INTRODUCTION:
Jack was born in Vancouver, B.C. After high school he started his own company renovating homes, everything from carpentry, to plastering, to design work. This hands-on experience ignited a passion for architecture. He went on to study at the UBC, graduating with degrees in Fine Arts and Architecture.
As a residential designer, he has designed many of his own residential projects, as well as having many years of experience working in architectural firms. He is passionate about architecture and likes to work in a collaborative manner with clients, consultants and the municipalities.
Jack’s commitment is to creating outstanding innovative residential design projects and to being passionate about his creative work .
“COURTYARD OF LOVE”
01 COURTYARD OF LOVE:
There is the place that I like to go – it is kind of unpredictable and in between you know
Tight narrow spaces that open to the light – with music playing to get me thru the night
Candelabras and swimming pools – in a courtyard of fools
That think they have it made with their pendulums of jade.
And in this courtyard of love – I hear music playing – from your window above
Spaces in between – I can be myself
In spaces in between – I can be myself
Spent a lot of time thinking on this boat by the sea
Even though it may be sinking from all this uncertainity
I pick myself up – feel the wind in my hair – start myself thinking and feel you there
I love it when there is rainbow around you
When darks turn to light and I can see sky blue
It’s a beautiful world and I have nothing left to lose
Barefoot and Innovative – I choose
In spaces in between – I can be myself – In spaces in between – I can be myself
And in this Courtyard of Love – I hear music playing – from your window above
02 STANDING TALL FOR YOU
Two weeping willows – standing in the front yard
Daddy’s big white caddy – made it this far
Momma played bass – daddy played keys
I partied hard- beneath the willow trees
This is my life and all the love I knew
This is my love – my love for you
Leaving Las Vegas- out on a desert freeway
Past pink sand dunes – made it to LA
All across the prairies – thru fields of gold
Building sand castles – never too old
This is my life – all the love I knew
This is my love – my love for you
Big brother Dan in his cardigan
Singing songs at sunset – in the waikiki sand
Looking for a plan – looking for a sign
In all the places I’ve been and all the people I left behind
This is my life – all the love I knew
This is my love – my love for you
Standing by the bathroom window with baby Genieve
Standing tall for you in everything I believe
Two weeping willows – standing in front yard
Daddy’s big white caddy – made it this far
This is my life – all the love I knew
This is my life – all the love I knew
This is my love – my love for you
03 BEAUTIFUL GIRL
When the door slammed. – I slipped on the kitchen floor
Never knew what I was gonna do
Picking up the pieces – of all my broken dreams
Then I heard her voice while she was standing there
Each day in this place – I fall in love with her beautiful face
She makes me feel like a man
When the records broke + everything went up in smoke
Never knew what I was gonna do
Each day in this place – I fall in love with her beautiful face
She makes me feel like a man
Beautiful girl – ocean child – change maker for the world
Beautiful girl – wise and wild – change maker for the world
Yes, it’s adventure in love – She is the whole package
Heaven above – so magical and rare
Picking up the pieces of all my broken dreams
Then I heard her voice while she was standing there
Each day in this place – I fall in love with her beautiful face
She makes me feel like a man
04 ALL THE SWEETNESS
All the blossoms on the trees – all the rainbows that touch the sea
You have to admit it – this world is a beautiful place
You know that it is amazing when you think of what all we’ve been through
Lazy sunny afternoons sitting on the dock in the cove
All the rainy nights when there was nothing left to say
And somehow it’s gonna be all okay
All the sweetness in this world is just like you
