Inside this building is the apparatus needed to control a natural siphon that is capable of directing the flow of water through aqueducts between reservoirs. The dam pictured gives the necessary height to initiate the siphoning action.
Minimal. Mono. Square.
No. 15: Attention to Detail.
Somewhere belowdecks of a massively heavy ship, holes are cut into the structural members of a bulkhead to save weight. It must have been laborious to cut all of these holes (there are probably tens of thousands of them) but I guess sometimes you have to press every bit of advantage you can.
As I write this, I reflect on the fact that life is like this sometimes too. But it's not a particularly healthy way to live, either, especially over a long period of time.
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
From "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman
Once upon a time, a young man had this quote put under his high school yearbook picture. Who can blame him? He was fed this claptrap by a high-brow English teacher, and besides, it has an appealing ring to it for someone just starting out on the adventure of life.
The young man walked his road, and with due respect to old Walt, discovered Walt was wrong.
A road takes you where the road is going.
Sometimes it wears on for miles and miles before a crossroads is reached. And what then? Is right better? Is left? Or the uncomfortable familiarity of the road you're on? Which choice will lead to happiness? Which has a bridge out? Which ends in a marsh? Instead of a map, a million voices.