Inspirations...

The video we watched this week on Carlos Scarpa was inspirational.
To have a pure understanding of a place/space and be able to enhance it without changing it is something I can only hope to aspire to. I think Scarpa was 'brave' to take on the projects he did - it is not easy for an artist to work with such constraints and turn out such beauty and complete understanding of a place.
I believe it takes a special talent to create something new and extraordinary in a space that cannot be changed, and Scarpa truly does belong among the ranks of Le Corbusier, Alvator Alto, and Mies Van der Rohe.

Some of the other topics we discussed in class - the Meridian Line Observatory and the rotating hotel in Tuscany - I also found gave me a push in the proverbial 'right direction' and allowed to me think "Outside of the Box" regarding my other individual and group projects.

The reading on the Compass House I initially didn't like, but after talking about it in class I found the idea to actually be quite wonderful. Total creative freedom is something we all dream of, and hope for, in our future careers as Architects and Designers. Now, we just need to bridge the gap between dreaming and doing, we all need to take responsibility - even now, in the beginning - for our future designs and make a solemn promise to ourselves (and colleagues) that we will not create any (more) ugliness in this world!