One of the first points Draper highlights architectural movements as politically significant during time s of conquest. After an area is conquered by an invading culture, the emergence and appropriation of their architectural style…
7. Ching, Frank, Mark Jarzombek, and Vikramaditya Prakash. 2011. A global history of architecture. [electronic resource]. n.p.:…
The Musée du Louvre and its Pyramid, and St Paul’s Cathedral with the nearby 30 St Mary Axe were the chosen topics by both members of our group. All of these buildings are iconic building within their cities, and all were designed and built with vastly different contexts and purposes in mind. In this essay we will compare and contrast the different buildings in a manner that will help us understand the juxtaposition of old and new buildings. We will also investigate what made the contemporary buildings in question switch status from controversial to widely accepted as unique and brilliant pieces of architecture. After considering the different context(s) and style(s) of the building we will present our informed personal opinions based upon our research, to reach a conclusion in accordance with the research question. Before we undertake an analysis we will quickly summarise what has been aforementioned in Patchworks 1 & 2.…
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A PLACE FOR THEM, A PLACE FOR US The choir of St. Paul’s, Cathedrals of England and Wales “With a few exceptions, city churches that were rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 were rebuilt under the direction of Christopher Wren” who combined the renaissance and baroque styles to create St. Paul’s cathedral, an empathetic masterpiece. The sheltering embrace of the dome as one walks through the nave is appeasing yet humbling, creating a sense of place comparable to Bernini’s St. Peter’s colonnade. This essay deliberates Wren’s impact in devising place for a post 1666 London within cultural and contemporary contexts that construe the evolution of the role of the architect. “Architecture is stifled by custom.” Le Corbusier argues.…
The famous American architect by the name of Frank Lloyd Wright based his designs on what he called “organic architecture”. His philosophy of what modern architecture should be is one as unique as his buildings, but nevertheless he was a pivotal figure in the progression of modernism in the United States. As described by Kathryn Smith, his winter home in Scottsdale Arizona “[reveals], more than any of his other buildings, a closer understanding of Wright the man as well as Wright the architect.” (Smith 92) This winter home is known as Taliesin West and is an epitome of organic architecture.…
Progression concerns how well we appreciate artifact and intend to uphold everything or architecture. In other words, keeping it nice and conservative. Gwendolyn Wright observes progression, “In the early twentieth century, many different groups were campaigning for what they called a progressive approach to house design and upkeep” (111). However, this was not enough; times were changing, women roles had become more complex. Wright shows, “There were some reservation about architectural changes that were tied to new sex roles” (117). Domestic changes in magazines claimed “Modern Women” houses needed more. According to Lloyd, “technology promised individual freedom and social equality” (116). This caused for drastic changes in the economic development.…
Public opinion of architecture, among countless other industries, was that it had begun taking on a lifeless, utilitarian aesthetic. This machine-driven architecture lacked creativity. Yes, you can produce more, but is it at the expense of quality and design? The right-brain of society was feeling a lack of individuality. Sure, they could perceive the brains behind what was going on, but where was the heart of it all? Consequently the Arts and Crafts movement was born as a rebellion to the negative impact of industry.2 The red house, designed by Philip Morris Webb, is a quintessential representation of everything Arts and Craft stood for. Each aspect of the structure has various minute, unique details in order to emphasize the true craft. Every window is slightly different and a touch of gothic influence is apparent in the wall arches above the windows, as to suggest a memory of a more ornamented time. This movement was about bringing the theory and expression back into architectural design of space. Antonio Gaudi, a forerunner of the Arts and Craft era was equally inspired by the theories of Ruskin as he was by the music-dramas of…
Located in the northeast of Santa Monica, Gehry Residence, is a unique architecture which contravenes the local house’s style. The house is in the corner of two streets which go through south- north and east- west, meanwhile, it became the representation of deconstructivism and balanced American Populism into European mainstream.…
In a world requiring 150% its own volume to endure the current industrialized processes, adding more physical matter of any sort to the equation seems counter intuitive. As the fiscal systems often state, you can’t solve debt with more debt; as such can you really solve problems of the built environment with even more built environment? It’s time for the architect to use the existing fabric, to become skilled in the removal of the physical, in the actual sculpting of space and not the double negative notion of sculpting space as an additive process. The architect is to ultimately become versed in the manipulation of what is available; an analytical poet. Into what is removed then, can be placed built sustenance; systems of materials that breathe life into the old, that address energy and technology; a retro surgery of an ecological nature. Take Mies’ Brick Country Villa, inspired by the paintings of Piet Mondriaan, a leading figure in the de Stijl movement and central influence of the Bauhaus. It can be read as much as the dissolution of a more complicated plan as it can be read a minimal insertion of verticals and horizontals, which was his aim. Take Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West (1937), which appears to be abstractly inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky, a core member of the Bauhaus (1922 – 1933). Although they display an obvious evolution beyond the abstract simplicity of sole verticals and…
Arches were manily introduced as symbols of connecting places of Rome, so the Pond Du Gard is a prime example of connecting the Roma people together. The aqueducts allowed fresh mountian water into the city whereas if it were not there they would have had to carry it through tunnes and over valleys or make do with the rain water they had collected, at the time these were unheard of, the ground-breaking system in CE 14 shows how forward Roman architechtes were. Arches were representative of door ways, therefore the use of them on monuments as that woulb be seen as connect people to new experiences. Benefits for the aqueduct such as hygene, giving the people water to bath in made Marcus like his ancestor Augusts, for the…
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Australia’s reception to modernism is a complex story of spasmodic cultural transformation led by avant-garde experiments and the creative exchange between modern artists8, designers9 and architects10. From reshaping the environment (in particular city living) to affecting body image, social life and ideals about design, its impact has been profound.…
Utopia suggested that architectural designs should be able to communicate thus it can be applied in developing meaningful architectural designs. One of the main roles of utopia is to spark imagination in the social context. On the other hand, modern architectural designs must be able to take advantage of imagination and technology to develop exemplary designs. In a town setting, buildings must have an arrangement that can create a message in the social space. The setting of such structures should be able to create an impression of what people of a certain area think. It is technically a social manifestation through a physical appearance in space. This is one ideology of utopia that did not find a place in the past. However, modern day’s planners and architects tend to come up with communicative designs of buildings and roads. One can brand the modern day architects as decorators but truly, it is a manifestation of utopia in the modern architectural designing. Utopia puts in more emphasis on patterns and arrangement that will match with the social sphere of a particular region.…
Rhowbotham, Kevin. Architectural Theory. “A Contemporary Aesthetics of Architecture”. 24 July 2012. 11 March 2013.…