Immersed within the esoteric nature of Pratt Institute's design studios, we have to constantly step back to get the 'big picture' of what we're truly moving towards. Our days last from project to project while the world around us is constantly moving forward. We realize the small difference when walking home at 4AM-- the spaces lose their intensity & breath when you're the only one on the pavement. We filter down to the depths of digital information in order to create tactile forms that remove the static notions of the built environment. The glow from Steven Holl's Higgins Hall pales in comparison to what we really see when we enter these doors. Production of fictional futures pour from our desks in order to push us further down the line.
The future is where all of our projects takes place; each one has been built before, but we view it through new eyes with different pasts & imminent tense. We're sacrificing our youth-- in a First World sense- in order to design a better future. In essence, we're "killing ourselves to live" for the opportunity to have someone walk through our work & feel ineffably moved to transcendence.
"Architecture should speak of its time & place, but yearn for timelessness." - Frank Gehry
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