A is for Architecture Podcast Michael Young: Aesthetics, digital images and architecture
Jun 16, 2022
Michael Young, an architect, educator, and founder of Young & Ayata, dives into the evolving relationship between aesthetics and architecture in his insightful discussion. He explores the diminishing role of aesthetics in modern practice and connects it to the Beaux-Arts tradition. Delving into concepts like poche, entourage, and mosaic, Young argues for the importance of renderings alongside traditional drawings. He analyzes how digital images and montage practices reshape architectural representation and discusses the implications of photogrammetry in design.
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Images Are Core Architectural Media
- Architectural images are equal to plans and sections as disciplinary media, not mere afterthoughts for clients.
- Michael Young argues aesthetics in representation shapes what architecture becomes before it is built.
Beaux-Arts Conventions Still Matter
- The Beaux-Arts structured imaging through poche, entourage, and mosaic as conventions that direct attention.
- Young traces how those conventions guided what architects foregrounded and concealed in representations.
Aesthetics Entwined With Ethics And Knowledge
- Aesthetics is entangled with ethics and epistemology, not merely a superficial finish.
- Young urges treating aesthetics, ethics, and knowledge as mutually influential in architectural judgment.
