‘Things’ can only come into being if financial and material resources are available. The financial and material resources available to people are changing. The greatest challenge facing us is to learn to live within our means and the means of the planet. It is no longer relevant to make expensive shapes or speculative offices. If good design flourishes with constraints, can architecture come into its own as a design discipline in the current climate?
Most people dislike and are even a little afraid of change: but design means change. It means trying out something new. Design is also a little aggressive. It should actively question accepted thought and dogma. The curious and open minded will relish the challenge of surprising new vistas and will enjoy pitching their mental resources against the unexpected.
Bernat Klein, Design Matters, Secker & Warburg, 1976
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