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More complexity but easier complexity. A hung gallery on the basic skeleton structure. | |
I was in the mall, looked up and thought that's going to be impossible to repaint.
Should complexity not also add ease of repair and maintenance? If Architecturally design buildings had convenient sections such that the facades (sheetrock/Gibb paneling sandwhich) or service sections can easily be
detached, painting, plumbing and EMF conduits can easily be maintained or upgraded.
Facade styles will go out of fashion. Having modular removable access allows panel resale or clever office demotion. Upgrading could be less costly and become as flighty as the incoming executive's ideas.The mind of the masses would definitely get a workout if a work space changed on a biannual or quarterly basis with some concentrated effort of an overnight crew. But can any design be truly futureproof, does anyone want their design to live forever? Well it comes down to the cleverness of the design.
So cover up the bare basics each season and brighten nearly everyones' day.
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In this century, an architect is someone too lazy and too arrogant
to be a civil engineer. Why would they not build in obsolescence? |
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Why not just leave everything as bare concrete and give everyone VR goggles ? That way, you can change the decor on a user-by-user basis. |
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If you're giving everyone VR goggles, why build
anything? Why not just give everyone VR goggles and
an umbrella? |
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Because then if someone ever pulls their VR goggles off, they'll
see that the emperor living in the virtual home has no clothes,
and given the current attractiveness of world leaders, that
would be a BAD THING. |
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Just implant the goggles at birth by presidential decree. |
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[pertinax] If your name is statured to your architecture, obsolescence is the last thing you want to show off. How do you make architects think what will my building look like in 100 years?
Sounds like a add-on in the architecture software. |
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There must be 100's of different reversible attachment systems. Domes, catches, clips, magnets, pins, screws, zip ties, zips, velcro ... |
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not forgetting the simple, ultimate unfastener, the bolt, nut combo. Oh, the washer wants to come to the party too. |
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Re-reading my previous anno, I now feel I should mark myself for
expiry as a grumpy old fart. I won't delete the anno, though,
because that would make [wjt]'s anno not make sense any more. |
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Maybe few professional cubical workspace designers get
lasting satisfaction. But for the modern hot-swappable
contractor,
they can find momentary purpose in life by stapling a
carpet
to a wall, subdividing their cube, or covering their
monitor
with stickers. |
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Plumbing, that is more complicated. Hot swappable
toilets and kitchens. Easier if everyone packed lunches
and wore diapers. |
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