More Poor Richard, Part 7
by Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor
Courteous Reader,
I attempted to win your favor when I wrote my first Almanac for Architects and Planners, in the name of the public good and professional betterment, by way of earning some profit and a wife. I am gratified by your expression of encouragement for my tireless efforts dedicated to these aims. Alas, my circumstances still find me exceedingly poor and, unluckily, exceedingly wifeless. I am required to earn some profit to address both problems whilst now addressing a third, namely testing the proposition that insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” To satisfy my own particular brand of insanity, I have written more proverbs and whimsical sayings for your benefit and, hopefully, my own.
As before on The Outlaw Urbanist, I write this new Almanac in increments of ten, according to the dictates of Moses and the Almighty. However, once published as an Almanac for Architects and Planners, the proverbs and witticisms were gathered into a number equal to the days of the week, after being reliably informed that both seven and ten are sacred numbers. My desired requirement for a wife is sufficient motive to write this new Almanac in the hope it will find your favor and retweets as a means of demonstrating the usefulness of my continued efforts but also your charity to this sane Friend and poor Servant,
Richard
On Form and Function in Architecture
61. Logic is straight, curves are tangent.
62. A circle has a no beginning, middle, or end. In itself, it has no story to tell.
63. F-f=b where F is function, f is form, and b is building.
64. f-F=a where F is function, f is form, and a is art.
65. F+f=Ar where F is function, f is form, and Ar is Architecture.
66. All color in architecture is ornamentation, even the color of a material in its natural state.
67. Architects cannot afford or willfully choose to be color-blind lest they do things half-ass.
68. All architects and planners “are living in a material world.”
69. In isolation, a curve draws attention to itself. In association, curves create a rhythm to life and things.
70. A building always stands so make sure it isn’t tired from the start.
Issue 8 of More Poor Richard for Architects and Planners cometh soon!
