Comments on: Nicholas Szczepaniak – A Defensive Architecture http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/nicholas-szczepaniak-a-defensive-architecture.html Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: justin http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/nicholas-szczepaniak-a-defensive-architecture.html/comment-page-1#comment-285966 justin Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/?p=1050#comment-285966 "Architecture is meant to be inhabited by humans and enhance their quality of life." Really? Pretty limited scope. Incredibly intense project. I love it. “Architecture is meant to be inhabited by humans and enhance their quality of life.”
Really? Pretty limited scope.

Incredibly intense project. I love it.

]]> By: peter http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/nicholas-szczepaniak-a-defensive-architecture.html/comment-page-1#comment-285915 peter Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:24:27 +0000 http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/?p=1050#comment-285915 ' ...repository for mankind’s most valuable asset — knowledge. The architecture is an ark, protecting books from cumulative and catastrophic deterioration.' Books? Paper books? That is not man's knowledge, or at least until Google Books scans them all. Cloud storage will save our knowledge, not any sort of built form. What about the application of knowledge --- technology. Knowledge is of no value without an application. And why do we apply knowledge? - To improve our quality of life. Architecture is meant to be inhabited by humans and enhance their quality of life. ‘ …repository for mankind’s most valuable asset — knowledge. The architecture is an ark, protecting books from cumulative and catastrophic deterioration.’

Books? Paper books? That is not man’s knowledge, or at least until Google Books scans them all. Cloud storage will save our knowledge, not any sort of built form.

What about the application of knowledge — technology. Knowledge is of no value without an application. And why do we apply knowledge? – To improve our quality of life. Architecture is meant to be inhabited by humans and enhance their quality of life.

]]> By: Pierre http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/nicholas-szczepaniak-a-defensive-architecture.html/comment-page-1#comment-285839 Pierre Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:05:26 +0000 http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/?p=1050#comment-285839 I really admire Nicholas for doing this diploma. Gutsy stuff. Wonder what he'll do after this. I really admire Nicholas for doing this diploma. Gutsy stuff. Wonder what he’ll do after this.

]]> By: sophie http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/nicholas-szczepaniak-a-defensive-architecture.html/comment-page-1#comment-285833 sophie Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:06:13 +0000 http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/?p=1050#comment-285833 wow. solid concept and stunning images. wow. solid concept and stunning images.

]]> By: London Lecture – Passages Through Hinterlands | Interactive Architecture dot Org http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/nicholas-szczepaniak-a-defensive-architecture.html/comment-page-1#comment-285831 London Lecture – Passages Through Hinterlands | Interactive Architecture dot Org Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:09:30 +0000 http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/?p=1050#comment-285831 [...] architecture. Presenters include this years’ President’s Silver Medal Winner, Nicholas Szczepaniak, the Bartlett’s Christian Kerrigan and Ric Lipson, AA’s Adam Nathaniel Furman, AA [...] [...] architecture. Presenters include this years’ President’s Silver Medal Winner, Nicholas Szczepaniak, the Bartlett’s Christian Kerrigan and Ric Lipson, AA’s Adam Nathaniel Furman, AA [...]

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