BLOCK wrote: I just want to let everybody know some basic things in American academic world. 1. In the U.S., architecture schools and architecture practice is very different. Professors and critics in school put a lot of attention in architecture concept and culture. Architects in practice are very practical. So the presentation discussions in Yale cannot reveal the whole architecture profession here. It's just another daily routine of their master program. 2. A lot of master degree program are based on design studio system which is like the under graduate program in China. Some good critics try to help students to develop a concept generating and developing system. But some bad critics can teach you nothing. 3. Go to Yale is not a good investment for poor students. It is not as fancy as it looks. But if you are rich, you can go ahead. 4. Frank Ghery and Zarhar Hardid are not giants as you seen on the magazines. The media and famous critics in that presentation are a part of Zarhar’s marketing strategy. In Chinese, we name it " Zao4 Shi4". It is an academic show. If a professor in the school can be so smart in his (her) marketing work, he will be very successful in career even he didn't build something good. 5. The blob or cloud look design trend is not worthy to follow. It is just a fashion in American schools. In architecture school, students pay them, and they let students have some fun, just like go to Disney land. People go to theme park for exciting experience. The blob trend is another unusual academic experience.
I really don't want the fever of blob design or Maya sprawl in China after this discussion. Blob is really a shit.