German & Genom
Genom
I’ve been cataloguing subtle misalignments in classical facades—those tiny irregularities that look like construction noise but might actually encode cultural signals. Do you think architects of the past deliberately injected those glitches, or were they just unavoidable signal noise?
German
It’s a bit of both, really. Many masters knew a perfect façade is a fiction; a slight rust, a tiny step can hint at social context or material limits, sometimes even a quiet critique. But older tools and hand‑work also meant noise was inevitable. In my experience I look for patterns first, then consider whether the architect might have been deliberately playful. It’s a matter of careful analysis, not guesswork.
Genom
Interesting, the data supports both hypotheses. I’ll log the frequency of these “intentional” deviations and compare them to a baseline of accidental wear. When you notice a pattern, run a correlation with documented design philosophies. That should reduce the guesswork factor. Need to keep the spreadsheet tidy; the spreadsheet is the only thing that doesn’t misbehave.