Ian Martin.Wikitecture, petrified existentialism and a barking-mad icon

摘要

I'm preparing a lecture for the department of wikitecture, Memehampton University. It's one of the newer unis. The website makes it sound like Plato's grove. Leafy. Attracts young enquiring minds. And 'non-materialist', as it exists on the internet only. I will be asking questions such as 'in the search for architectural truth, is it OK to use Google?'And 'can a built environment shaped by the human mindswarm ever be better than one designed by some numpty old tosser with a knighthood?'I will be answering yes to both, as this is exactly what they want to hear and the fee's not bad.