Avant-Garde Architects

Tips and Tricks for Aspiring Avant-Garde Architects

Crazy curves are miles from the cutting edge these days. To continue to push the limits of architectural design, you must free your mind beyond function, beyond form, even beyond space.

TRICK #1: Plants in places they don't belong.
Trees upside down, grass growing on walls, if it ain't unnatural, it ain't cool. Aren't you glad there aren't many plants rights activists?

TRICK #2: Messing around with text.
Hardly a new thing, the Arabs have done this for centuries. Of course, this is the Information Age, so the graceful curves of calligraphy have been replaced by computer-generated, laser-cut words. It's not a sign if it's a wall!

TRICK #3: Sound Effects.
That new building too young to be haunted? No problem, throw in some speakers, put in flowing water, and presto, creep out those pesky pedestrians!

TRICK #4: Good design takes place in the desert.
Since it's avant-garde, it's not going to fit into any sort of urban context. Or natural one, either (see #1). Out in the desert though, there's nothing to clutter the purity of the design...not like that matters though, as there's no one around to experience it. Oh well, people would spoil the design anyway.

TRICK #5: Good design happens at night.
Why, may you ask? Well, it's been said since the dawn of time, architecture is all about light. The sun is such an unreliable source of it though, only being at the perfect angle once every 365 days. With some electric lighting, or better yet, image projection, though, you can design the light and not let the light design you!

CONCLUSION:
The ultimate avant-garde architectural statement is a glowing, talking tree in the middle of the desert. Whoever said God is in the details was right.