“ The Good Architect” is a short book halfway between a story and a novel. In hours of reading it provides a simple but enlightening teaching valid for everyone in these complicated and dark times. A story in which many can see themselves reflected… It is a journey through the seasons that reflects how the protagonist all of us really stops living in an idyllic world due to factors beyond his control... and how he tries to overcome adversity. It is not at all a treatise on architecture. With a deep and worrying background the book is nevertheless easy to read and has been written with a certain degree of abstraction: the chosen form makes it a suitable and necessary reading for young people and adults. After reading its pages the reader will be left with some of the pillars of classical Eastern philosophy: the cyclical the continuous change or the detachment of the ego.
It's a simple little story that holds a lot inside. Extract from chapter I summer: “The studio had the right conditions to work on his projects which required time calm and some effort. His large table housed the necessary drawing material and often had sketches plans and other CXB Directory works that he had previously designed spread out on it. Although sometimes several papers piled up or he forgot to cover his pen everything was more or less in its correct place. As in the rest of the house there was nothing missing and nothing was left over. … The time the Architect was in the studio he usually spent in his wooden chair.
This was centered with respect to the large drawing table and located in front of a large window that flooded most of the studio with natural light at any time of the year.” Extract from chapter III winter: It was surprising how his job had changed in such a short time: he did each and every task on the computer. … Despite all his efforts and his latest generation machine he did not consider his work to be more valuable. And he produced more than ever for each project... he wrote more documentation created more views and considered more implausible scenarios for buyers. They wanted to know everything from the beginning and control every step: no one wanted any unforeseen events.
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