PROMPTS
ILLUMINATE- to provide or brighten with light (dictionary.com)
ILLUMINATE- to provide or brighten with light (dictionary.com)
Today is Patricks class we talked out Egypt and all it's architectural history there, and the pyramids in Giza make me think of this word. He said that the perfected versions of these pyraminds when they were created were a gorgeous clean limestone and at the tip of the pyramind was a gold beacon. And this point was always glimmering because of how the climate is there, always sunny and hot. And this illuminated the pyramids from even the distance I'm sure, with a huge emphasis directed towards them in particular. "Once a building is built, it becomes as much a part of the environment as a tree or rock." (Roth 137) This makes complete sense when applied to the term illuminate because the lighting is constant in a structure at least somewhere throughout it. And it becomes a part of the structure and is always in different places throughout the day.
IDIOM- an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements (dictionary.com)
When future generations of designers rise up and start creating new age architecture, they might incorporate older techniques. But they might use them in a new way, which to us could be very misleading or confusing but it's a new innovative way to building and design as a whole. It can be very confusing I suppose to people who do things one way, and then see it done another. They are not used to that, because that is not the way they prefer to do it. It is usually something that can be interpreted many different ways from different cultures or different perspectives such as architecture in general. Because a variation of cultures have different meanings they think a structure can symbolize and that can be a positive thing and open up new idea's.
http://humanities.byu.edu/ELC/student/idioms/idioms/images/be_broke.jpg
COMMODITY : FIRMNESS : DELIGHT- a wholeness as one, one relying on the other two, to survive
Man this term, I honestly am starting to think of it is like the law or something. A ton of stuff in my class constantly comes right back to this. Which makes sense because it is something every piece of architecture thrives on. "It is possible to deliberately avoid looking at paints, sculpture, drawings, or any other visual art, but architecture constantly touches us, shapes our behavior, and conditions our psychological mood." (Roth 3) Architecture relies on these three concepts to really survive and reach it's intended purpose. Architecture is all around us, and the successful pieces we do see in everyday life, most of them have these three things demonstrated thoughout, they have to suit the function they were meant for. And also be able to stand for good time and support themselves alone in the world and most important to non-designers I'd say would be delight and just being pleasing to the eye and not being a nusance in the environment. The power of three's was something we talked about last week in class, being that so many things in the world come in three's and one of our assignments was to make a list of whatever came to mind that had three in it, and here is mine.
MATERIAL- the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed (dictionary.com)
Material, this word is like the the icing on a cake. What the whole piece is gonna be constructed with and the material that will be incorporated in this piece of architecture. Material I'm sure is one of the first thoughts that go into a design because for the environment and climate it is going to be situated in, is very vital and what it is built with determines it's life span and how well it stand up against obstabacles. "We should remember, too, that architecture, besides providing shelter, is symbolic expression." (Roth 6) The material is very much a time consuming process and choosing just the right one can take some time but in the end, it can have a much bigger meaning including all the details and man labor that went into this piece of architecture, making it truly unique.
REFLECTION
Well the only other IARC class I have, is Design and Perspectives taught by Stoel and that class so far is pretty strickly taught by a book by architect and designer/theorist Christopher Alexander. His book Nature of Order which we have yet not received in class but we have read selections from it, and he covers many things. He somehow makes the connection to how so many things relate to design and helps clarify any gray areas that you may have as a future designer. And we talked about the theory of complexity, and how to a certain extend so many things are complex meaning to figure things out about them will require some level of complex thinking. We also discussed order, and what we thought such a broad word as that could mean in the architecture perspective. Leland stated on page 7 that, "architecture is the science and the art of building. To understand more clearly the art of architecture and it's symbolic discourse, we are best served by first gaining an understanding of the science of architectural construction." Which makes complete sense, to understand and fully grasp it's beauty and be an appreciator of design and architecture. You have to know the science that went into it's construction and then you can gain an insight of what kind of effort went into it's design. I'd say that in this week in just the two IARC classes I have is somewhat similar to this quote, "architecture is the unavoidable art. Every moment, awake or asleep, we are in buildings, around buildings, in spaces defined by buildings, or in landscapes shaped by human artifice." (Roth 3) Architecture and it's history and present are here to stay, some have stood the test of time like the Giza pyraminds and some will continue to disappear. But whether some people disagree, or try to take them down. They will stand and continue to rise as long as people are willing to put there knowledge to good use and make something that really will be appreciated by the human people. It's the past, present and will always be in the future.
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