I know you’ve had some hard times
And life hasn’t always treated you so kind
But deep down inside you’ve always known that you’re truly loved by this world
All the sweetness in this world
Rock me on the water take me out to sea
Just you in love with life for all eternity
I see you in your your child’s eyes and the way you care
Feels like life is beginning anew – If you dare – let all this love in
All the sweetness in this world is just like you
05 NO MORE CRYING
Let me have the grace – to find my way home – as a man made new
Forgiveness is melting away – all my doubt
Letting go – to all the light – all around me
When I find my way home – I will sleep
Sleep in the mystery of love
And there’ll be no more crying – no more wasted tears
No more crying in this house
I ‘ll learn to care – like a good man should – live from my passion deep inside
Count my blessing – all the joys in my life – never want to lose myself again
Sleep in the mystery of love and there’ll be no more crying – no more wasted tears
No more crying in this house
Sleep in the mystery of love and there’ll be no more crying – no more wasted tears
No more crying in this house
06 IN THE GARDEN ROOM
Looking out my window at 6:00 a.m.,
Hear to sound of the gently falling rain
A litte bit of hope for my girl – looking for some peace of mind to change the world
I give you all of my heart when you are so far away
I give you all of my touch – when I have nothing to say
You feel like home – it’s such a mystery to me
Everybody is working in the light of the moon – down in the basement in the garden room
The journey is long and so hard to find – looking for all the places that I left behind
I give you all of my heart – when you’re so far away
I give you all of my touch – when I have nothing to say
You feel like home – It’s such a mystery to me – making it through all the darkness and grief
Down in the basement in the garden room
I give you all of my heart when you’re so far away
I give you all of my touch – when I have nothing to say
You feel like home – it’s such a mystery to me
07 TAKING CARE OF. MYSELF
Wish I could tell you what you wanted to hear
Wish I knew what you wanted me to know
All I can tell you is that I am beginning to learn
To take care of myself so that I can take care of you
Standing here in front of this mirror
Seeing my mask and all my resistance
All my dreams – my love of resilience
Taking care of myself so that I can take care of you
All I ever wanted was to have a home
And to not feel like I was not doing it all alone
All I ever wanted was a love that was real
Taking care of myself so that I can take care of you
Why do I hang onto these stories for so long
Go off on tangents and make everyone else wrong
Going to start taking care – loving everything I do
Taking care of myself so that I can take care of you
Taking care of myself so that I can take care of you
08 KITSILANO
I was born in kitsilano – travelled from school to school
Met my friends at Parker’s pool hall – sometimes we played the fool
Tough to be a man in this modern world we’re living in
You gotta be tough to be a man
Sneaking out back of Jimmy Parkers – cigarettes and skin tight jeans
Driving in my old blue chevy – trying to be part of the scene
Tough to be a man in this modern world we’re living in
You gotta be tough to be a man
When I think back on all my childood life – I lived each day at a time
It’s funny how those days turn to years and then they dissappear
Heading down to the banks of Jerico – looking into Judy’s eyes
Wondering is she still loves me – too young to realize
Tough to be a man in this modern world we’re living in
You gotta be tough to be a man
Down on Granvile with cousin Ricky – he just back from Naam
Never thought anything could ever hurt me – how was I too know
Tough to be a man in this modern world we’re living in
You gotta be tough to be a man
When I think back on all my childood life
I lived each day at a time
It’s funny how those days turn to years and then they disappear
So now I sit at this ole piano – I guess I gotta let it all go
Heading back to ole kitsilano – it’ll always be my home
