The fact that Rand made Roark an architect always made me somehow uneasy.
Simply, architecture was never truly considered as an art. And, if at all, architecture is more about subjectivity than objectivity, especially if it is to be an art.
The very nature of architecture - demands an investor - makes it a struggle with the public, if you want to express yourself through it. It is just a fight who will prevail...
Why then has Roark chosen a confrontational field of action without a promise of excellence, for what? Just so he can 'roar' (a strange surname, Roark, isn't it).....?!
The Roark's sabotage may be not only about his sense of excellence, but about his mistaken sense what architecture (finally, techne) is..
Simply, architecture was never truly considered as an art. And, if at all, architecture is more about subjectivity than objectivity, especially if it is to be an art.
The very nature of architecture - demands an investor - makes it a struggle with the public, if you want to express yourself through it. It is just a fight who will prevail...
Why then has Roark chosen a confrontational field of action without a promise of excellence, for what? Just so he can 'roar' (a strange surname, Roark, isn't it).....?!
The Roark's sabotage may be not only about his sense of excellence, but about his mistaken sense what architecture (finally, techne) is..