Modern architecture problems:

Chapter I: Thesis:

I. Urban development destroys everyone's future

II. You are not an artist if you work for money

III. BIM will destroy our culture

IV. Metaverse will start new architectural era

V. FUTURE IS FOR CREATORS!

VI. No new construction will solve urban problems, only renovations.

VII. This is personal opinion. private info.

Chapter II: Explanation:

I. Problem inspired by Serbian modern artist Abramovic who always loved to do performances in public. This was no different. She went naked and started to run into stationary building column. Act lasted for an hour. Main idea of hers was different. But I perceived it as lack of brave to make it happen. Lack of utopian thinking in nowadays society. Why columns can not move? We don’t even ask this question cause it would argue with laws of physics. That’s a point. We are afraid of laws. We created these boundaries for ourselves. Maybe we shouldn’t approach this question in literal sense. Maybe hidden message is: why we still do not live in mobile house? Why we are locked in the position for many years just because we bought a house there? We should change not the leaf color but the roots of the tree.

II. Time will come when we will see if we have enough space in our memory drivers and not how much money we have. It is metaverse time. Next generation internet world I should say. Everyone will be living in mansions. Who will need real buildings? Architecture will gain absolute different meaning. Engineering sector will disappear instantly. Future is for creators. Architecture visualizer now will be the best architect in the future. Possibilities will be limitless. Only boundaries are your imagination. No more urbanization of forest areas, less pollution from your old cars – you driving a digital! Is that a bad thing? It is a question for all of us.

III. We reached one more building’s construction sector milestone. BIM has been introduced. Advanced building modeling software used by all professionals in construction industry. It helps everyone communicate better and avoid clashes between different professions. BIM is created to live full circle of the building. That means it also manages destruction not only creation of it. In other words. From now on buildings similarly to food products has it’s expiration date. Sounds ridiculous. Wait until it will be included in the law. That building should be destroyed not renovated. Can you renovate rotten cheese? In no rational way this same logic should be used to give up renovating old houses. Renovation saves history. With this software we are deleting it. If someone ask me: What architecture style will be after todays? Answer is simple: None.

IV. For quite some time. From the start of modernism to be exact. Middle class ruled architecture’s progress. Everything started flowing towards affordable living. If earlier architecture contemplated with the words as: power, centralization, culture, art, innovation, science, intelligence. Nowadays because of huge bubble that everyman, everywoman or even every-child should have a house – cause we can! Architecture is more seen as affordable, global, quick, cheap. Architects become ordinary full day workers. After technical parts become mandatory everyone, even not an artist can become an architect! We live in this society and don’t even think about it! When did it became a standard!? Lack of artist and culture slowly drives civilizations to moral extinction. First will be traditions, when languages lastly even individuality of each person. We will become NPC’s! Global NPC’S!

This is art installation. 2022

artist: Bardane

For more info or explanation contact me personally: zykeviciusarchitektas@gmail.com