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From: Lebbeus Woods <medo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 16:16:21 -0500
I think the answer to your question is: be humane yourself.
In other words, don't worry about what 'society' is or is not.
You do not have the power to change society, one way or the
other. You do, however, have the power to change yourself.
I am forwarding to you a letter I've written to another person,
which I believe bears on your question. It concerns the moral
issue concealed in your question, and contains relevant
writings by Sartre.
Responding to msg by MKAPLAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael
Kaplan) on
>"I wonder what architects and designers are thinking
>about this country's largest - and growing - civic
>architectural project, the grim national prison
>program."
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>On their way to the bank? I'm sure many architects
>sustain their practices with this kind of work. That's
>the dilemna James Mayo discusses in his articles on an
>"enlightened" practice. I just heard a 1979 lecture by
>George Nelson. To paraphrase: a truly humane
>architecture can only come from a humane society. (In
>the meantime, what do we do?)