The Mayne Event

For a very many years now 'starchitect' Thom Mayne has been on my crush list.  On Tuesday night Angela and I went to see him speak as part of the AIA talk series. 
I found it very surprising how many empty seats there were in the audience - afterwards we chatted about the shame of Sydney's lack of creative networks and interest in the promotion and production of architectural events within the industry itself as well as stretching outside into the design community as a whole.
Anyway, back to my starchitect rush on Thom...

 "Thom Mayne founded Morphosis in 1972. As design director and thought leader of Morphosis, Mayne provides overall vision, project leadership and direction to the firm. With Morphosis, Mayne has been the recipient of the 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize, 25 Progressive Architecture Awards, 75 American Institute of Architecture Awards and numerous other design recognitions." (http://morphopedia.com/people/thom-mayne)

His architecture, obviously, is and has been a huge influence for me.  However, it was his processes and method of designing that really intrigues me at the moment.  As he spoke on Tuesday I madly scribbled notes into my sketchbook, his words verbatim and adding my own thoughts and observations along the way.  It was a symphony of instant inspiration.

1992
Montage
32 x 36 inches (81.3 x 91.4 cm)

I'm very much looking forward to his new book about his investigations into urban landscapes.  He mentioned that this will also include some of his visual experiments/artworks that he has been developing in studio, exploring space and space making within given parameters.