Category Archives: Monday 11AM
Homework 3 buildings
For the third homework assignment I will be considering either the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden or the National Museum of the American Indian. These museums have striking architecture, especially the National Museum of the American Indian. Below are pictures
Homework 3 buildings
For the third homework assignment I will be considering either the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden or the National Museum of the American Indian. These museums have striking architecture, especially the National Museum of the American Indian. Below are pictures
Program and Art and Architecture
Program was the main theme of the PRAXIS reading. We have spoken many times about program and the different interpretations of it. The main idea behind program is setting up parameters and creating a piece based on it. This has
Program and Art and Architecture
Program was the main theme of the PRAXIS reading. We have spoken many times about program and the different interpretations of it. The main idea behind program is setting up parameters and creating a piece based on it. This has
Changing the Program
While doing the readings this week I found myself questioning and revising the ideas of program that I had developed earlier in the course. Early on, we discussed how a library having shelves isn’t interesting–that’s not part of the architectural
Changing the Program
While doing the readings this week I found myself questioning and revising the ideas of program that I had developed earlier in the course. Early on, we discussed how a library having shelves isn’t interesting–that’s not part of the architectural
Museums and Opera Houses
This week, I enjoyed reading Kipnis’ article comparing the Nelson-Atkins Museum with various pieces of art, especially the first reference—“St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness.” Kipnis, as a critic, does a great job of making his comparisons clear to
Museums and Opera Houses
This week, I enjoyed reading Kipnis’ article comparing the Nelson-Atkins Museum with various pieces of art, especially the first reference—“St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness.” Kipnis, as a critic, does a great job of making his comparisons clear to
Classical Elegance Marred by Unnatural Addition
Looking at the Bloch building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in a nighttime photograph, I was astounded. The museum appeared to take on an almost surreal appearance punctuated by the obvious clash of classic and modern, of shadow and light.
Classical Elegance Marred by Unnatural Addition
Looking at the Bloch building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in a nighttime photograph, I was astounded. The museum appeared to take on an almost surreal appearance punctuated by the obvious clash of classic and modern, of shadow and light.
Feeling pushes context
Tschumi’s comment that the Greek temples began with program, not form, and that Architects are blinded by form and ignore the potential of program to generate forms particularly struck me during this week’s readings. I am interested in this an
Feeling pushes context
Tschumi’s comment that the Greek temples began with program, not form, and that Architects are blinded by form and ignore the potential of program to generate forms particularly struck me during this week’s readings. I am interested in this an
The Phenomenological Approach
In Jeff’s article about the Nelson Atkins Museum designed by Steven Holl, he introcduces “three ways in which architecture can say something about the world: intellectual, social, and phenomenological.” The first two are easier to understand than the third. Jeff
The Phenomenological Approach
In Jeff’s article about the Nelson Atkins Museum designed by Steven Holl, he introcduces “three ways in which architecture can say something about the world: intellectual, social, and phenomenological.” The first two are easier to understand than the third. Jeff
Conceptual
“In architecture, relationships exist in two ways, in the environment itself and the individual’s ability to understand and relate to them.” In the reading of Eisenman’s article, I often found myself struggling to understand what ideas he was presenting, mostly
Conceptual
“In architecture, relationships exist in two ways, in the environment itself and the individual’s ability to understand and relate to them.” In the reading of Eisenman’s article, I often found myself struggling to understand what ideas he was presenting, mostly
The Importance of the Doorknob
Sitting in on the Eisenman 80 conference gave me the feeling of being an outsider looking in on a close family. The unique terminology, the intense debates over the establishment of architecture as a discipline, and the inside jokes all
The Importance of the Doorknob
Sitting in on the Eisenman 80 conference gave me the feeling of being an outsider looking in on a close family. The unique terminology, the intense debates over the establishment of architecture as a discipline, and the inside jokes all
The Value of Disagreement
One of the things that I found most interesting from the Eisenman conference was not present in the talks that the individual speakers gave but in the group discussions that were held after all the speakers in a
The Value of Disagreement
One of the things that I found most interesting from the Eisenman conference was not present in the talks that the individual speakers gave but in the group discussions that were held after all the speakers in a
WHAT IS AN ARCHITECTURAL IDEA? 