tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post8163008257232158880..comments2023-08-27T19:33:49.657+08:00Comments on Architectural Learning: caution if you do not like controversies stop here!! reader's discretion is advised.ian nghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-59110424447135653732008-07-02T23:12:00.000+08:002008-07-02T23:12:00.000+08:00Hey Jon...it's ok to be passionately architectural...Hey Jon...it's ok to be passionately architectural and political. we can't really escape from the politics around us, and the environment and it's making (or unmaking) is always political anyway. this sure is one side of jon we've not seen..haha. tho i'd go easy on the French..we're all quite decent here, really.<BR/><BR/>how 'they' spend 'our' money is always touchy, but in the end, as architects, our privileged expertise always comes down to how we spend the money of others--our clients and the building users--not a light responsibility, i always remind myself.<BR/><BR/>i don't know enough about the Penang scene to comment on the ORR or the mono rail, though i must say that walking around Georgetown was an experience that can't be beaten. but still, a point to ponder: if trams and trishaws can be romantic why can't monorails be, too? why should obsolete modes of transportation be more acceptable to our sensibilities than present ones?ian nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.com