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Cadzao Posted 18 years ago
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organic architecture

0Frank Lloyd Wright wrote:02br
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00"In 1894, with this text from Carlyle - "The Ideal is within thyself, thy conditions is but the stuff thou art to shape that same Ideal out of" - I formulated the following propositions." 02br
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00"(...) 01font00A building should contain as few rooms as will meet the conditions which give it rise and under which we live, and which the architect should strive continually to simplyfy02font00; then the ensemble of the rooms should be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty."02br
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001. "Thy conditions is but the stuff 01b00thou art to shape that same Ideal out of02b00" = "... to shape 01b00out of that same Ideal02b00"????02br
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002. Would you please rephrase the red sentence?02br
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00Thank you.02br
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02br 00"The Ideal is within 01b 00yourself02b 00, 01b 00your condition02b 00 01b 00is02b 00 but the stuff 01b 00you are02b 00 to shape that same Ideal 01b 00out of02b 00"02br 00means, IMO: 02br 02br 00The ideal exists in yourself, and your own condition/state/way of life is just the stuff/material/matter 01b 00from which02b 00 you give form 01b 00to that ideal02b 00. 02br 002). 02br 00Don't build more rooms (into your building) than necessary in/to your own conditions/way of life.

  • 02br 00"The Ideal is within 01b 00yourself02b 00, 01b 00your condition02b 00 01b 00is02b 00 but the stuff 01b 00you are02b 00 to shape that same Ideal 01b 00out of02b 00"02br 00means, IMO: 02br 02br 00The ideal exists in yourself, and your own condition/state/way of life is just the stuff/material/matter 01b 00from which02b 00 you give form 01b 00to that ideal02b 00.
  • 02br 002).
  • 02br 00Don't build more rooms (into your building) than necessary in/to your own conditions/way of life.
  • Simplify the building as much as you can.
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01).02br
00"The Ideal is within 01b00yourself02b00, 01b00your condition02b00 01b00is02b00 but the stuff 01b00you are02b00 to shape that same Ideal 01b00out of02b00"02br
00means, IMO: 02br
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00The ideal exists in yourself, and your own
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0Thank you for your help, Mr Hancu.02br
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