September 11 did not change everything

Wil D Marquez | Omar Munante www.wpurpose.com design@wpurpose.com Harrison Society | Columbia Club in working with Omar...we put an emphasis on a lot of up-front analysis, maps, sections, and study renderings before we ever really designed anything serious. We want to focus not just on making – but making clear sense that something may work, even if it doesn't work fast, or totally figured out. "Meaning to switch goal, adapting to changes in taste." The coinage denotes a conversion strategy" I loved designing skyscrapers. Until I came to learn what they meant. The symbolic attachment of power weakened architectures potential - it's pretentiousness on a world stage made it unavailable. 23 my age in 2001 no facebook no twitter The discovery and thrill of new experiences occurs only when we allow ourselves either intentionally or by accident to get lost. 2008 "People are hungry for community; they miss it. They are hungry for change. - Senator Barack Obama for The Chicago Reader, 1995 "The idea of simply re-connecting will never move us forward" Instead, our efforts should be in showing ourselves and others that our community model has tremendous value. (RE)PURPOSE Knowledge and (Re)creation if "I think we have a creative professionals, who sustain practice in a great way. I'm not interested in sustaining practice. I'm interested in innovating practice. Interview by Marshall Konrad December 14th, 2008 | Indy Star It is important to get our big ideas out of the way. We want to develop an inertia by creating lots of information and illustrations before we really know where we are going. Knowledge and (Re)creation Thus the noun creation prefixed by a (re), is activated into a verb. Meaning: "to switch the goal, adapting to changes in taste." The coinage denotes a conversion of strategy more profound than rebranding. On Language by William Safire 2.15.09 “Just think for a moment of all places that people occupy where you haven’t a clue if they are worth anything as architecture [public spaces or monuments]; I am still obliged to take these places seriously. In cases like this the use justifies the form, and it is my job then to find out how something like that works” “In 1867 the area around the circle was renamed Circle Park and several improvements were made.” meridian w. market public trans/valet e. market columbia club e. market street plaza In many ways we viewed this project not as an urban design activity - but an organizational activity; for us it had a lot to do with the ordering of space. Gracias Columbia Club Preguntas? We believe ideas of aesthetics, ecology, and innovation are driving forces in our thinking and process. We are not simply focused on buildings, but the space in-between two buildings. Our interdisciplinary approach brings together the appropriate professionals to solve complex scenarios that exist between architecture and urban design. We call this w/purpose - because it is