Architecture, says Kant in the Critique of the TrialHe sets out concepts of things that are only possible through art. And we recall his definition of "beautiful art" as a free human production through which aesthetic ideas are expressed.
What then is the concept, as opposed to the end? We continue with Kant: architecture realises "the previously conceived concept of an object". In other words, the process of architectural elaboration begins long before the manipulation of matter and materials begins...
The doctor will cure, the orator will persuade and the architect will plan.
