I don't think there should be any post 9/11 architectural wisdoms. I think any 'improvements' that can be made - or should be incorporated - have to do with human behavior (therefore, okay maybe some structural changes will be made - how do we use fire escapes, who comes up while others are trying to go down etc). I don't think our esthetics should be undermined by the possibility of what might happen. Ostentatious, modest, extreme, ugly, beautiful, sublime, these are pre and post characteristics, and hopefully terms we will always use in debating architecture. Will design really define a target? We need to understand we are vulnerable, from inside to out: fundamental changes need to be made more so to the inside than to the out. (Emotionally, would we choose to move into one? Well that is another question..)
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- selma 9-16-2004 8:28 pm