Wrath Of Gnon

I see the same phenomena in warfare, carpentry, agriculture, painting, herbal medicine, hunting and gathering, even in knitting. Hence the disdain of so called experts because they just can't grasp what is happening unless it is gridded, itemized, formalized, standardized.pic.twitter.com/AByAOxbukA

I wonder how much the destruction of traditional urbanism is just because it was too unruly, too organic, for the ivory tower experts to grasp? Here is Egyptian traditional urbanism: it isn't going to give up its secrets to idiot experts in hurry: easier to just level it all.pic.twitter.com/3xfHxT9wTG

The beautiful Humanities Building at Rice University, Houson, Texas, built in 2000, by architect Allan Greenberg. The courtyard was built around—and to house—an old oak tree.pic.twitter.com/5NqRLViZwe

Nick Bondarev's gorgeous photos of a Greenland trip in 2018. https://www.behance.net/gallery/90037973/Greenland-2018 …pic.twitter.com/TWqh6ERtT5

The proper way of traveling/tourism/sightseeing arctic waters is of course by sail. Environmentally correct and far more of an experience than a cruise ship or jumbo jet can ever provide. Photos from the Icelandic company North Sailing.pic.twitter.com/bq7AFSHrDn

The buildings are at best charming, and at worst awful, but the scale is perfect. Traditional Saigon #GoodUrbanism, the crowded hẻm alleyways.pic.twitter.com/8CvqkLgQuu

Paintings of "hẻm", the vernacular urbanism of crowded back street alleys of Saigon, by Phạm Ánh. #GoodUrbanism #Vietnampic.twitter.com/W2jDMsFOpL

Sometimes we can build so much more by simple using so much less.pic.twitter.com/YeC0IuDFvj

Here is a modern western style teahouse built in the UK by Takeshi Hayatsu and Kristin Trommler and students of Cardiff University, using western timber framing, wattle and daub to create their version of Japanese tea house. Ample air and light by just leaving parts undaubed!pic.twitter.com/UxvJLxygw9

Many today are covered in glass panes or paper frames either hung or mounted as usual, but I still see some older buildings were people just nailed a square of mesh to keep bugs out.pic.twitter.com/nxWxULUQmy

Traditionally the idea is to use the wattle that makes up a wall so there was no use for a window frame, but some people want this type of window even in other forms of walls, and for them the design could be premade into a regular window frame and mounted as usual.pic.twitter.com/TUcPEjJvP3

The more the shitajimado was adapted outside of the spare tea house, the wilder it could get, with some very artistic designs, peaking in the 1920s.pic.twitter.com/NHxaKMqL7X

Some designs were very simple, with just the bare minimum and maybe a handsome wisteria vine tied around the vertical members, whether reed or cut stripes of bamboo.pic.twitter.com/UmEERgk0n9

This farmstead from around 1700 has a small shitajimado next to the hearth, the irori, to provide light and ventilation to the person tending the fire. The same general placement and use became standard in all tea ceremony houses built from the 16th century till today.pic.twitter.com/NNjLTCkKLG

In the wattle and daub method of building, windows would be created by just not daubing (mud etc.) part of the wattle (bamboo, wooden sticks, reeds, etc), giving a reasonably structural strength while still allowing air and light to pass through.pic.twitter.com/muvUA6diCQ

The father of tea ceremony, Sen Rikyuu (千利休, 1522-1591) had noticed the rustic windows of the simplest rural farmsteads, and wanted to introduce this very simplest of windows to his tea house.pic.twitter.com/YWPjfHl65O