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Analysis 4/19/16
Mies van der Rohe, Friedrichstrasse projects, 1921
-pointy -building -that building in new york that is at the y-intersection and is kind v-shaped -ruins
This was once a proud building, a marvel of American ingenuity. Now it just rusts away into nothing.So much has been lost from the Event and what was gained?
Praeconio Anni Architecturae
Information Storage – People keep getting more and more information. As architects, it is our job to design a better way to store it. Whether the information is in books or on hard drives, we design where people go to keep it safe and to view it.
Connectivity – Like it or not, people want to connect with each other. Wi-Fi and cell phones have only made it easier. However, there are many buildings that block Wi-Fi and cellular signals. We must design with these signals in mind: areas for routers, ways to amplify Wi-Fi signals, no dead zones for phones.
Privacy – The flip side to connectivity. Some of us do not want to be in constant contact. Some of us do not want people looking over our shoulder. There are times and places where it is appropriate to create “dead zones” of connection. Areas where one can rest easy and work without prying eyes.
Colonization – It’s coming. We might as well practice. Condense all essential systems into the smallest possible area, leaving the rest for the design. Be efficient with maintenance areas, make utilities easily accessible, and keep them minimal.
Environmentalism – We messed it up, and now we need to fix it. Use sustainable energy wherever possible and conserve all energy possible. Attempt to use natural lighting and heating/cooling before resorting to electric lights and AC.
Analysis 4/14/16
Max Ernst, From Une Semaine de Bonté, 1933
-person flipping -duck -stairs
"Watch me do a sweet backflip" he said to the duck. The man then jumped into the air. Little did he realize, the stairs were right behind him. This landing was going to hurt.
Analysis 4/12/16
Le Corbusier, Ronchamp Door Mural, 1950-1953
-symmetrical feel -not perfectly symmetrical -colours
Not everything symmetrical has to mirror it's opposite side. The composition's weight on each side should be close enough to count as being even. This is pleasing to people.
It’s simple, but it’s not
I don’t think of myself as too complex. I think that most of what I like is pretty simple. I like good books, good food, good music (not like today’s music, am I right?), and good movies. I prefer to live a solitary life with some interaction with other people, but not too much. On Tuesday, when we learned about Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut, it seemed pretty simple. A chapel was needed where there was previously a chapel. This area had been a pilgrimage site for centuries. And while it seems pretty simple, it’s really not even close. It’s beautiful and complex. Like the wall with holes in it to allow light to stream in. Or how part of the roof looks like it is floating right where there should be a load bearing structure. And the site of the building would not allow heavy construction machinery to help build. I wouldn’t say it’s my favourite chapel, and I know people are going to hate me for saying so. However, while it is not my favourite, I do find it to be a beautiful piece.
This week, I read Jorge Luis Borges’ This Craft of Verse. In it, he mentions something that is sticking with me: “I think of myself as essentially a reader. As you are aware, I have ventured into writing; but I think what I have read is far more important than what I have written. For one reads what one likes – yet one writes not what one would like to write, but what one is able to write.” I love reading, and I try my best to only read what I like and what I choose. I also enjoy writing fiction. My only problem is that I never feel like writing. I get a few paragraphs done and then I’m done for months. I have trouble sitting down and pumping out even a short story. I have several story ideas, two of which are in the process of being written. But that’s how they have always been: in the process. I’m not really sure how to solve this problem.
Fourth of five AMAZING things I did - 4/14/16
On April 4th, I went with several fellow students from the Design LLC to Florence Graves’ home for dinner. We arrived at 6pm and were welcomed into her beautiful home. We had Indian food for dinner and, due to my spring break experience, I tried everything. For dessert, we had a very chocolate cake and I was able to secure a corner piece. For drinks, we were each given a glass with the LLC’s logo on it. It is a very nice glass. At the end of the night, we had a group photo and were told about a special bell in the hallway. If someone rings the bell in complete silence and tells no one of their wish, that wish will come true. Florence and her husband know several people and, based on what they know about them, were able to guess what that person wished for. Based on that, they believe several wishes have come true. I rang the bell and will not tell anyone what I wished for. I really would like to know the exact wording for it though. What if I don’t tell someone what I wished for, but discuss the thing in a conversation unrelated to me making the wish? If I wish for an apple, am I unable to ever mention apples?
