smile or*

inspired by geoff manaugh's interview of mark wigley on agitation issue of volume by archis, i looked at mark wigley's towards turbulence text and i found the below interesting thought:

"Architects rarely smile in photographs. It might be the only profession, other than that of the undertaker in which smile is banned...
...The face of the architect, like that of the building, is that which begins, when agitation stops. The architects lips have to be sealed. The profession has to make sure that it never exposes even a hint of its teeth...
...The architect's smile, face and building must conspire against turbulence...
...It is time to admit turbulence into the very core of the building, to the story about the building, and to the image of person telling it...
...Its time of the architect and the building to unseal their lips. Time for an architecture with teeth. Time for a storm."

in the above photo some people can recognize rem koolhaas, second from the left, from the time he was young, making movies and perhaps did not smile so much.
i felt kind of relieved being myself serious all the time and i really wanted to send it to my mom, but then i found [unfortunately] these to prove me wrong:



by the way, check the nurse movie [1965], if you haven't watched yet.click here
* agitating through smiling