cwr | exercise #2 | positions

Architecture gets better when there is close colloboration between architects, craftsmen and other relevant groups – together on the site preferably. (p.33.)

Flat structure (no or little hierarchy)

Idea and craft have to work together in experimentation to develop.

In that sense craftsmanship and architecture are the same thing.

Shared commitment to the task and to the company (p.31.)

Quality of craftsmanship is higher, when craftsmen are empowered by their work and allowed to make descisions about it – as well as question their leadership. (p.31.)

Allowed to use skills and knowledge to affect the architecture.

Passion and pride motivates good work better than working for money.

Loyalty to company -> accumulation of knowledge -> quality

If a building has not been crafted with respect, the inhabitants will feel it – and treat with disrespect, creating socially troubled areas (grafitti, trash in the streets, etc.) (p.29.)

Experience in every craft is passed down through generations and built upon. This development happens faster if people are encouraged to collaborate rather than compete against each other.

Good architecture demands good craftsmanship, which depends on willingness to invest time in quality rather than economy. (p.45)

Knowing a craft allows you to work freely with it and develop ideas better. Unskilled people can only work towards a fixed goal.

This quality also comes from knowing the relationship between different crafts and knowing how to make them benefit from each other.

Regulations (what’s “correct” in a general sense) vs. craftsman knowledge (what the craftsman, from experience, instinctively knows to be right in the given situation)

Industrial production can now with modern technology be used to improve architecture, but only if it’s used based on knowledge of the craft and the materials it is replacing/aiding.