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Hi, Gorgeous. Haven't I Seen You Somewhere?
2005.08.28 13:04
In reality there really is no "re-inventing" going on. As stated above--
"It seems to me that it would be quite easy to go through a design process and end up with something, and even if something in your brain goes, "hmmm, that looks kind of familiar... but where have I seen it?" you may never figure out what you've accidentally plagiarized simply because you glanced at something once and mostly forgot about it."
--the reenactment happens whether or not the exact source is remembered or not.
I don't think architects generally have "dustbins inside their heads" (that's actually antithetical to the task of the profession), but they have been brainwashed into thinking that being original is the highest level of their art that all architects can achieve. Originality is relatively rare.
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