Another one of our tasks is to invent a new word that is expressive of our style of architecture, that will also allow us to push our project forward. Initially I wasn't quite sure where to start, but Google provided some interesting results, one of the articles, A Discourse on Emerging Tectonic Visualization and the Effects of Materiality on Praxis Or an essay on the ridiculous way architects talk by Witold Rybczynski (http://www.slate.com/id/2283172/) It was quite an interesting read, though I'm not sure how much it helped with coming up with a new word.
Since this new word was to be concerned with my architecture and theories of design, I thought about key principles I generally use in my designs. It was much harder than I thought to limit it to a few statements, as this year the explorations I have undertaken encompass a wide range of topics. I thought of perhaps an assemblage of knowledge, as I've had to go to all fields of both design, building, science, psychology, art etc in the pursuit of new and original ideas. Also, information that I have accumulated over the years that I never thought I'd have to use or think about was been brought to light. Perhaps then this word that would describe my design would be an emalgamation or portmanteau of both assemblage and knowledge.
The potential candidates for a final word (now that the idea is understood) are as follows:
1. Knowemblage
2. Assemledge
3. Assembology
4. Assembologia
The final word that I have chosen as a definition of my architecture is assembology. I would define assembology as the gathering of previous accumulated knowledge from a variety of disciplines to understand one in particular (in this particular example, that discipline would be architecture.)
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