coming together for a beautiful experience instead of just profits or agendas.
Dami, your content and production value are off the charts. Expertly edited, intelligently narrated, a non-stop pleasure to consume. Keep doing what you’re doing and thank you!
I absolutely love your videos. They're so calm, fun and informative. I feel like a good friend, who is super passionate about architecture, is sharing with me all she knows. And it's great. Keep up the great work!
Incredibly insightful in every way! Her smile is contagious, along with her personality and intellect. Your perspective is refreshing!
Dami: "If you liked this video, leave a thumbs up"
I'm going to need some extra hands to to get more thumbs to show appreaciation because "liked" falls very short to what I felt with this one.
Dami, this must be one of your best ones if not the best video you've done. Makes me think of all that architecture can be, as an art, as a machine for living, not just in the utilitarian sense but life as an experince we came to this planet to feel.
Congrats! keep it up! 💪💪💪
Wow thank you so much!! 😆
Recently found your channel... Took a drafting program in high school in 92, and loved the architectural side of it. Thank you for the interesting and insightful videos.
Storytelling is so calming.
One of my favourite channel.
Thank you!
Excellent use of FLW archival video and overall an absorbing video, not just a lecture illustrated with stock photos as so many are. Interesting and original and very well produced.
This is so wonderful! It would be really great to see you talk through your own paper architecture projects and the thought you might have behind everything.
I do appreciate how direct and informative these videos are. It feels like a good lecture
This episode blew me away Dami 😊 I'm really learning more about proper terminology, concepts and sciences in architecture and their poetic or practical applications thanks to you.
I started following a few days ago after a few shorts. Totally hooked now, I love your energy, it’s much fun and interesting to watch your content!
Thanks, welcome 🤗
I don't know if you've been asked before yet as someone who has subscribed just the other day, I'd like to hear your thoughts on Gobekli Tepe the archaeological site in Turkey which was built 11.600 years ago. I'm curious as I have never listened it from an architect before. Have you ever thought about this ancient structure like how and why did they build it? But most importantly how do you feel when you examine it as an architect?
The library! I absolutely love the architecture in Vancouver.
I like Frank Lloyd Wright. His homes are timeless.
Loved this ep. My first introduction to paper arch was FLW's mile high skyscraper and Broadacre City concepts. The practice of dreaming beyond the feasible is essential to healthy progress, imo
Everything about your channel is charming and enchanting. The love you show for architecture and your communication is wonderful. Oh, your smile is absolutely gorgeous =)
Thank you 😊
Great work you are doing to make arch concepts and practices more accessible to a broader audience. Keep up the good work!
You are the kind of architect that I really trust building something into the world
I really like your videos. All the in depth information and background. My favorite are your analysis of movie architecture . Do you think you can do the same with video game architecture like in Mass Effect?
Just came from a two year old vid of yours, and wow. The difference is astonishing. Your presentation skills have improved so much. Such a polished channel at 500k subs. Congrats
Engineers raging-
Loving your videos - I am a infrastructure project manager, so I work with the mechanics of building something. It is refreshing to be invited to look at the artistic side of the process. I am sharing your videos with my co-workers.
Yes, the "classical" style, make you feel good. It makes you feel as though you have a history. And that there is something that is good and enduring to live up to.
Wow, Dami, I just discovered you and your videos. I'm not even really into architecture. But you have me mesmerized. I felt awe, wonder, and good while I watched this. It made me realize that I've become numb to a lot of videos. Something about this, the way you make your videos, talk, present the topics, the sounds, sights, _feelings_, really woke my brain up. Amazing. Thank you :)
I only discovered your channel two weeks ago and I'm thoroughly enjoying these videos. Keep up the great work Dami, live your passion.
I've only recently discovered your You Tube channel and have watched about a dozen videos so far. I find them informative, fun, and well produced, and enjoy your presentation style very much.
after binge watching your videos, and what i have realised is that what i love about massive buildings is the sense of ethereal. sometimes we want something so unreal and yet so believable that it drives us. it is the sense of why dreams are so mesmerising. also, youtube algorithm is doing wonders. thank you for video.
I really liked your insight into why architecture is intertwined with society and its development. Most people think they are extremely detached, because it is difficult to separate the different projects and purposes behind them in context.
More on the main topic, Boullée is one of my favorite "paper architects", but if I have to choose for the next video suggestion on this, I think that Piranesi would be a great choice! As an Italian kid, I was mesmerized by "Le Vedute di Roma" and, in particular, by the realism and the (impossible) self-standing dome of the print "Tempio Antico".
Wow, that is an extraordinary video. I love how you explained in only a few images and sentences, what brought you to architecture. Me myself often contemplates what the heck made me doing digital user expierence in the first place, haha. This self reflection of your really was inspiring. In the mid of the flick I was wondering how you will get the curve back to to videos headline. And boy do I love how you contected your initial personal "architecture show make us feel something" with what you've been explaining about that Cenotaph and how it was intended to make the visitors feel the environment. This video is amazing, thank you for putting in so much thought, depth and love into your work here on yt.
