Can technology be equal to “good architecture”? In order to answer this question, first we must consider the building itself, or the genesis of the building. It is like the bricks. If you want to build a wall you would start from 0 level (bricks touch the ground) and then a row above them and so on. So each previous row (in this case) serve as a support. Furthermore, believe it or not the architecture applies the same rule: We must know the past to move on with the present. As Norman Foster has said: “ As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown. ” Pier Luigi Nervi was a builder and a non-technician. He made some researches on architectural phenomenon concentrated in two directions: physical structure of a building and the aesthetic aspect of it. If you had asked Nervi what are the basic things before you build a building, he would have been answered: stabili...
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