09 SO PROUD OF YOU
I know that it is time for you to go
Off on your big trip to Toronto
But before you go – there something I want you to know
My generation thought that we would change the world
And turn history books on their heads
But we broke her and left her instead
When you were ten I would put you to bed
and read you a storey from your favorite book
You would fall asleep about two pages and
Dream of wild horses lost in the woods and
I’d reminisce of silent nights and longer days gone by
While the cities turn brown and black and die
Yes we gotta change – change this world
Yes we gotta change – from fear to love
Yes we gotta change – to make a better home
My generation thought that we would change the world
And turn history books on their heads
But we broke her and left her instead
No more war – no more greed
No more not feeling good enough
No more shame – famine and floods
No more needing to be tough
So don’t get hung up on glitter and gold
I will be here with you whereever you are
You can always find yourself because it all folds and fades from afar
Find all the mystery in this life the world can possibly bring
So proud of you and your presence in everything
Yes we gotta change – change this world
Yes we gotta change – from fear to love
Yes we gotta change – to make a better home
10 LEARNING TO LISTEN
I feel – like I’m on a journey home to somewhere sweet and beautiful
I feel – this journey is gonna be a long one – the longest one that I have ever known
With three cups of sorrow and one cup of joy
And the promise of a peace that I’ve never known
I’m learning – learning to listen to what’s inside
Learning – learning to know myself
I feel – I’m standing in a passageway with my loved ones beside me
With three cups of sorrow and one cup of joy
And the promise of a peace that I’ve never known
I’m learning – learning to listen to what’s inside
Learning – learning to know myself
All the money in the world – it will never make you happy
That perfect house and car and you can still never who you are
I’m learning – Learning to listen to what’s inside
Learning – learning to know myself
11 IT’S ALL WITHIN
Yes – It’s all within – a loving heart – that’s where it all begins
I’ve been looking for – some peace of mind and it’s so hard to find
Maybe it’s with you – if I only knew
I could take a boat across the sea – just be with you
You’re such an amazing girl – such a mystery
Yes – It’s all within – a loving heart – that’s where it all begins
Yes – I choose you and your loving heart – I let you in
I hear the wind whisper and the trees sway – you make love that way
In all your notorious history – memories fades from black to white
Never loved let this before – I’ve never let my walls down
Are you sure you wanna to go all the way
Are you sure you wanna go another round
Yes – It’s all within a loving heart – that’s where it all begins
Yes – I choose you and your loving heart – I let you in
12 LOVE IS ALL THERE IS
You travelled long – you travelled far
Listened to your heart to know who you are
Love is all there is – it heals the deepest pain
Such a non-traditional life you lived
So much un-conditionnal love you gave
You never gave up on your children and home
You found the courage to make it on your own
Love is all there is – it heals the deepest pain
Such a non-traditional life you lived
So much un-conditionnal love you gave
Politics and passion – freedom and grace
Telling like it is for the whole human race
Love is all there is – it heals the deepest pain
Such a non-traditional life you lived
So much un-conditionnal love you gave
Turned your back on the military man
searching for home in an unknown land
You lived your life more than most
Through all the tears and all your fears
Love is all there is – it heals the deepest pain
Such a non-traditional life you lived
So much un-conditionnal love you gave
13 BACK TO BANGKOK
You’re so kind and wonderful – truly a miracle
It’s always an adventure with you In everything you do
Sending you all my love
Walking on that sandy beach – Hand in hand
Felt so close to you – It’s hard to understand.
