Manifesto notes

PREAMBLE:

Childish innocence -The ability to believe in miracles-receptive

It was easier to believe

Easily impressed and tickled by the thought that there might be more

Awe and wonder.

Excited at the unexpected.  Surprise me!

As adults we become sceptical, doubtful, closed

Are you there God?

We still long for the intangible

People still look for signs

And miracles

That lead to moments of enlightenment

Surprise us!

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THEME:   Surprise (unorthodox, unexpected)

PRINCIPLES:

Every building is part of a continuum of history/ Every building is part of historical evolution

-It is impossible to design without reference

-building should provide comfort through familiarity

-building should provide excitement through difference

A building is not a background (-pacman theory)

-the building is an object

-the building should be enticing, tactile and engaging

(---every part of a building is different

---no part is allowed to be regular

---the building is what it contains

---we must want to interact with the building

---the building should provoke our curiosity)

A building is a sequence of contrasting experiences

-a sequence should start with the personable and end with the awesome

-every space should provoke a different (religious/spiritual) emotion

-up is more spiritual than down (hierarchy)

-building must contain the vast and the tiny

Material

-the building must be both smooth and textured

-the less probable the use of a material the better

-the raw material is close to God (processed material is close to humans)

God is in the ornament

-ornament must be based on the reinvention of the familiar

-reinvention of the familiar can take place in 3 domains: form, material and context but not function

-the functional should/must become ornamental

-the traditional rules of ornament still apply

(icons + religious symbolism)