When I was a boy I was fascinated by architecture, so much so that I thought that was my destiny [okay, that or a race car driver, or astronaut, or...!] but it did manage to carry through to my teens. Life teaches us lessons and I soon realized I didn't have the discipline necessary to make architecture a career but the fascination never left. I love, Cami, how you bring that inspiration back, that love for the art of architecture and I thank you. I look forward to seeing all your videos. :)
Hey that's the downtown VPL! Used to go there a lot just to hang out as a teenager! What a cool and immediately recognizable form. Often see your shorts but this is the first time I've clicked on a video. What a pleasant surprise!
Incredible video! I'd be really interested in looking more into the idea of Paper Architecture, my first thoughts are of how modern video game design and VR might let us walk these spaces that we were never meant. I'd love to see some of these old concepts revitalised in that format.
it's nice to someone with some bright insight into architecture / i had some architecture classes in high school but never seen it threw to busy one way or another - but like self-efficiency and robotics in architecture
Excellent video; the animation was spot on. Your content is getting better and better, Dami
Hello! I’m so glad I discovered your channel. This was yet another informative and inspiring video…literally, projects meant to inspire, to provoke thought and reaction. My personal favorite Paper Architecture project is Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1956 Mile-High Tower, “The Illinois”. I love it not only for the sheer audacity of building something so tall, but for its unusual 5-faceted design and for multiple false “peaks” he incorporated to break up the lines as the tower tapered to the top. For a person that loves a good skyscraper, this one is the most beautiful and stunning design I’d ever seen. Keep up the great work!
Yes that’s a great one. He was so ahead of his time.
Beautiful video (and so are you). It improved me a little more.
Thanks for share with us.
I wish you continue finding good reasons to keep your trully enchanting smile up. 🌹
I'm so glad i found your channel, every video is intriguing as heck. Also hello from a fellow Canadian!
Honestly, the last time I was so engrossed in the subject of a video was when I was 11 and watched Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos’ for the first time. This was utterly fascinating and I wish it had gone on longer. Hell, I wish you would do something akin to ‘Cosmos’ for architecture. Brilliant!
Yeah, the central library in Vancouver is still the building that makes me feel the most. It's a strange sort of grandness that makes me feel important instead of insignificant - such a hard thing to manage.
this channel is fine art: really informative, makes you wonder on the theme, video editing is top notch! Pure fine art!
It's so refreshing, that Dami is not just hot AF, but a pure artist :D
Okay this was brilliant. Just came across your channel and it had been a delight. That 'function, space, form' quite reprogrammed my brain a bit 😂
in my country when someone exceeds expectations in something, we say that "that person is a beast",,,,, You are a beast. I love your youtube, and the way you see architecture and how you transmit it to everyone💛💚
Your Videos are of such high quality, i really enjoy it! I am always waiting for the next Video even tho I was not interested in architecture a month ago (im into computer sciemce) Kepp Your Good work ^^
Wow, your channel is something else, so informative, and in such a tasteful way!
I'm echoing everyone else in praising the presentation and videography here; such nice work again! Was not expecting to visit Wright's Usonian ideas when I clicked the thumbnail, but I'm happy we went there on the way to the Cenotaph.
As with Boullée concept, my favorite unbuilt / unbuildable / paper architecture tends to be big, ambitious projects that aim to challenge the way we think about our use of space and the natural environment. I like when architects / designers seriously ask, "What if we take what we're doing now, and turn it up to 11? Would we really want to live in a city or a world dominated by our current trajectory?" Hugh Ferriss's visionary work belongs to that latter category. Urban megastructure concepts from Bucky Fuller (domed-over Manhattan, "Old Man River", etc.) and especially Paolo Soleri's varied arcology [architecture + ecology] concepts from "The City in the Image of Man" ask all of those questions, with an emphasis on sustainability and human well-being that's obscured at first encounter, because their design renderings make such a strong impression.
And classic space station concepts, like the Stanford Torus and the O'Neill Cylinder, take megastructures beyond Earth's atmosphere, and force us to consider, "How do we really want to live, going forward? What's important enough to bring with us, out into the wider universe? And what can we afford to let go of?" Pondering those kinds of questions can, I think, generate insights into our priorities even if we aren't yet ready to move out into the cosmos.
I saw your best scifi picks and really liked your breakdown of each movie or setting and surroundings.
Just watched your why buildings make us feel, the way we do as to appreciate the space use of materials and our experience in it. I too have been a FLW fan and to feel the energy his architecture has brought forth. One of his disciples (as we call them) John Lautner has some clever and unique approach to everyone of his projects.
I was going to mention Hugh Ferris of the early 20's and 30's illustrations of how some viewed what the future would resemble in architecture.
