MacKay-Lyons

Do you find value in Lyon’s “Three F’s for an Architecture of Regionalism: fitting, framing and forming?”

The three principles of fitting, framing, and forming are in themselves very helpful, though I think that all architects should practice them intrinsically. Fitting is the initial stage that every design should go through in order to situate the building correctly on the site, and is an easier way of looking at this initial step for the non-designer. Framing and forming complete the initial fitting stage, and grow out of the progress made there.

Would you like to participate in the building the Ghosts?(This implies, “would you like to have that design/build experience.”

Definitely. I feel that designing and then following through with construction of a studio project would put some of my ideas into perspective. Being able to build something allows me to learn things much quicker, and contributes to a deeper knowledge. Though it was not a structure to occupy, designing and building furniture pieces showed me a small glimpse of the immense knowledge that can be gained by building it yourself after the design and during the design process!