Analysis 4/7/16
Niles-ole Lund, The Future of Architecture, 1979
-post-apocalyptic -partially destroyed building, rusting car -sunset -bird flying by
After the Event, the world became a more wild and natural place. Plants took over once proud buildings and ate away at the shiny cars. The majestic falcon flies back to his nest at the end of the day, his hunt over for now.
Analysis 4/5/16
Gustav Klimt, The Kiss (Lovers), 1908
-man and a woman -field with flowers -man has a laurel in his hair -laying under a blanket together
The soldier survived his ordeal. When he finally arrived home, he embraced his family, declaring how much he loved and missed them. Later, he took his wife to the spot where they first met, where they laid together each happy he was home.
Diagram - Song and Dance
In this diagram by Edward Tufte, he illustrates the moves to dance that goes along to the song written as sheet music. When a song is played, it is usually quite easy to perform the correct dance associated with it. For example, if someone plays the Macarena, everyone dances along. The same thing happens if someone plays the Chicken Dance. Even if it is the first time someone hears a song or if the song has no set dance, people will move themselves or tap their feet to the beat. However, when presented with the sheet music of a song, even a song such as the Chicken Dance or the Macarena, most people would have no clue how to dance to it. Tufte diagrams all of the dance’s steps as they correspond with the song’s notes. With this, anyone can dance with only the sheet music. This could be useful if it was the middle of the night and the dancer did not want to wake anyone. I think it would be useful if all formal dances were diagrammed this way. It would help when trying to learn and it would be useful if there was no one around to teach.
Analysis 3/29/16
Barnett Newman, Twelfth Station (out of 14), 1965
-city-scape turned on its side -looks like the art for the movie Super 8 -most of the piece is black -silouete
The cross section of the city was.. odd. You had the city and an empty space underneath for the subway, as expected. What was weird was the empty space about a mile underneath the city. It was too straight to be a cave, so what was it?
Analysis 3/22/16
Aaron Copland and the London Symphony Orchestra, Appalachian Spring: Very Slowly, 1944
-calm -reminded me of the music for the Shire in Lord of the Rings -suddenly loud, startling, fast -caught completely off-guard
This is a piece which, at first, would fit beautifully into the life of hobbits in the Shire. It's calm, laid-back, and never goes on an adventure. Then one gets to the end. It's loud and startling, like Bilbo in the Hobbit where he runs after Thorin shouting "I'm going on an adventure!"
Vogue Story - Eve of Battle
“Nike, oh goddess of victory, grant us your favour” the soldier prayed as he sat the offering at the shrine. Next to him, another soldier prayed a similar prayer to Ares. When they were done, they stood and headed back to their tents. Tomorrow was going to be a long day. Long for some, short for more than anyone would care to admit. As the soldier sat on his bedroll thinking about the battle to come, his thoughts turned to home and the family he left behind to protect. “The air is so dry here; nothing like home. Ah, home. I miss it. The mountains, the lush fields of grain, the soft whisper of the wind. But I most miss my wife and my boys. Those boys are going to grow up strong their dad. Heh. And then there’s her. Beautiful, cunning, and full of intelligence. I remember our last conversation before I left. She said to me, ‘You come back to me. I don’t care if all of Hades himself has collapsed on you, these boys need you... I need you.’” The soldier’s eyes began tearing up at that thought. “Breathe, Zeus dammit, breathe. The guys can’t see you like this; if we survive, you’ll never hear the end of their teasing.” Suddenly, reality crashed into him. “Holy Zeus... IF I survive. I... I might die here. I might die in a place where no one, not even a cat, knows who I am. I won’t see my boys or my... wife ever again. Oh gods...” The soldier curled up on his bedroll, crying, wishing he could be tough just like his comrades. Little did he know, they were going through the same thing and handling it the same way. But this did not break their resolve; rather, it strengthened their will to survive. They would win this battle by any means necessary just to go home alive. Their enemies wouldn’t know what hit them.
