Introduction to: The Right Angle Journal
I was sorry to learn of the demise of OAA Perspectives after so many wonderful years. However, I am encouraged and excited to also learn that many of the same excellent members of the publishing team are continuing with new outlook, fresh ideas, renewed energy and publishing a quarterly, The Right Angle Journal.
Why am I excited?
The immense possibilities.
A quarterly, I believe, can provide more in-depth transformative thinking that could inspire readers and raise the aspirations of architects, planners, students and the general public alike.
A quarterly is capable of a little more relaxed, more contemplative approach and can deal with a diversity of subject matter.
It can be more humorous, funny, poking fun to provide insights. The modesty of Canadians is admirable, but often we can be too serious, too complacent, too anticontroversy, too timid, and not able to laugh at ourselves and see the other side.
Speaking of insights, I would welcome insight into the insights of my fellow professionals – stories of their moment of insight, the duration of such insight and the action they had taken. I think the public is interested in “what makes the architects tick?”
What about a “Student Section”? This section could be wildly exciting and stir our “old blood” as well as the young.
A quarterly should be able to attract not only advertisers but sponsors, who can help and fund The Right Angle to carry out events and competitions for new ideas (that could also help the sponsors) and encourage design competitions on varied subjects (from architectural details to future Canada 2050 and beyond) that could fire us up, young and old. What about a design competition or dissertation on “Golden Canada,” and what architects and individuals could do to get closer to its realization?
Congratulations to a new quarterly to transcend Canada and the world. There is no turning back. Go forth with imagination, vision and gutsy pragmatic actions. The best to you, RIGHT ANGLE.