A result of several cooperations with Petter Smithson - Discussing work and writings of Alison and Peter Smithson during the fall of 2001.
It was interesting to read about Peter Smithsons, a British architect and his influences throughout his and Alison Smithsons partnership. (left: Photograph of the hand-drawn perspective - Hunstanton School)
Conversation 1 isn't a possible precedent for my future designs, however it has inspired me to want to see more of the world and historical architecture as like Peter Smithson i feel without seeing the architecture for my self I wouldn't become 'engaged with art history.'
Conversation 3
This conversation between the students and Peter Smithsons had more an influence on me throughout the reading. Inspiring me to think about techniques he talks about, for example the feeling of emptiness. ' Can we get the quality out of almost nothing? The quality of empitness.' In future designs I will be experimenting with the shock of nothing rather than a shock of something exciting, researching into the feeling/atmosphere this may give. I like how Peter puts the concept of emptiness in a hypothesis because in a way it opens space for our generation to explore ideas.
The conversation talks about the movement within his work and how he believes its by chance, 'two lines come together and remind you of something.' He quotes how architects don't become 'themselves until the beginning of their forties' relating to how people look at precedents for inspiration. This influences me to experiment myself with the given brief before looking at precedents, through sketching.
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