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The Ethical Function of Architecture by Karsten Harries

The Ethical Function of Architecture Karsten Harries ebook
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0262082527, 9780262082525
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Page: 416

The first comes from a former Portland-based architect now working in Seattle. The modernist architectural pioneers made up wild explanations for why the new designs and materials were supposedly superior, practically and ethically, and were rewarded with commissions, fame, and academic positions. As result we are left to question the role of the Architect, both in regard to creative authorship and ethical responsibility. Do not architects have similar ethical and professional demands placed on themselves for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, especially given the impact that design choices impose on individuals, communities, and the global citizenry? Pugin is the Janus of the Gothic revival; his buildings look back to the picturesque past, his writings look forward to the ethical future. The result was an approach to the built environment that lent itself to public relations and propaganda—it played well in manifestos and glossy architecture magazines—but was less functional, less adaptive, and less human and engaging. - Kenneth Clarke, The Gothic Revival. He incorporates these principals and moral aspect if you like into the interior of the new Palace of Westminster. In his book “True Principles” he argues that architecture must have a function; it must be legible. There is even greater relate to the contingencies of time? I have passed my life in thinking of fine things, studying fine things, designing fine things . This is ultimately a task with no beginning or end, and fundamentally questionable ethical integrity. Recently I received emails from two Portland Architecture readers with ideas that I'd like to pass on. This is as much a methodological question as it is a question of politics and ethics. Despite the role IP plays in defining and providing a financial and regulatory architecture for the creative and other informational or knowledge industries, there is remarkably little attention given by researchers and commentators to the implications of IP in further elaborating conceptual, political and economic models for the creative industries.