Yeah, I know this sounds a like 'a bit much', but seriously, it's an interesting idea... at least I think so...
I don’t know if anyone else does this but when I
build something with
Lego it has to look good at every
stage of construction. Now, I don’t mean it has to look
frilly or
finished, or even that it has to look like something, but it always has to be
coherent and
pleasing to the eye.
Even if I’m building a
core support piece that will be covered up and
never seen again, every layer must be designed in a complexly beautiful yet ultimately useful fashion. My
Lego constructs usually get quite
large and rather
abstract, but they always have to be completely
interlocking and
continuous for
strength and durability, as well as for qualities like
smoothness and flow.
What this suggest to me is that
so much of structure cannot be appreciated from the outside;
great works of architecture can probably only be appreciated from a
four dimensional perspective.
In truly timeless works of three dimensions, those aspects which are perhaps the most fundamental are those that remain forever unseen.
Addendum: I just realized another principle, derived directly from the one above; architecture at its finest must be complexly porous in order that one can observe and enjoy its inner structure. It’s all about maximizing the surface area of your art. Fractalicious.