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Gardening, not architecture
- Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt
Something grows from a seed, with encouragement and the right conditions, the right soil, a steady source of light, and regular quantities of water.
By comparison, architecture is dead, deadly. Massively destructive in its making, and finite, limited: in decline as soon as it is finished, subject to entropy, not sending out tendrils of growth.
That entropy can impart beauty, but only for architecture that knows its true destiny - which is to decline, to age, to grow pale, to fade. Yes, this is about patina, but many contemporary materials and finishes fail to age with character, and merely look tired and old in short order.
The seed of this project is The Serpent. With encouragement, these words will multiply and grow. This, here - this is gardening, not architecture.
