My undergraduate major is interior design. Although the history of architecture is far from being deeply studied, a main line of the development process of architecture is still clear, and this sentence is the most impressive among many ideas of architectural design masters. But at that time, I didn't quite understand this sentence. I just think this guy is great. This sentence is very stylish. After all, the modern architecture he designed plays an important role in the modern architectural system, and I have stopped thinking except looking up, so there is no more depth.
The real experience of it is actually at this moment, and it has been nine years since I first learned this sentence. Now I think of this sentence again, starting from a writing, just in the last two days. It has been nine years since I started writing this book.
Nine years later, I started writing again, in order to get back to writing. What I wrote was a difficult but brave step towards "change". There are no flowery words, but some are simple and true expressions. Nine years later, this famous saying revived, and the angle changed from simple looking up to deeper thinking-"I hope you can understand that architecture has nothing to do with the creation of forms." This is what he said to the students. My understanding is that what he wants to express is to pay attention to the essence of architecture rather than the diversity and complexity of forms. The building itself contains the meaning of value, which is conveyed by art. And he himself has been practicing this principle. In Miss Vanderro's building, everything from interior decoration to furniture should be streamlined to the point where it can't be changed. In his architectural works, every detail is absolutely simple, and many works are almost completely exposed, but noble and elegant, which sublimates the structure itself into architectural art.
"Less is more" was originally born in architecture. The significance of architecture lies in the simplification of forms in architecture, which makes us pay attention to architecture itself. Simplify the complex, remove the concern about the architectural form, and let the ontology structure of the building show.
This extreme is not charming perfection.
The intersection of the two "nine years" coincides and produces interesting changes.
Architecture is here, and so is writing.
"There are no flowery words, only simple and true expressions" is not a complete abandonment or denial of the so-called flowery words and modifications, but only a choice in a certain time and space.
For me, this time and space is now, nine years later. I feel strange when I pick up a pen. Only by facing the truth can I have the power to write. Only simple words can restore confidence.
What will happen in the future? I don't know. What I know is that I will do what I want. When you do what you should do now, face your heart with simple words and write down your feelings and sentiments around you, the future will open to you, and the key to opening the door is time.
True and simple record expression is the source of writing, just like the ontology of architecture. You don't have to do complicated decoration, or you can simplify it as much as possible, but if it is full of simplicity, it is still very moving. "Less is more" is moving and simple for writing, which can be persistence from beginning to end or a part of a certain time and space node in writing career.
Yes, it's a choice.
The reunion of two "nine years", from the initial simple look up, from the outside to the inside, is the awakening of writing. And thinking from the outside to the inside, let my road regain confidence.