People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.
Zaha HadidRead
I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Architectural training equips individuals with foresight based on research rather than intuition.
This quote by Zaha Hadid emphasizes the importance of architectural education in developing the ability to predict future trends and needs in design and built environments. Rather than relying on mere intuition or guesswork, architects are trained to harness research and analytical skills to make informed decisions about what the future may hold in the realm of architecture, acknowledging that such predictions may not always be accurate.
Themes
ArchitectureTrainingForesightResearchDesign
In practice
Example use cases
In a lecture on modern architecture, one could cite this quote to illustrate how foresight is a crucial aspect of design.
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