Teachers and young architects desperately need to change the path of architecture. Focus less on investors and more on the people. Focus more on whats logical and makes sense rather than whats flashy and fancy. Shigeru Ban is a great example for that. Through working smart and truly caring he established his own style, managed to help society and still got the chance to build extraordinary projects for "privileged people" in a more efficient way, still helping the planet. He won the highest price you can get in architecture and is honest enough not to want to be considered environmental architect... Not because he doesn't care but because he knows how much more is possible and because so many architects claim to be that by doing green washing and only doing PR on their work than actually doing work that could truly be considered good, innovative, environmental.
Except plenty of young architects are doing exactly that: working on functional design that helps improve people's quality of life - not just average people but those who have little money. There's lots of architects helping people redesign small spaces. Of course there are still flashy architects working for large corporations on skyscrapers etc. but that sweeping generalisation is wrong. And according to what Shigeru Ban said in this episode, he didn't start his own style having any reference to ecology at all, it was just about not wasting material. That's all he said,
@@13minutestomidnight I never said it is all that happens, of course there are architects who do this good work and are actively working on new solutions. But it certainly isn't anywhere near enough and not growing as much/fast as it could. And it's often not good enough, as mentioned more green-washing than real care. I witnessed it from my professors and one of the largest Architecture firm in Germany which is known for "green architecture" who i worked for. Most don't even know better but the culture in this direction is still a fraction of what we could have. And your point about Shigeru Ban is exactly what I was saying, just worded a bit differently. He doesn't claim to be environmentally driven, he is efficient and therefore ends up being way more ecological than others and praised for that by others, but he's aware he could do much more, so he doesn't claim to be ecological.
@@13minutestomidnightdo you know where would be the best place to find the young architects work who are taking this different direction on their projects?
Good example of how an ideology cooks the brain of a talented person. Designing for rich people is not bad and they are the only ones who can afford to pay an architect's fees. I am poor and I am an architect and whenever I can help someone in my economic condition I help them but that person can't afford a project. I prefer to design for rich people than for the state because in the end you are working for a politician who uses public money to do something of his interest that nobody asked for and say that it is for the people.
His work is very inspirational. A few years ago I came across his round house made with the tubes. Afterwards all I could think about was the mass quantities of tubes (from fabric rolls) being tossed out in the garment district in Manhattan and all the cool houses that could be built with them.
Im an interior design student in my final year now, I started studying this simply because I loved art and being creative but I'm having similar thoughts now after my internships, I feel like this field works only for the privileged and doesn't do much for society. I'm having second thoughts about the field I chose to be in, maybe I can still figure something out like him, thank you so much for this video!!!
Happy New Year of love for architects achievements, wish you everybody have a lot of projects to work on, Mother Earth's suffering, we have to get focused in smart investments and environmental projects, untill every structure and urban area will work like a tree, eating the smog and release good healthy oxygen instead. Please ask more water architectures as anti fire disasters natural barricades and bring more water access in the desert, ocean's water can help us a lot. If we care to fight back global warming our planet must look like a Brasilian jungle and.. that's a vision I love a lot, you can bet on it, I am the biggest supporter of yours guys, long live thousand years more architects lovers❤🎉❤ Happy New Year everybody
Reason why he's my favorite architect. And I also found the same disappointment in the workplace and decided to move away from corporate architecture...
Almost every time I see a new building, I am disappointed. Everything looks like it’s meant to be temporary. If it is meant to be temporary, it should be made of renewable materials. Why use foam, metal studs, and drywall and plastic on a fast food restaurant, or an apartment complex that will probably be torn down and rebuilt in ten to fifteen years? And if it’s something meant to be semi permanent, then build it solidly, and able to withstand any hazards it may face in its area. Stone may cost more, but if it’s built right and given proper maintenance, it will last forever. And it won’t be garbage in a landfill if it does come down.
