Orduno Orientation and Discovery

 

THE SEARCH FOR SOMPLACE ELSE: NIMMO’S CONTEXT OF THINKING, DESIGN, AND INITIATING

 

TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE

  • CONTEXTUAL / VERNACULAR

  • CONSTRAINED BY A SPECIFIC PERIOD AND IDEALS

 

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

  • NON-CONTEXTUAL

  • CREATED TO TRANSCEND TRADITIONAL CONSTRAINTS

  • EVENTUALLY CONSTRAINED BY THE WORD MODERN

 

INITIAL ARCHITECTURE

  • CONTEXTUAL / VERNACULAR

  • PURSUIT OF ORIGINAL IDEAS

  • INITIATES

  • A STARTING POINT, PLATFORM FOR FUTURE IDEAS

  • PURSUIT OF TRANSCENDING TRADITIONAL CONSTRAINTS