[anthony c jefferies]

The wheel has already been invented

Along with almost everything else and if as a writer (Hemingway) I thought that nothing I did was worthwhile or as a designer I thought that all I did was operate a sophisticated rubber stamp I would give up.

I find the attitude expressed by Henry Cohen exactly the defeatist attitude that makes landscape architects slaves to trends.

[anthony c jefferies]

Common knowledge has it that trends are curved and the aim is to be ahead of that curve, it is an odd image with no beginning and no end. Another possibility is that a ‘trend setter’ is king but if there is always a trend, this king will soon be unseated when someone comes along to ‘buck the trend’.

It would be nice (naive?) to think that the next trend would be for originality or authenticity or is that an oxymoron?

[anthony c jefferies]

Thanks Travis and you my friend are in the PNG category for me. Me, a ‘talker’ on a discussion forum, ‘magine that.

[anthony c jefferies]

A question that asks “how to communicate an idea visually” and brings up ‘by drawing’ as the only answer is perhaps a bit narrow and I believe the real question deserves a broader answer.

[anthony c jefferies]

I think I understand it a bit better now and I guess the damage seen to be done by the likes of Sandy makes your thesis topical. I think designing and building for this kind of eventuality offers two alternatives: either to construct to resist or to ‘go with the flow’, in other words to make buildings that are easy to put back together if damaged. I think it is fairly evident that the social element in the damaged community has the same alternatives. In my opinion a change of emphasis that allows us to understand better the impermanence of the environment would make us more resilient.

[anthony c jefferies]

I am unfamiliar with this usage so I will check out the web site in your post. I am interested in what may be the difference between this theory and that of sustainability so I will check in later.

[anthony c jefferies]

Presumably your dissertation is a little more complex than the information provided here but having a stab at a context you don’t provide I would say that ‘resilience’ is the ability to deal with failure or rejection. Not every project you pitch will result in accolades or even success and maintaining your professional integrity may be a challenge as a result.

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