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There he is, as always, in my thoughts when I make my morning espresso. I never drank coffee before meeting Vittorio Giorgini, my architecture professor at Pratt Institute. All-nighters were inevitable nearing the end of the semester, building models and drawing our building design projects. He made me a stiff cup of this elixir in his Wooster Street loft studio one evening, and it was rocket fuel for me. Still is. Thanks, Vittorio!
In my daily design practice, the most frequent reminder of Vittorio for me is the "transition", that step between two architectural elements in a large or small scale, that step between two periods of one's life or situation, those steps between the steps, that define our lives, our cultures, and our built environment. It was a simple lesson he gave me, which has served as a key, a reminder that there is always another way to perceive and to approach any kind of problem or challenge, in design and in life, and to see it in the context of the larger nature surrounding us. Thank you Vittorio, for the keys.