Lebbeus Woods is a master in that kind of architecture and one of my favorites! Imagine that concepts aplied on a Tsutomu Nihei manga! wooooow. hahaha great video!!
Thank you for such an informative, thoughtful video. As a physicist (specifically an astrophysicist), I would absolutely love to see the Cenotaph built. What an incredible experience that would be. There's something so intensely apt about the sense of trepidation and excitement in walking into the dark unknown, wondering yet hoping that at the end of that path will be a breakthrough and light. It's a somewhat romanticised reflection of scientific research -- and in particular astronomy, which is (to my view) the most romantic and inspirational of the sciences (though, I might be a bit biased) -- so I can imagine such a sensory experience of those notions would be quite moving -- even transformative.
im sure you're a great architect...but your storytelling/video work is really so good
Wish I had a teacher like you back in the day. Very easy to listen too, nice job I liked a lot.
This is lovely. All your work here is lovely.
Don't know if they fit the term "Paper Architecture" (learning about architecture is a new hobby for me), but I'm in love with Gianbattista Piranesi etchings and, maybe even more than Piranesi, I'm really in awe when I look at Gerard Trignac etchings, with those giant structures and the feeling of past grandeur and present relinquishment.
By far, the absolute best channel on all of UA-cam. It's amazing how you don't have a million or more subscribers...
several of my favorites from art history in this episode! Nice job! poetry is a lost art and so useful in how we process our collective self image
I'm glad the SLC library was so inspiring for you! I had to do a double take, as I'm not used to seeing it talked about. 😊
I would love to see a Dune (2021) analisys from you. The architecture in that movie is amazing.
Just what I imagine reading the books (where you have 2 kilometers wide temples for example)
The quality of your videos have gotten better each vid!! Love what your doing! Thanks for the informative videos, I am currently in architecture school and I use your vids as motivation and a reminder of why I am on it!
Thank you 😊 good luck with school!!
Working with architects for 20+ years on facade design and management, the singular aspect that architects usually don't pay a whole lot of attention to is how watertight the building is and the maintenance to keep the inside dry. There is certainly no shortage of outlandish designs, yet the flashings and seal leakage through expansion, aging, poor installation, etc. is a remote consideration.
When I got in touch into Boullee's paper architecture that was a shock and at a same time a mesmerise feeling of inspiration, also reminded me other architect that I love, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and his paper architecture about the prisons is also something very inspiring, poetry solidified into architecture.
I'm even an Architect but your videos are always so interesting. Now I look at buildings and layouts differently.
Your videos are incredibly thought out, engaging and inspiring! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and content with us.
Your videos keep on getting better and better, love it
We just covered this in my architectural history class and I’ve been looking for more information. Thank you for this video!
5:54 you blinked for me ! my heart melted xD
Thank you for bringing more light into the industry that the majority might not know about. As an Architectural Technologist, I would often get bogged down by the building code that would constrain project parameters. But when I study my Architectural Science courses, those codes are an evolution of building standards that have gone hand-in-hand with design throughout history only to be codified recently. This with the constraint of gravity gives architects, as Frank Gehry eloquently say's, 15% of design freedom. However that 15% is the most profound as those constraints gives architects a canvas to work with.
Love your videos and your point of view on architecture. Funny thing is I love the design of the Vancouver library and have been fascinated by it for many years. It is used in so many of the tv shows I love, as a cool looking Alien building or town hall, or something Kool in the SciFi world. But to this day as many times as I have been to Vancouver, I have never visited or seen it in person.
My father built small, traditional wooden sailboats and had a small maritime library. In it was a book on Herreshoff, a third generation boatbuider from the American northeast. He was famous for practical, beautiful and good performing designs. The book was a collection of these designs, all famous in one way or another.
At the back of the book there were three pages dedicated to the yacht he never got to build. If I remember correctly, and it was so long ago I'm certain not to, it was a 150 foot, three- masted schooner.
She was beautiful. Her lines seemed delicate and robust; her rigging simple enough to not lose flexibility and a sail plan to match; the rake of her masts had a taste of something magic.
Her Floorplan, the point of your question, was a compromise of giving everyone private space while keeping all hand as close to tue work the ship needed. It felt airy in my imagination, yet everything had its place.
This design made me feel like an adventurer of olde just looking at her on paper. And my father confirmed that you could buy the complete plans from the Herreshoff estates and build her for yourself, if you had the millions it would require to build her. I've always wondered why not a single billionaire since the turn of the 20th century never did.
I love your passion about architecture, inspires me to be more passionate too
My personal favorite paper architecture project is Professor Wolf Hilbertz's coral ark, aka "cybertecture". The idea was to encourage coral to grow in a guided way, creating a hybrid of artificial reef and sea stead.
I have only been to the Vancouver public library once but I still remember it well, the Victoria library isn't as grand but I really enjoy going there