architect

collective noun

architecture

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is one who has to train a new clientele to 'freely' choose the scientific urban life.

the scientific architect was obliged to first train a new clientele that would 'freely' choose the urban life that Le Corbusier had planned for them' (Scott 1998 : 114)

is a prophet in the true sense of the term for it is necessary that he see at least ten years ahead.

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.

is tasked to make more precise the sentiments that architecture arouses in man.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

is one who should be able to tell a client what he wants, as most of the time a client never knows what he wants.

Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. He will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time. An architect of ability should be able to tell a client what he wants. Most of the time a client never knows what he wants.

is at root under the spell of power, claiming a victory over and rendering pride visible, but far too often it fails in its aims, becomes institutionalized, and locks out the thinking of thoughts of us Godless ones.

For Nietzsche, institutional space is religious/God space (churches, monasteries, etc.), and the architect, who 'has always been under the spell of power,' creates buildings that 'are supposed to render pride visible, and a victory over gravity, the will to power.' Yet, for Nietzsche, architecture often fails in its aims and becomes institutionalized. He asserts, 'We who are godless could not think our thoughts in such places.'

is what a person becomes the very moment they become dissatisfied with the house where they live.

When a man is not satisfied with a house where he lives, he becomes an architect.

is distinguished from the doctor in that the doctor can bury his mistake while an architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

The doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

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