Vogue, April 2016 edition
dry air conversation soft lush Nike (use the goddess, not the shoe) field cat cunning intelligence collapsed breathe mountain crash
Third of five AMAZING things I did - 3/15/16
Over spring break, I went down to Florida to visit my dad. I had a great time while down there. On Tuesday, March 15th, we went to a five course meal at a restaurant called Trend Kitchen.
This meal was amazing, definitely one of the best meals I have ever had. Each course was also paired with a wine that, according to those who were allowed to have wine, went perfectly with the food. I had to settle with root beer. When I visited my dad, I promised myself to eat whatever was put in front of me. He likes to eat at expensive restaurants and even if I would normally never eat what I was served, I vowed to eat it anyway. Here is what we ate as well as the two dessert items, but I was unfortunately unable to get the accompanying wine list:
1st course: White Asparagus Velouté with compressed shaved fennel, chives and black olive powder
2nd course: Oyster topped Hamach Tartare, Caviar, Cucumber Water, Blistered Shishito Peper, Yuzu Aioli
3rd course: Crispy Smoked Squab with Seared Sweet Breads, Molasses Balsamic Glaze and Golden Chanterelles
4th course: Glazed Pork belly Confit, Fried Shallot Puree, Pickled Red Onion, Choucroute Salad, Mustard Ice Cream
5th course: Braised Short Rib with Seared Foie Gras, Green Garlic Foam, Smoked Potato Gratin, Cabernet Reduction, Black Truffle
1st dessert: Dragon’s Breath- Organic Strawberries, dried and chilled in liquid nitrogen
2nd dessert: Bourbon and Apple Blackpepper Sorbet
Analysis 3/8/16
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Soap Bubble Set), 1936
-map of earth? the moon? -display -head -rolls of paper -fancy glass with an egg in it
The pride of Fleet Admiral Westinghouse's collection was the old map of the moon. There was somrthing about it, with it's aged paper, simplistic representations, and slight innacuracies that appealed to him. It heralded a time long past, a time where people GOT what was said and the information didn't have to be spelled out to them.
Timey-Wimey
Time is a confusing subject to most people. People always look at time the wrong way. In the words of the tenth Doctor, “People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually – from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint – it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.” Some people have ways to explain time to make sense of it. Some people believe in the butterfly effect. This effect states that if you travel back in time and step on a butterfly, you will completely change the future, your present that you left. I don’t think the butterfly effect is true. I think that the past is set and nothing will change it. Memories can change, but not the actual event. “But what about paradoxes?” you ask. Let’s say you decide to go back and kill your grandfather for some reason. With the butterfly effect, this results in you not being born. If you aren’t born, no one kills your grandfather which means you were born and able to kill your grandfather which means you weren’t born and no one kills your grandfather... ad nauseum. With my belief, if you go back and kill your grandfather, one of two things happen: 1- he wasn’t actually your grandfather but you were told he was. 2- you don’t succeed in killing him. With my beliefs, there are no paradoxes.
Time is important. It was invented by people because of trains. I can’t imagine life without time. In Ballard’s story “Chronopolis”, people outlawed clocks because the system they set up took away their freedoms. I think they should have just made a better system. Without the ability to accurately measure time, a lot of it gets wasted. Being able to tell what time it is puts one at a distinct advantage.
Analysis 3/3/16
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Reichstag wrapped in silver fabric, 1995
-building draped in a sheet -castle? -crowd in front
Every year, the citizens celebrated Sheet Day. It was a day to make everyone equal by covering all of the houses, from the beggar's hovel to the king's palace, with a white sheet. Everyone stayed outside for the whole day and everyone treated each other without regard for title.
Analysis 3/1/16
Anselm Kiefer, 2002
-rows of plants -farm? -strings going town to central figure -central figure is a wolf?
The wolf pulled the clouds over the field, such was his curse. Farmers always chased him away, thinking he would eat their animals. Pehaps once, but not now, for that was how he was cursed in the first place. Little did the farmers know, this wolf was what brought the life to their livelyhood.