Veranda - Rose Tarlow Melrose House

cause I was traveiing ^gïeat deal andcould sit on a iong anplane journeywith pieces of paper that I had collectedduring my travels. I could manipulatethese bits of paper with paintor drawings and stimulate my visualsenses while enduring what mightotherwise be boring air time.There was ø tirue wbenyou considerecldeuoting all your Talent to workingon studio 6.rI ratber tbøn tbe spøtialalT of archiTecture. 'Wby did youcboose arcbitecture as your career?I chose architecture because in architectureyou create space, space thatone can rnove through, exist in anduse-space that relates to humanscale and to nature.Ifeel tbøt toben ørchftecß baue tocomþete in an organized comþelilion,tbe project cettses to be an artistic endeauor.In a.rt you a.re cornpeting onlyrlitb yourself.Architecture is not more competitivethan arÍ. In architecture you competeto get a project, but you don'tcompete to dotbe project.I tbink tbere is symbiosis bettueenati ønd. arcbitecture. Do you agreetbere is a Çonnection, or are tbey complet eþ dffi rent exp r essio ns ?I see sculpture, painting and collageas each its own discipline. It isimpossible to compare any of themwith architeclure. Architeclure is an afiin which we live, move through andexperience spatially-which makes aclient so dependent upon someone orsome group commissioning the architectto create a work that satisfies theprogl?m, the budget and the site chosen.It is a team effort involving themany disciplines of the individualswho create the work of architecture.Sculpture and coilage are individualand private endeavors. The artworkthat I do, I do for myself, by myself.There are no meetings, no e-mail, notelephone conversations, no schedule.The demands are purely personal. It islike going on a retreat-perhaps thatis why I do it.So ubat ß tbe d.ifference between asculptor and an arcbitect?An architect must make a roundwheel, but a sculptor can make asquare wheel. XRichard Meier272-967 -6060, 310-208-6464www.richaldmeier.com