on IDENTITY THIS IS on IDENTITY

“25 owcase student work on an accessible and personal scale. We are un-official, unpolished, non-bureaucratic, and off Higgins. The book’s title acknowledges that Higgins is where we emerged and where we were originally from. However, we must stay away from its jurisdiction. 25 feet from Higgins is where students are allowed to smoke. “25 FEET Off Higgins” is where students are allowed to express themselves freely while having proximity to their base. It is a discussion from beyond Higgins; to be brought back into Higgins. “

As a Brazilian immigrant, Lina refused to surrender to the European trends of abstract modernism, a la Bauhaus, she was taught by the Italian classics. Instead she became infatuated with South American culture, shifting her designs towards sentimental or vernacular folkloric.

By the time of her death, Lina Bo Bardi considered herself more Brazilian than she was ever Italian to begin with. Her designs became a perfect merge between modernism, regionalism and vernacular: a true DYNAMIC REGIONALISM.

Ancient Western civilizations build permanently. With stone, they leave behind spectacular ruins, yet their civilization failed to continue.

Ancient Eastern civilizations build temporarily. With timber, they celebrate decay and change. Most of their monuments vanished, but their culture and languages has continued till today.

Not one way of living is better, it is the difference of culture and identity that we should celebrate in the present world.