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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

MOUNTAIN LIVING INTERVIEW
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Design Philosophy
Interview with Peter Stafford MacDonald by Irene Rawlings Mountain Living Magazine
Mountain Living: What is your design philosophy? Peter Stafford MacDonald: Talking about design and architecture is always difficult. The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto once famously returned the advance he had received from his publisher after working on a book for over a year. He sent it with no transcript... just a note saying, "When i write three words about architecture i inevitably come to understand that two of them are wrong." (My paraphrase) With that qualifier in mind, I will speak briefly about how I approach design.
Another story about Aalto related to me by my theory professor when I was in architectural school many years ago has influenced how I approach design. He said that when Aalto would begin to design he first would study the problem intensely. He would look at all the parameters from all directions and explore every detail of the programatic requirements. |
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