Is your creativity alone enough?
Danila Lampis
Arkitekt MAA with a focus on Transformation and Spaceplanning. Repurposing existing buildings
Are you a creative?
After you say yes to that question, has anyone ever joked about how “you artsy-fartsy types” have your head in the clouds?
That you’re too busy chasing your dreams to be practical?
I’m not sure where this idea came from, but quite a few people seem to assume that creatives like you and me live in our own world, happily staring into space and doing nothing while waiting for inspiration to strike. Then -- poof -- we magically come up with a finished product.
I don’t agree with this assumption, but I can kind of see why. A lot of what we see out there is just the end product. The result. To people who aren’t involved in the project, the whole thing might seem random and mystifying.
I mean, have you ever looked at a stunning architectural design or project and felt… frustrated? I remember feeling like that often, especially when I was still in university and just starting out as an architect.
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I wondered:
“What went through the architect’s mind?”
“Why was this specific material or construction chosen?”
“What was the thought process behind each decision like?”
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In short, I couldn’t figure out how these creatives did it. I wanted to see the process and progress, not just the end result. It was all so foggy and mysterious!
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Buildings don’t just appear out of nowhere, and neither does creativity. That is probably one of the biggest myths out there: that all you need to do is stare into space, find inspiration, and -- poof! -- a shiny new building appears!
No!
That’s not how creativity works -- and that’s not how architecture works either.
After many years of experience, I have identified two ingredients that every successful project needs, and they’re probably not what you’d expect.
The answer is creativity and method.
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This post is part of series of articles about Creativity, written togheter with talented copywriter @Sefanya Hope
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Arkitekt MAA with a focus on Transformation and Spaceplanning. Repurposing existing buildings
2 年This post is part of series of articles?about?Creativity. Here the following article, about architecture process: https://www.danilalampisarkitekt.com/2022/03/13/what-jazz-and-architecture-have-in-common/ Written togheter with talented copywriter Sefanya Hiennadi.