The Architect’s Eye

Meanwhile a new series begins almost simultaneously on RT

@Paul Clerkin wrote:

The Architect’s Eye

Because architects see differently from the rest of us. *yawn*

The series I really want to listen to is the 8-part one on why programme makers think architects have some privileged knowledge not available to the ordinary citizen. It could be called ‘The Architect’s Dilemma’. Any takers?

“Architects – my eye”

Anyone know what time The Architect’s Eye is on. That’s the kind of info RTE could have put on their web page…

Thursday, 8:30 pm.

To clarify- some of the speakers are well placed to comment, such as Willie Cumming, who was the architect in charge of the Trim Castle project- I’m sure he’ll have good insights. It’s just the presumption that architects are best placed to interpret the built environment for the plebs that I have an issue with.

And it’s interesting that the buildings have been selected for the later shows, but not the contributors.
Very telling.

Is this the same as the programme that a producer from RTE posted about a while ago?

https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?p=61502#post61502

Seems similar enough.

@ctesiphon wrote:

Thursday, 8:30 pm.

To clarify- some of the speakers are well placed to comment, such as Willie Cumming, who was the architect in charge of the Trim Castle project- I’m sure he’ll have good insights. It’s just the presumption that architects are best placed to interpret the built environment for the plebs that I have an issue with.

And it’s interesting that the buildings have been selected for the later shows, but not the contributors.
Very telling.

what is your issue exactly? Why wouldn’t they ask architects? Isn’t the built environment what they “do”? I think what you’re trying to say is that any programme of this nature requires balance. Whereas you wouldn’t have a vet documentary that used a solicitor to stick his arm up a cow’s arse, you might have an interview with a tearful cat owner whose little kitten has been flattened by a truck. Similarly, it is unreasonable to fill a programme with every tom dick and anto bemoaning the fact that you can leave your doors open anymore; without at least allowing architects to explain it from a “qualified” standpoint, along with planners, engineers, whoever you want. Maybe the contributors aren’t chosen yet because they haven’t found that balance. Maybe we should all just watch the programme before airing petty prejudices.

@wearnicehats wrote:

what is your issue exactly?

I refer you to a sentence from my previous post- a sentence, interestingly, that you quoted but seem not to have read:
@ctesiphon wrote:

It’s just the presumption that architects are best placed to interpret the built environment for the plebs that I have an issue with.

Which bit of that was not clear?

@ctesiphon wrote:

I refer you to a sentence from my previous post- a sentence, interestingly, that you quoted but seem not to have read:

Which bit of that was not clear?

And which bit of my response wasn’t clear to you? If you’d bothered to read it I was actually agreeing with you, or rather, what I thought you meant or were you actually just being obnoxious?. If they had put ” The architect, architectural historian, planner, builder and joe soap’e eye”, it wouldn’t have fitted on aertel page 171. The “plebs” as you so eloquently call them – let’s face it – love to hate architects. It’ll draw the crowds. You obviously have an issue with them too

Listen in to the programmes whenever you want: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_architectseye.xml