#17 PART.II thought — How to think meaning and value in measure.
The Goal in Architecture PART.II Thought 4.0 Using measure as we aspire architecture.
This article opens up measure in architecture to develop the intricate relationship between thought–time, our perception of 'world', and architectural practice, according to our interiorized sense of time and light of the value of measure for environments aspiring architecture. The conversation between Dr David Bohm and Krishnamurthi points us to a way to express this in thought that thinks it needs time. It is often based on perceived separations and "hurt," defining our sense of self, shapes our experience. This subjective experience of time influences how we measure and value the world, a process mirrored in architectural practice as we project our internal condition into our surroundings.
We further examine the idea thatour attempts to resolve things by technological cause and effect can paradoxically reinforce them, by creating a self-referential loop. We do the same for the paradigm of the profession, and we have created a hyper-conservative culture. Finally, the article touches uponarchitectural concepts of monumentality, sublimityand bignessas architectural expressions intertwined with interiorized time and its ending.
Do we think that thought has size? Although it may seem strange that thought might have size, we do literally attempt measure of thought quantitatively in a struggle to ascertain how the brain works and its functioning. To give objective quantity to mind follows from engaging thought intervals in mind. Science does not clearly discriminate between measure of brain and mind. This is related to this discussion on human thinking that intends time in increments. We try to add measure, but it is not clearly measure of brain discriminated from mind, objectively. Relative valuation using increments is very much what we do in fulfilling our work in the world for environments. Nature measures through humanity. We give measure to the environments that we dwell in. We give measure to environments to fit them to our intentions. We gain the opportunity for aspiration in dwelling through conscious awareness of which our measure–giving is part.
Time is the world, giving distance. We interiorize time that is borne in nature for its purposes in manifesting the world. Scientifically, time exists in space as factors of measure, size and scale intertwined. We have generated value as time in mind, which we hold psychologically, socially and culturally, using our capacity to act in nature. We give measure to the brain physically and psychologically from the outside, and 'inwardly' as how our thinking is shaped and its valuative process. Time is not merely brought within thought conditions. It is thought structuring the contents of awareness. Architecture is measured work that includes aspiration.
‘I’
There is a direct relationship between the 'I'–ness, or intentionality and ego, and the interiorization of time. If we think in measure, what is gained and lost? For Krishnamurthi and Dr. David Bohm this critical aspect includes describing its condition as “to think I am something”. We think ‘what I am’, ‘what is’ and what may otherwise be, where these may be and in what time interval.
