The title of this blog is part of a quote of Corbusier's about New York. His ideas for urban design often ended in disaster (especially American "Urban Renewal" of the 60s). His love for the automobile is probably the reason we are designing on top of a parking garage in the first place. I think this quote particularly demonstrates his mixed feelings on the urban condition:
“A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe.”
In the blog I hope to gain greater understanding of what it means to be a part of creating these "beautiful catastrophes" we call cities and just how that understanding might affect my designs, starting with the studio development atop our beloved parking garage.
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”- Corbusier
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