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The increasing dichotomy between emotions and design constitute the frustration I perceive when I think about the oligopoly that embodies most of the architecture industry in this day and age. My prospect towards this practice is to celebrate ephemeral moments, contemplate beauty and emotions that otherwise get ignored.
-To build or not to build…? In the world I am living in, architecture epitomize the needs of a narcissistic being, on a journey to fulfill this delusional desire of “design irrationality”.
From an environment embracing the body like a mistress, to preposterous attentions dictated by the French novelist Boris Vian, I imagine the world like a tragic place where I can only draw this beautiful illusion of satisfaction and beauty to satisfy my ego.
In some ways, I compare myself to Colin, the protagonist in the novel “L’Écume des Jours”; An eccentric figure, living with a suicidal mouse and going out of his way to forget the misery of the world he lives in. Colin lives a lie, truthfully, it is more honest, because he invented it. The end of every chapter is tragic, I believe life is like an unfinished painting, and as it deteriorates, I must fill all of the ugly holes to make it beautiful again.