One of the generative design process that is used here in Australia is misappropriation.
If I may, in summary, it is an act of making other a precedent project in a misappropriated way.
It is fun, really. You take some aspect of a project, interpret it in your own way, and you'll get your own project.
ARM took it to the extreme, to the point that they are dragged into the court because of plagiarism. Their National Museum of Australia in Canberra, have a strong resemblance of Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin. Well, at least, in the roof plan. No ordinary people would know unless they are googling the Google Earth for buildings that looks the same.
Well, yeah, it kinda feels like the similarity is too much. Anyhow, we have been doing this act of misappropriation for as long as I can remember. When we see a beautiful space, say a courtyard in the middle of a house, we would try to create a similar courtyard in our design projects. Who can claim that the courtyard space as their copyright? Right?
Our buildings, nowadays, are always about other buildings.
Like science. Scientist keep on improving their knowledge, based on the knowledge of other scientist. And they make it their own.
ps:
If I may, in summary, it is an act of making other a precedent project in a misappropriated way.
It is fun, really. You take some aspect of a project, interpret it in your own way, and you'll get your own project.
ARM took it to the extreme, to the point that they are dragged into the court because of plagiarism. Their National Museum of Australia in Canberra, have a strong resemblance of Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin. Well, at least, in the roof plan. No ordinary people would know unless they are googling the Google Earth for buildings that looks the same.
Well, yeah, it kinda feels like the similarity is too much. Anyhow, we have been doing this act of misappropriation for as long as I can remember. When we see a beautiful space, say a courtyard in the middle of a house, we would try to create a similar courtyard in our design projects. Who can claim that the courtyard space as their copyright? Right?
Our buildings, nowadays, are always about other buildings.
Like science. Scientist keep on improving their knowledge, based on the knowledge of other scientist. And they make it their own.
ps:
- Easy to say, not easy when it comes to practice. I myself might be pissed off if someone else 'copied' or 'altered' my work without some kind of acknowledgement. Ah, the world that we live in is so self-ish. Unfortunately, we are dragged into it sometimes.
- Those in Melbourne who would like to read a research paper on the topic of misappropriation should try and have a look in RMIT. It should be somewhere there. Google also, Brent Alpress. All these thoughts are based on the literature that he gave me when I was in his design studio. That's a reaaaally good studio.
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