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Designing from First Principles [Kevin Mark Low's Approach]- Part 2
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Second episode of a two-part series we dive deep into how architects such as Kevin Mark Low design from first principles.
Analysis from literature search shows that Kevin Mark Low has 5 main core elements to his first principles-inspired design process:
1. Primacy of Context Specificities
2. Radical or Critically questioning and identifying problems
3. Details as the Resolver of Relationsips
4. Embracing Imperfection, Time, Ageing and Decay
5. Focus on Small Scale and Tectonics
The discussion provides an overview based on the interviews on the internet and YouTube on his talk, his writings and my interviews with him in Talk Architecture on how his approach influences the way he teaches architecture.
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