Architecture: The Inherent Logic of Humanity
Research Photobook
Art Direction, Photography, Production, Layout Design
In modern society, a standard way to view decisions are filtered in a binary way between "logical" and "emotional." Typically, the validity of logic is understood as science and mathematics.
Feeling is an inherent part of the human experience, though, and, therefore, is inherently logical. The book presents how architecture emphasizes the duality of logic and how it relates to human emotions in order of brutalist and modern structures, modern and aged buildings coexisting within architecture and their environment, blemishes found in many buildings, and graffiti living as a part of the physical landscape of a city.
In regards to tall, modern skyscrapers, their overwhelming size and functionality reflect the relationship humans have with work and productivity. Society currently has a tendency of overvaluing both and placing utmost importance on them above all else, often including health.
The need for new while still preserving the old is a sentiment found between both people and their physical manifestations. Multiple cities have a variety of architectural styles in the same environments.
Mathematical imperfections within structures provide evidence for humanity as human error becomes apparent in an otherwise apparently safe and sturdy building. Also, as time progresses, human interaction with something physical alters its state. While graffiti is not a part of a structure's original design, it is an intentional altering by humans afterwards reflecting the character of the community surrounding it.
