This is one of my favorite lecture, today talk about parallel wall.
well, why most of the wall are parallel? but not in weird curves of miserable angles?
Firstly, cost efficient, easy to design, easy to build, especially the roof.
parallel walls gives you the transition feeling of a space to another, like hallway;
create focus, think of the high parallel gothic church wall and the alter at the other end;
repeatable, think of terrace houses.
Simon bet that us as young aspiring architects will rebel this old fashion thoughts, design some weird forms and spaces. Of course, parallel wall can be interesting too, all depends on how you use it.
One point struck my mind and make me change my idea of parallel wall. Parallel wall in architecture = scale in music. How true is this! For so many years I have been practicing scales on trumpet, cause I know that it's the basic of mastering trumpet. So should I as an architect. Smart composers play with scales, ascends and descends throughout the staff, with interesting variations, and some colours in between the scales..
