PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN LUGO DE SMALL
I TOLD MY FELLOW ARCHITECTS WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 50 YEARS AGO AND HOW TO FIX IT.
THEY IGNORED ME THEN, AND STILL DO TODAY. Â YET ALL THE PROBLEMS I PROJECTED ARE MAGNIFIED AND MY SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED MORE THAN EVER.
THERE IS NO GLORY IN TELLING THE WORLD I TOLD YOU SO.
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING PROFESSIONALS Â HAVE LIMITED MINDS THAT DO NOT THINK BIG.
THEY SERVE THE RICH AND IGNORE THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD. Â THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST, Â BUT ARE SUBSERVIENT TO THE MONEY INTEREST OF THE WORLD. Â THEY DO HAVE THE EAR OF THE DEVELOPERS, Â AND THERE ARE DEVELOPERS THAT WILL LISTEN AND PUT THEIR MONEY ON THE Â LINE. Â BUT IF THE ARCHITECTS ARE NOT VISIONARIES THAT THINK IN A HOLISTIC MANNER, Â THEN THE SOLUTIONS WILL BE LIMITED AND NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. Â THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I NO LONGER THE NAIVE Â YOUNG Â FOUNDING CRUSADER PROFESSOR OF SCI-ARC Â OUT TO SAVE THE WORLD THROUGH ARCHITECTURE. THINKING ALL I HAD TO DO WAS TO REACH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND SHOW THEM THE SOLUTIONS AND THEY WOULD JOIN THE HOLISTIC CRUSADE.
THE GREEDY HUMAN RACE IS IN SHAMBLES, Â WITH ALL THIS GLOBAL COMMUNICATION OF SHARING Â KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY YOU WOULD THINK THEY COULD AT LEAST TAKE CARE OF THE BASICS OF FOOD, MEDICAL, SHELTER, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND JUSTICE Â FOR ALL.
WHY NOT, Â BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS Â ARE CALLING THE SHOTS. Â THEIR GOAL Â THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RETURN OF THE DOLLAR INVESTED . Â ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS FOLLOW THE MONEY.
MY GENIUS  WASTED BY THROWING PEARLS BEFORE SWINES.  IT IS NOT LIKE I AM HIDING UNDER A ROCK,  MY BLOG  smallatlarge.com HAS THE SOLUTIONS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR AMAZING ERA.
VISIONARY ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SHUNNED, Â BUT THEY DO INSPIRE Â SOLUTIONS Â TO SOLVE Â PROBLEMS. Â SMALL STEPS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED, BUT AT SUCH MINOR SCALES THEY ARE IRRELEVANT.
THERE IS A STRONG MOVEMENT TO RID THE WORLD OF THE POLLUTING OIL INDUSTRY, Â AS SOLAR, WIND, Â ETC. Â BECOMES MORE AFFORDABLE THE OIL INDUSTRY WILL CRUMBLED ON ITS OWN, Â WHAT ONE SEES NOW IS THE VESTED INTEREST OF THE OIL INDUSTRY FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL, Â THUS Â KILLING THE PLANET, Â MORALLY CORRUPT. Â IS THIS MANKIND’S FATE?
THE SOLUTIONS HAVE ALWAYS SEEMED SO OBVIOUS TO ME AND YET CHAMPIONED BY SO FEW. Â THERE IS INSIGNIFICANT MONEY BEING AN VISIONARY ARCHITECT, DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE LACK OF INTEREST?
CHANGE COMES FROM Â CHALLENGING THE ESTABLISHMENT STATUS QUO WITH BETTER SOLUTIONS.
CHAMPIONING THE IDEAL OF COLLECTIVE HOLISTIC APPROACH WITH BRILLIANT MORAL MINDS COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE Â SYSTEMS THAT ARE COMBINED TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES OF LIVING ON A SUCCESSFUL PLANET.
THE TOOLS ARE IN PLACE, Â THE MONEY CAN BE HAD, Â THE MINDS ARE THERE, Â MAKE IT HAPPEN.