You’re so far away
Back to Bangkok – back to you
Back to Bangkok – I want to get back to you
Back to Bangkok – back to you
Take me where you are
Take me to where you want to be
Down by the river
Down by the sea
Sending you all my love
Just another sunny afternoon – wishing you were here
No time and place – lost without a trace
You’re so far away
Back to Bangkok – back to you
Back to Bangkok – I want to get back to you
Back to Bangkok – Back to you
You’re so kind and wonderful – truly a miracle
14 ALL THESE THINGS
- So passionately strong – An alive woman beautiful
Passing through all these childhood dreams – nobody know all these things
Leaving home when you we’re young – going into the unknown
I guess we’ll all just trying to belong
A fiesty little girl feeling all alone
So I ask to heal my pain
I come through the dark into your light
I bring love right here – I this moment – right here
A gift precious and rare – a bridge to the other side
I used to live alone before I met you – now I wake up in gratitude
You don’t have to be a super woman anymore
There is an amazing woman at your core
Passing through all these childhood dreams – nobody knows all these things
So I ask to heal my pain
I come through the dark into your light
I bring love right here – in this moment – right here
15 PRAY FOR LOVE
The river is wide and too far to cross
Dark clouds come and everything is lost
The night air can chill you – chill you to the bone
You’ve lost everything and the streets are your home
No where to go – no one to care, when you are no where
Pray for a world where we all belong
And gently, kind world where justice is found
Pray for love, pray for love In this world
When the nights are so cold and the days are so long
When you lost the will to carry on
The nights rains come falling – they come falling down
It can be so cold – alone on the ground
No where to go – no one to care, when you are no where
Pray for a world where we all belong
And gently, kind world where justice is found
Pray for love, pray for love In this world
16 LOVE EVERYTHING
- I had a dream this morning – I woke up crying
I was trying to find my way home and got tired of trying
It’s funny how time goes by when you are loving what is
I thought I was doing fine until life brought me to my knees
I went to the old house – where I used to live
I fell so blessed with so much to give
It’s funny when you are given what you did not choose
As times goes by – you win and you lose
Somehow I have to move on – somehow I have to find my way home
Cause this morning I woke up crying and felt so lost and alone
I have my books and my piano – what else do I need
Feel the rhythms of my life – gratitude is my seed
I learned my lessons – to love everything
Finding a quiet confidence – living on my own
Seeing happiness with my two feet on the ground
It’s funny how time goes by when you are loving what is
I thought I was doing fine until life brought me to my knees
I learned my lessons – to love everything
You are who you are – god’s in everything
17 MARCHING FOR FREEDOM
Yes – I’m a dreamer in these dangerous times
Out here in the moonlight – you looking so fine
Love everything you do – love living with a girl like you
Raised on empanadas – in Con Con Chile
A beautiful child who would change the world
Love everything you do – love living with a girl like you
Marching for freedom – marching for love
Standing for what you believe in – I will stand with you
Gonna build my world around you
I was raised in the nice part of town
Always searching for a place to belong
Love everything you do – love living with a girl like you
Gonna start over – down here on my knees
Because I’ve been reckless – trying to hard to please
Love everything you do – love living with a girl like you
Marching for freedom – marching for love
Standing for what you believe in – I will stand with you
Gonna build my world around you
Yes – I’m a dreamer in these dangerous times
Out here in the moonlight – you looking so fine
Love everything you do – love living with a girl like you
Marching for freedom – marching for love
Standing for what you believe in – I will stand with you
Gonna build my world around you
Yes – I’m a dreamer in these dangerous times
18 REMEMBER THESE DAYS
- Remember these days when I loved you so
You’re so smart and beautiful
Like two boats on the big blue sea – with a love so deep
Yes – I’m crazy – so in love with you – so crazy in love
Remember these days when I loved you so
?you’re a bridge to my heart
You came into my dreams with your red dress on
So honest and self-expressed
Yes – I’m crazy – so in love with you – so crazy in love
Remember these days when I loved you so
In all your purpose and passion
Now I see the real you
and all the sweetness in your big brown eyes
Yes – I’m crazy – so in love with you – so crazy in love
19 LOVE IN YOUR HEART
- I remember the day that you were born
Your tiny little hands in the light of morn
I’d hold you in my arms and rock you to sleep
