“quasi things” in architecture, an insight from tony sofian of tsds #storyofdesign

if life is all about the real and ethereal, so does in design and architecture. designing or building architecture is more than just planning, concept-ing, and channeling them to fieldwork that meet particular needs.

it is no longer arguable that every architect and designer is required to create an intimacy between particular structure to the surrounding; say the nature or cultural aspects, which at the same time appealing for the eye. yet what they often forget is that they spent too much time coupling tectonics in materials — leaving each of them unable to express their immateriality aspects, the quasi things.

so do adolf loos ever stated that,”every material possesses its language of forms, and none may lay claim for itself to the forms of another material”

or what louis kahn ever remarked a very thoughtful statement as,”when you are designing in brick, you must ask brick what it wants or what it can do.”

the design story team, in continuation of the previous talk with tony sofian of tsds ia, have further conversed for a more philosophical and insightful…