Speculative
and the
Immediate
STORY
Joshua G.
BY
Stein
Above and opposite:
In Foam F a lls Function-
P alm 6 Ho,
2007, detail,
slip-cast earthenware.
This scries references
found objects such as
polystyrene packaging
materials.
An Architect Addresses Craft
Although
I
drifted toward architecture
for many reasons, one of the defining
qualities that attracted me was projective
thinking. Architects value the model of
a building less for what it is than what it
points to— what it projects into the future.
O f course, projective thinking is an im-
portant quality for a discipline charged
with envisioning possibilities for habita-
tion because it can overlook current
conditions in favor of a potential future.
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