And count the stars and the promises we would keep
This is my wish to you today – love in your heart
And all the joy – this world can bring
Love in your heart and all the joy this world can bring
I remember my little girl so eager to know and explore the world
Climbing pyramids to the top – the courage to see and never give up
This is my wish to you today – love in your heart
And all the joy this world can bring
Love in your heart and all the joy this world can bring
Now you are all grown up – with a man you love
I believe in you – may all your dreams come true
May all your dreams come true
This is my wish for you today – love in your heart
And all the joy this world can bring
Love in your heart and all the joy this world can bring
20 WATER’S EDGE
Standing at the water’s edge, holding my children’s hands
Helping them to know, to understand
Is spirit in sea, Is spirit in the land or in what we don’t understand
Love yourself – when things go wrong – at the water’s edge
Forgive and be strong – at the water’s edge
Standing at the water’s edge – no longer can I hide all these feelings inside
Is God in our words, Is God in our deeds or in life’s tides
Love yourself – when things go wrong at the water’s edge
Forgive and be strong at the water’s edge
How does it feel, to face your fear
When the long wooden boats – that got you here dissappear
Is love what we see – is love what we feel or in our tears
You will never be the same – you will never be the same
Standing at the water’s edge – holding my children’s hands
Helping them to know – to understand
21 WHEN I FALL DOWN
- Big blue prairie sky – clouds and thunder
My confessions inside – mystery and wonder
Talk about the joys of living – it comes down to love
in our childhood years – did we feel love
When I fall down – when I fall down
The man in me hears the little boy cry
When I fall down
Little boy running down the lane
Trying to get home before the evening rain
It always seems to Abe that I am running scared
From my hopes and dreams – from a family that cares
When I fall down – when I fall down
The man in me hears the little boy cry
When I fall down
Father left home when I was three
Too young to know that the reason wasn’t me
Too young to know how to forgive
Too young to know how to let it all go
I hear the sound of my children plying by the lake
I hope they can forgive for all my mistakes
I pray all the world’s loneliness can turn to love
As I lie here this morning – thunder and lightning above
When I fall down – when I fall down
The man in me hears the little boy cry
When I fall down
22 LOST IN LOVE
- Taking the time to allow you in – realizing that is all within – everything you and I need
My heart is open wide and in truth there is nothing to hide – and truth is love
When I look in your eyes – I get lost in love
There is nothing else I need – it is all there in your eyes
I’ve been living in fear – now my heart is unafraid
There are plans to be made
I see a peaceful world – a world that we can trust and build from love
When I look in your eyes – I get lost in love
There is nothing else I need – it’s all there in your eyes
Taking the time to allow you in – realizing that it’s all within
Everything you and I need
Letting go of what no longer serves
Giving back to you – what you deserve
When I look in your eyes – I get lost in love
There is nothing else I need – it is all there in your eyes
Lost in Love – lost in Love
23 CHILDREN
- Nothing in this world is as beautiful as children
They’re a part of our world and our dreams could be their reality
So much laughter with all those tears – no fear when they smile
Nothing in this world is a beautiful as children
They’re without sin and hate – as innocent as heaven – love is what they need
Let’s show them the freedom of the air and the music of the sea
Let them be beautiful people – beautiful people
Playing on swings hop-skotch, hole hoops and magic rings
Trading baseball cards – building tree house in my backyard
Playing marbles and jack – silly little things like that
We have grown up so fast and so cold
So much jealously prejudice and hate – just close your eyes and meditate
Poverty in the world, hunger and thirst – what can ew do about it – who comes first
Gotta feel the sunshine – gotta feel the air – gotta feel the sunshine in my hair
Gotta be like a child – gotta be free – gotta be wild -gotta be me
We have grown up to soon – but who is the blame
We’re all the same
24 RAW AND OPEN
You are simply – just beautiful – a very kind – wise woman
Nourishing to my soul – you’re tenderness – fills me with joy
A passionate heart – mystery
Space and freedom – in all your beauty
You fulfill my life – I am commited to your love
I’ll try my best – not to react
I give myself to you – all of you
And your kiss
A passionate heart – mystery – space and freedom
In all your beauty
When I touch you – I feel alive
I am commited to living with all of you
With all of me – raw and open – now
25 KINGFISH
