Post on 14-Aug-2015
difference in scalealso a
difference in kind
?My Neighbor Totoro fan art created by user cyd84 on minitokyo.net
is a
Photograph of Louis Kahn from Louis Kahn – The Power of Architecture exhibition at the Design Museum in London, UK 2014
A man should not take the program
and simply give it to the client
as though he were filling
a doctor's prescription.
1968
COINCIDENTALLY…
Client A
12 months
Site-Wide Redesign
Broad Re-imagining
12 months
Client BResponsive “Site Update”
Strategic Repositioning
COINCIDENTALLY…
2 months
16% of original budget
3 months
23% of original budget
Client A Client BSite-Wide Redesign
Broad Re-imagining
Responsive “Site Update”
Strategic Repositioning
1972
From Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. Copyright MIT Press, 1972
1959
Drawing of Michigan State Medical Society Building -- Minoru Yamasaki 1959 by Michael Nÿkamp
http://mkn-design.com
DUCK
Integral Ornament Innovative Revolutionary Original Pretty All Around
Advanced Technology Looks Expensive “Interesting” Heroic
1972
From Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. Copyright MIT Press, 1972
Applied OrnamentEvocativeEvolutionaryOrdinaryConventionalPretty In FrontInconsistentLooks Cheap“Boring” Expedient
DECORATED SHED
LEARNING FROM SHEDS
• Less Risky than Ducks
• Increased Dependence on
Excellence in Implementation
and Maintenance
From The Design Behind The Design Behind The Design, by Jason Hobbs 2014
A discussion about how these two things relate.
From The Design Behind The Design Behind The Design, by Jason Hobbs 2014
The one thing is more important, or there’s more of one thing, in relation to the other thing.
From The Design Behind The Design Behind The Design, by Jason Hobbs 2014
The one is a sub-set of the other, and is of central importance to the latter.
From The Design Behind The Design Behind The Design, by Jason Hobbs 2014
The one is a sub-set of the other but is not core, just a part.
From The Design Behind The Design Behind The Design, by Jason Hobbs 2014
The two things are related however the smaller exists or has presence beyond the larger.
From The Design Behind The Design Behind The Design, by Jason Hobbs 2014
The two things are related, the smaller is not a part of the larger, exists or has presence be-
Yond the larger and is further away in relevance or importance to the conversation.
From The Design Behind The Design Behind The Design, by Jason Hobbs 2014
The two things are not directly related but are part of the same discussion.