Well said. It should be obvious and not worth mentioning, but it's really a challenge for the whole practice of this era to learn proper use of materials again
It’s an uniformed misunderstanding of modernism. They just see the success of reduction and misinterpreted it. It is successful because it sells to people with the same misunderstanding. People are culturally not very well educated and think they „want“ this boring ugly architecture. It’s the same with music, restaurants or bars…
Using recycled paper is a great idea, but I have to ask how viable that is in the middle of a refugee camp or disaster area? Is that the easiest building material to access in those areas? Can recycled paper be easily turned into his building system? In the photos of the refugee houses, I noticed that there were gaps between the paper rolls, so is that an effective shelter or does it let cold wind in? How long does the recycled paper last when exposed to the elements? Focusing more on people who are in situations of poverty and homelessness is a great idea, but our society requires that people earn money in order to survive, and providing services for people who can't pay you is very difficult. That doesn't mean architects should aim to have mainly rich clients, on the contrary they should try to help with communal works and affordable housing at the very least, but it is very hard to help people with no money without already having the money to spend on helping them in the first place. That's why doing such work through larger organisations, non-profits or governments is the most functional way to have the biggest impact/. Btw: The idea that "I have my own style that isn't influenced by other people" is false because no one creates in a vacuum, and everyone learns from the architecture around them. That contemptuous attitude that "everyone else is just following superficial fashionable trends" is a vast generalisation that ignores all the amazing work that has been done by contemporary architects.
yeah this profession is disgusting, why would you expect it doing any good to the society when the offices themselves exploiting their very own people “by nature”.
@@tomthomson7367 Des milliers de gens regardent une maison 2 minutes alors qu’une famille vit dans sa maison des milliers d’heure. Bien sûr il ne faut pas du tout négliger l’impact d’un bâtiment sur le site, mais beaucoup d’architectes négligent l’usage d’un bâtiment. Essayons de concilier les 2 ! Meilleurs vœux.
Most known architects should have become abstract artists instead of ruining the landscape of cities. An important part of art is that the viewer decides when to look at it. Buildings are different, everyone has to see them. That's why common taste is very important in building but irrelevant in abstract art.
Teachers and young architects desperately need to change the path of architecture. Focus less on investors and more on the people. Focus more on whats logical and makes sense rather than whats flashy and fancy. Shigeru Ban is a great example for that. Through working smart and truly caring he established his own style, managed to help society and still got the chance to build extraordinary projects for "privileged people" in a more efficient way, still helping the planet. He won the highest price you can get in architecture and is honest enough not to want to be considered environmental architect... Not because he doesn't care but because he knows how much more is possible and because so many architects claim to be that by doing green washing and only doing PR on their work than actually doing work that could truly be considered good, innovative, environmental.
Except plenty of young architects are doing exactly that: working on functional design that helps improve people's quality of life - not just average people but those who have little money. There's lots of architects helping people redesign small spaces. Of course there are still flashy architects working for large corporations on skyscrapers etc. but that sweeping generalisation is wrong.
And according to what Shigeru Ban said in this episode, he didn't start his own style having any reference to ecology at all, it was just about not wasting material. That's all he said,
@@13minutestomidnight I never said it is all that happens, of course there are architects who do this good work and are actively working on new solutions. But it certainly isn't anywhere near enough and not growing as much/fast as it could. And it's often not good enough, as mentioned more green-washing than real care. I witnessed it from my professors and one of the largest Architecture firm in Germany which is known for "green architecture" who i worked for. Most don't even know better but the culture in this direction is still a fraction of what we could have.
And your point about Shigeru Ban is exactly what I was saying, just worded a bit differently. He doesn't claim to be environmentally driven, he is efficient and therefore ends up being way more ecological than others and praised for that by others, but he's aware he could do much more, so he doesn't claim to be ecological.
@@13minutestomidnightdo you know where would be the best place to find the young architects work who are taking this different direction on their projects?
Good example of how an ideology cooks the brain of a talented person. Designing for rich people is not bad and they are the only ones who can afford to pay an architect's fees. I am poor and I am an architect and whenever I can help someone in my economic condition I help them but that person can't afford a project. I prefer to design for rich people than for the state because in the end you are working for a politician who uses public money to do something of his interest that nobody asked for and say that it is for the people.
His work is very inspirational. A few years ago I came across his round house made with the tubes. Afterwards all I could think about was the mass quantities of tubes (from fabric rolls) being tossed out in the garment district in Manhattan and all the cool houses that could be built with them.
Im an interior design student in my final year now, I started studying this simply because I loved art and being creative but I'm having similar thoughts now after my internships, I feel like this field works only for the privileged and doesn't do much for society.