So I think I will head down the road and put Jimmy on the radio
To see what I can find
And to see what I really know
When I get to Seattle
I ‘ll have fish and chips by the pier and let go of all this loneliness uncertainty and fear
Married this wonderful woman ten years ago
She loves to go Saltspring Island and Toronto Ontario
Just yesterday morning I heard myself say
This love is gonna be forever – forever and a day
I feel like a Kingfish when I’m at the lake Lost all my money in one big mistake – travelled to Paris, London and the south coast of Spain
Sometimes I feel sad – sometimes I cry
Always gonna love this girl till the day I die
When I get to LA – I ‘ll take a ride with mickey mouse
Love all our adventures and living in this big house
I feel like a kingfish when I’m at the lake
Lost all my money in one big mistake
Travelled to Paris, London and the south coast of Spain
So I think I will head down the road
And put Jimmy on the radio
To see what I can find
And to see what I really know When I get to Seattle
I will have fish and chips by the pier
And let go of all this loneliness, uncertainty and fear
26 GIRL FROM PERU
- Brown hair – blue eyes – morning beauty surprise
Park bench – lagoon – talked for hours and she left too soon
Born in Peru – lived by experience the things she knew
I wanna have her – I wanna hold her – I wanna make her mine all the time
But she watches sunsets – each day is her surprise
She lives by the rivers and trees – there is no place she has to be
In the mountains and the valleys – there is no one that she has to see
She leaves time behind – time behind
She’s a traveller and a wanderer -everywhere is her home
Can’t tie her down – she is born to roam
Sees laughter in simple things and joy in every thing
I wanna have her – I wanna hold her – I wanna make her mine all the time
She’s a free spirit – looking out upon the horizon
At the sky and the sea – no one can possess her
She sees the stars and the moon – there is no one that can own her
She lives time behind – time behind
27 THE BEAUTY OF THE RAIN
The beauty of the rain – feeling young again
Soft and kind – naturally
Feeling no pain – It’s hard to explain
behind the vial made with divine love and to the perfect human scale
Divine love and the freedom to be –
I got a light inside of me
magical and free
My life is a strange life but it is a good life
No one said it was going to easy
Walk down by the river
all the peace I can give her
finding something new to make it real
Diving love and the freedom to be –
I got a light inside of me
Feel a gentle breeze
between the popular trees
the sacred land and the mystery
My life is a storey
never perfect never sure
The path and the journey always unknown
Divine love and the freedom to be –
I got a light inside of me
28 LIVE FROM YOUR HEART
It takes courage grace and freedom to fly through the air
It takes the love of family to be someone who cares
Breathe into your life and Live from your heart
it takes peace, love and kindness to me mindful and aware
it takes the wonder and mystery of a child to make you feel alive
Breathe into your life and Live from your heart
I see so much kindness in your eyes
I wish you lots of love
I know it is going to last forever and a day
You are the future – you are the now
You will alway make it through sojmehow
Always remember the simple things – all the joy your love brings
Breathe into your life and live from your heart
29 TAKE ME AWAY
- Take me away – on a ship across the sea
Blow me with the wind – put a string breeze in my hair
I’ve been lost, lonely and confused
I’ve been down, sad and confused
But I keep trying to do the best I can
Fly me away like a bird in the sky
Blow me with the wind – put a strong breeze in my hair
I’ve been to church – down my knees and
I hoped and prayed with tears in my eyes
That I can keep trying to do the best I cn
Let me be what I want to be
Let me know who I am
30 LOVE AND IMAGINATION
- Take a look at the world around you – what do you see – what do you see
Take a look the people that surround you – what do you feel – what do you feel
Faith and fascination – love and imagination
Faith and fascination – love and imagination
Take a look at yourself inside you – what do you see – what do you see
Take a look at your loved ones beside you – what do you feel – what do you feel
Faith and fascination – love and imagination
Faith and fascination – love and imagination
Take a look at your loved ones beside you – what do you feel – what do you feel
31 THE MIST
- I’m here to paint and live my life fully – I’m here to create and let spirit move thru me
I’m here to love unconditionally – I’m here just because I/ve never known anyone so sweetly
I am so grateful for all of this – all the love and the mist
I’m here to build the new world – I’m here to love a mysterious girl
I’m here for the colour blue – to patch where I have been torn
And to remember the spark of wonder when I was born
I am so grateful for all of this – all the love and the mist
