This is what I mean by the above statement is that all these pretty renderings I see in every architecture magazine I look at are fantastical images of buildings that overreach their means. These designs are very impressive on paper, but most of the time they never come to fruition or if they do, the never come out as successful as the renderings evoke. I do not want to lead you readers on a long rant, like I have done in the past, I just wanted to air my grievances about the current state of affairs as far as my profession goes.
I have a prediction, that I hope will come true for 2010. I predict that the new fad will be to build the smallest building we possibly can instead of the biggest. (But not as small as the school for ants). This would be great because it would re-teach architects how to detail a building properly and respect the scale of humans as we are the prime user of almost every project. All these mega structures lose that sense of scale and detail, because they are just trying to build higher and bigger than the plot right next door. So, as my title suggest architects will become better micro-managers instead of macro-managers. Honestly neither kind ever sound good on a resume, but I am stretching their meanings to fit my topic.
I for one would like to see buildings be more technical as far as paying attention to the detail, instead of talking about how many millions of tons of concrete I was able to devour in the processing of my ridiculously expensive building.
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