Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago.
Living submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.
It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
Does this feel warmer or colder?
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.
We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to 50 times larger than that of people in the developing world.