I’m here to sing from places where I have never been
I’m here to dream and live that dream
I’m here for the colour red – for passions that run deeply
And I’m here to love myself completely
I am so grateful for all of this – all the love and the mist
32 AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU
- Nothing in this world – as beautiful as you – nothing that you can’t do
You’ve got the curves that makes me so happy
You’ve got the words that brings me joy
Riding on a carousel – the wind in my hair
Letting go to all the love that is around here
Can’t wait till you come home – gone so long I’ve been on my own
So far away – come back home to stay
When I am with you – I feel alive
You’ve got the moves – you’ve got the edges
You’ve got the curves that makes me so happy
You’ve got the words that brings me joy
33 DANCE WITH YOU
I
Don’t wanna wear no big blue suit
and work nine to five
Don’t want to walk no straight line and not feel alive
I just want to dance – dance with you
and live my life with passion with you
Jobs bring you money – adventure feeds your soul
Thank you for everything – I’m so grateful
I just want to dance – dance with you
and live my life with passion with you
Just want to sing of all the freedom that your love brings
All the sweetness and light you’re my everything
Just want to sing of the joy your love brings
You’re a bridge to my heart
Spanish eyes with big dreams – waking by your side
Love living with you it seems – with nothing to hide
I just want to dance – dance with you
and live my life with passion with you
I just want to dance – dance with you
Don’t want to wear no big blue suit and work nine to five
TOWARDS A NEW WAY:
Industrialization and commercialization of our culture have fragmented our people, our buildings and our world. Extreme oppositions have polarized us and we see divisions in every area of our culture. Mutual commitment and relationships have deteriorated due to a lack of listening and understanding. Movement towards a better architecture and a new way of being in the world can occur by listening and becoming more aware of the people and the places around us.
The vision of modernism in architecture was to work towards designing buildings with purity, economy, simplicity and clarity. These values seem appropriate for a society seeking more human solutions in living. Why not build simple honest buildings that engage our fullest attention. The nostalgic architecture of the last few decades was trying to give the masses what they wanted by redefining an architectural language that was lost in abstraction. This language became overloaded with symbolism and historical references and sadly enough it became meaningless. A language of architectural elements like roof, wall, porch and alcove could be articulated, simplified and joined together with care, attention and beauty to begin to honestly express their purpose and meaning.
Architecture comes from thinking about an idea thats works on many levels. The modern aesthetic tends towards finding essential geometries and well thought out systems of organization. An architecture that is generated from both complexity and essential geometries provides better explorations of a multiplicity of ideas. An architectural idea may start from a notion of people connected to view, procession, narrative, light or structure. Finding an essential geometry or simplicity within the fabric of a system of complexity allows architecture to develop a sense of diversity and delight. The rational and the orderly complements the sense of purpose and intent. An architecture coming from experience and order begins to reveal itself as a well crafted process of design.
Conversations and dialogues between degrees of oppositions can become a dance. The dance would always seek some kind of union or possibility of being unique, original and in harmony. The dance would evolve and could become a sequence of patterns or an intersection of issues and ideas. Solutions for building a more sustainable world would be discussions in contrasts of our use of materials – brick, glass, wood and concrete – seeing the benefit of using particular local materials. Thickness of walls, the air tightness of the building envelope and orientation towards sunlight becoming important factors to consider in the design.
Architecture for the future needs to resolve our current uncertainties in the world. We need to engage more in our humanity – our contrasts of darks and lights in our feelings and experiences. Systems of geometric shapes with variety in color and texture with an intention connects us more with our humanity and our natural surroundings. Towards a new way in our architecture is about bringing more creative ideas concerning our humanity to the table for discussion, engaging in our past in fresh magical ways and having original ideas in our palette to create the future.
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