A better definition focuses on the possibilities of cultural conditions as yet missing from the language of architecture. The pervasive California sun welcomes us as we exit the caf , but Los Angeles a city whose social and economic climate should embrace his ideas is still without a Denari. I'm interested in pragmatic experimentation in undefinable utilitarian zones, he replies cryptically. My objective is to portray architecture as a highly impressive encounter, not to strip architecture of the possibility of experience, thus making it undefinable and irrelevant. But this particular goal implies a new discourse, because building in a city starts with politics, a power directed by social and economic forces.
Architecture is nearly always at the bottom of the list.
Rather than waiting patiently for commissions, architects should be shaping these very forces. Think about new lifestyles and about how economy influences them more than buildings do. Think about a portable architecture an architecture that can be compared to cameras, Walkmans and shoes. It s an avenue that s being explored.