I think regionalism was a little easier before mass communication was made possible. This is not to say that regionalism doesn't exist anymore. I think it does. Jimenez Lai More Quotes by Jimenez Lai More Quotes From Jimenez Lai What's interesting in archaeology is that we always understand other cultures by digging up their cities; architecture is almost always a way for us to formulate a diagram of how people used to live. Jimenez Lai other-cultures cities interesting Aesthetics is both politics and philosophy, a series of agreements and disagreements between subjective minds. Jimenez Lai agreement mind philosophy Morphology happens over time. It's not necessarily a bad thing. Jimenez Lai morphology bad-things happens The idea of morphology of languages is something that I'm really interested in. Jimenez Lai morphology language ideas I think of architecture as language, and I look within the intra-communication between architects. Jimenez Lai communication looks thinking In order for architecture to experience its ongoing evolution as a language, there has to be a lot of adjusted copies between how architects draw, think, engage bylaws and constraints. Jimenez Lai bylaws order thinking As a visual discourse, architecture requires trained individuals to work on the refined philosophical debates. School gave me the necessary training, and I've built on this based on my own aesthetics, as most do. Jimenez Lai philosophical training school Setting up absurd worlds with rules to violate - it's one of the things I hope to achieve with my work. Jimenez Lai absurd achieve world The world is meaningless and therefore it's funny. Jimenez Lai meaningless world One of the reasons why architects are often attracted to philosophers, partially, has to do with making sense of the world around us as well as the making of worlds. Jimenez Lai philosopher reason-why world I think architecture could be understood as the construction of realities, or the construction of worlds. Jimenez Lai reality world thinking The moment you put something down on paper it forces you to organize and arrange these thoughts a little better. Jimenez Lai moments paper littles It is possible to construct small realities that contain political or philosophical responses, not necessarily just practical or economical responses. Jimenez Lai philosophical political reality I believe architecture is a cultural output and I think Rem Koolhaas is one of the rare individuals who was able to really output architecture as cultural artifact. Jimenez Lai able believe thinking Many artists I enjoy have a large body of work, and eventually the message is derived out from the sum of its parts. Jimenez Lai body artist messages The role of architecture, in terms of communication, is not going to drastically change either. Jimenez Lai architecture communication roles Architectural drawing is a language with conventions where the rules can be deliberately misused; a well-composed architectural drawing can both contain correct and incorrect arrangements of meaningful things. Jimenez Lai drawing language meaningful
