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comments from Bob Barras December 8 2014

By Mike A. Mense FAIA Member Emeritus posted 12-10-2014 05:32 PM

  

I’d like to hear more about Group 7. It also occurs to me after over 50 years of practice, that the word expert is often used in disputes, arbitration, mediation and litigation. Must we be careful as architects not to claim a global definition in relationship to humans and the built environment? Does human relationship to buildings involve architects’ expertise in ergonomics, in construction, in other physical or psychological impact which might be subject to classifying ourselves as more than we are?
Lest we forget REASONED ART is and always has been a part of architecture. Perhaps the emersion of form without function in the digital age caused us to question the idea of reason in our work. Careful we don’t encourage fewer rules, less behavioral issues and the loss of human dignity in what we suggest. Careful we don’t lose our sense of regionalism, and oh yes, scale.

Freedom of expression should not be lost, but respect for dignity and the very work HUMAN are at risk.

Bob
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