Don't Waste Your Time in the Countryside. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schumacher, Patrik
• Other Names: Bolchover Joshua guestEditor.; Lin John guestEditor.; Lange Christiane guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 86:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 128
• Page End: 133
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- The Communist Manifesto -- Hyundai Corporate Headquarters Competition -- Seoul -- South Korea -- Rem Koolhaas -- Neil Brenner; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2078
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : With the countryside becoming ever more sparsely populated as fewer people are needed to keep rural enterprises running, is there any point in engaging architects there?Patrik Schumacher, partner at Zaha Hadid Architects, argues that their time and skills are put to better use in cities, where buildings impact a far greater number of individuals and their social and cultural functionality is more important. Engineers, meanwhile, are perfectly equipped to devise generic solutions for the rural realm.