Department of Architecture SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE AR1102 Architectural Design 1 Academic Year 2012/2013 Project 02 – The room and a ‘village’ Project 02 The room and a ‘village’ Understanding architectural language Using architectural language and Making architectural language Arguably the room or its approximation is the basic construct of an architectural space. How it is defined‚ enclosed and what elements are used to do this is the architecture
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Gomez‚ Ryan Paul E. I. Introduction. Before‚ mixed use building was invented by one of the modernist architect Le Corbusier to separate industrial zoning that produced pollution and to protected public health and residential property value in Paris. (Wikipedia.org). In today’s urban and suburban development‚ mixed-use development is becoming increasingly essential for the creation of an attractive and sustainable environment that promotes economic vitality‚ social equity and environmental quality
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As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies. Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed. To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist
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Logan Thornton ARCH3110-001 Carla Keyvanian March 21‚ 2013 Henri Labrouste and Claude Ledoux were French architects during the 18th and 19th centuries and are pioneers of modern architecture. Henri Labrouste was born in 1801 and was the product of the renowned École des Beaux Arts School of Architecture. He believed that architecture should reflect society‚ and his work reflects the rationalism and technical aspects of industrial society. His work also embodies the ideals of writer Victor Hugo
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Famous 20th Century Modern Furniture Timeline 1990-1999 1920-1929 This was a period of prolific 20th Century furniture design work. Designers like Le corbusier and Charlotte Perriand were using tubular steel - the new material of the time to create iconic wonders like the chaise longue‚ whilst Marcel Breuer was creating his famous Wassily Chair - said to have come up with his bent tubular steel concept for this chair while looking at the handle bars of his bicycle. Browse through the timeline
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mainly notes‚ needs a little work but ideas are all there and has great opening - What impact has technology had on architecture of the 20th century? Throughout the nineteenth century‚ architecture refused to have anything to do with industry; it had been concerned solely with monumental projects glorifying the state and giant civic structures expressing the pride of its people. This however‚ all changed with the dawn of the twentieth century. Industrial production became an integral part of modern
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Why‚ one wonders‚ Chandigarh -that distinguished itself to be ’the City Beautiful’ because of the masterly urban planning & designing‚ is not becoming such‚ as a whole with the passage of time? A clean canvass for the layout of Chandigarh was facilitated by uprooting many villages which became reality because of the psyche of the countrymen then for the larger interest of building a city of tomorrow. The master architect and planner prepared the master plan of the proposed capital with network
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BAÜ FBE Dergisi Cilt:9‚ Sayı:1‚ 3-18 Temmuz 2007 Type and typology in architectural discourse Yasemin Đ. GÜNEY* Balıkesir University Faculty of Architecture and Engineering‚ Department of Architecture Çağış BALIKESĐR Abstract Typology is the comparative study of physical or other characteristics of the built environment into distinct types. In this paper‚ the historical transformation of type and typology concepts since the Enlightenment has been examined in three developing stages based
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develop forms and building skins from a variety of profiles taken from real life photos. Their renders and photographs of completed works show also‚ how a clear understanding of material can be used to create form in an optimized manner‚ embodying Viollet-le-Duc’s
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The dichotomy between Spiritualism and Rationalism The purpose of this report is to discover how architecture‚ art‚ science and spirituality relate to each other. Initially‚ it is appropriate to introduce and analyze Boullè cenotaph‚ Turrell’s crater and the pantheon‚ showing which similarities they have in common. Furthermore‚ relating these three projects to the notion of spirituality‚ it is essential to write about what it represent and what is the role
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