I'm having second thoughts about the field I chose to be in, maybe I can still figure something out like him, thank you so much for this video!!!
Happy New Year of love for architects achievements, wish you everybody have a lot of projects to work on, Mother Earth's suffering, we have to get focused in smart investments and environmental projects, untill every structure and urban area will work like a tree, eating the smog and release good healthy oxygen instead. Please ask more water architectures as anti fire disasters natural barricades and bring more water access in the desert, ocean's water can help us a lot. If we care to fight back global warming our planet must look like a Brasilian jungle and.. that's a vision I love a lot, you can bet on it, I am the biggest supporter of yours guys, long live thousand years more architects lovers❤🎉❤ Happy New Year everybody
Reason why he's my favorite architect. And I also found the same disappointment in the workplace and decided to move away from corporate architecture...
Almost every time I see a new building, I am disappointed. Everything looks like it’s meant to be temporary. If it is meant to be temporary, it should be made of renewable materials. Why use foam, metal studs, and drywall and plastic on a fast food restaurant, or an apartment complex that will probably be torn down and rebuilt in ten to fifteen years? And if it’s something meant to be semi permanent, then build it solidly, and able to withstand any hazards it may face in its area. Stone may cost more, but if it’s built right and given proper maintenance, it will last forever. And it won’t be garbage in a landfill if it does come down.
Well said. It should be obvious and not worth mentioning, but it's really a challenge for the whole practice of this era to learn proper use of materials again
It’s an uniformed misunderstanding of modernism. They just see the success of reduction and misinterpreted it. It is successful because it sells to people with the same misunderstanding. People are culturally not very well educated and think they „want“ this boring ugly architecture. It’s the same with music, restaurants or bars…
The paper tube structure is what made me adore this guy ❤
Far more people work for the rich and privileged than for the people.
I can understand why a majority of architects resort to working for elites. It is not an easy way to make a living, doing architecture.
Inspiring work
Using recycled paper is a great idea, but I have to ask how viable that is in the middle of a refugee camp or disaster area? Is that the easiest building material to access in those areas? Can recycled paper be easily turned into his building system? In the photos of the refugee houses, I noticed that there were gaps between the paper rolls, so is that an effective shelter or does it let cold wind in? How long does the recycled paper last when exposed to the elements?
Focusing more on people who are in situations of poverty and homelessness is a great idea, but our society requires that people earn money in order to survive, and providing services for people who can't pay you is very difficult. That doesn't mean architects should aim to have mainly rich clients, on the contrary they should try to help with communal works and affordable housing at the very least, but it is very hard to help people with no money without already having the money to spend on helping them in the first place. That's why doing such work through larger organisations, non-profits or governments is the most functional way to have the biggest impact/.
Btw: The idea that "I have my own style that isn't influenced by other people" is false because no one creates in a vacuum, and everyone learns from the architecture around them. That contemptuous attitude that "everyone else is just following superficial fashionable trends" is a vast generalisation that ignores all the amazing work that has been done by contemporary architects.
Very good opion
Je doute que partout dans le monde, on trouve du papier recyclé, au milieu de nulle part, il y a plutôt de la pierre, du bois ou de l'argile.
and in Miami . . .
yeah this profession is disgusting, why would you expect it doing any good to the society when the offices themselves exploiting their very own people “by nature”.
Perhaps we should learn that the inner house is more important than the outer house
Thats wrong.
Much more people pass by and only see the outer house
@@tomthomson7367 really !?!
@@tomthomson7367 Des milliers de gens regardent une maison 2 minutes alors qu’une famille vit dans sa maison des milliers d’heure. Bien sûr il ne faut pas du tout négliger l’impact d’un bâtiment sur le site, mais beaucoup d’architectes négligent l’usage d’un bâtiment.
Essayons de concilier les 2 !
Meilleurs vœux.
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Most known architects should have become abstract artists instead of ruining the landscape of cities.
An important part of art is that the viewer decides when to look at it. Buildings are different, everyone has to see them. That's why common taste is very important in building but irrelevant in abstract art.
Maybe it's because he should STOP using a lot of concrete in his foundations. Call me IF you have any questions.
Ban is a Korean surname...is Shigeru Ban Korean -Japanese?
Most architects have too big of an ego.
It looks stupid and disgusting