Kindergarten Chats – Architecture

This drill has introduced me to versatile factors in architecture regarding what it represents and should be in society through Louis Sullivan words. A Terminal Station The male Implies forceful, direct, clear and straightforward, The Feminine Implies intuitive sympathy, suavity, grace, and qualities of soothe, elevate, and refined. Should be easy to get in and out (efficiency) Outward fit of the style takes on the ambulance of architecture. I agree, a terminal station should be able to tell us what it is and from the outside, where are the entrances, exists, etcThis is a public figure and needs to be clear. The Key Each buildings external medical prognosis represents character and its up to us to unlock the architecture behind the building. The Architect represents or misrepresents society at large what his plain duty is, if any what society has demanded and expect. There is a particular blaspheme amid the society and the Architects. Whichever way our architecture goes, so wi ll our country go However the architecture is malodorous to the core, according to Sullivan, the illusion of Ameri back architecture.I agree how the public in large is not heavily gnarled in how their architecture is formulateed, thus we are putting trust on architects hands. Nature Is visible, objective bounces, contains aspects of sweetie of form and color. The elements of earth and air shaped by delicate hand of time A notional impulse of origin In conclusion, buildings are made of materials, but the elements of the earth are removed from the intercellular substance of nature, and reorganized and reshaped by force mechanical, muscular, mental, emotional, moral, and spiritual.Character Not confined to the individual, it is also defined by the municipality, the nation, rent trends, and qualities that we the hoi polloi are demanding in the market ready. Values We recognize prys in medals, diplomas, or monuments. Brings a sense of partnership Curtain values in which coin ca nnot measure. Take for example a building, any builder can tell you the estimated value of the property in money terms. However, the value of the building is based on inbred value and Dollar value.Sullivan recommends that both come into play. Human nature determines the subjective value, which is more permanent, but money value is inseparable from the a roman letters theatrical role temple affairs of life. Sullivan talked about how roman temples are place in great modern cities, at the same time having a strenuous sight, sound, that remind the citizenry of their god. Such a holy precinct sh every be doubly sacred to us in our reverence for this concretion of old and new. An example of how a building can be highly subjective, take for example a bank.Just as we discussed in class, a Bank wants their building to inferm powerful with self-colored values. Sullivan disagrees that banks in the States should not resemble a Roman Temple. He believes that it should belong to ancient Ro mans and that banks an make as a good deal money in any kind of bank. Thus no need for imitations . It was a part of Roman life and their culture, and that goes along with the Roman glory, thus building temples all over resemble a roman death. Taste It expresses a familiarity with current persons of the culture, or trends. When an architect loses trust from the people at large, this is called weak taste. I always consider taste as what the market demands, for example having garages in suburban houses because of the demand for gondola car and storage area. A Department Store Sullivan describes a department stores as a structure that is logical, though, and states directly its purpose, and unmistakable though not wholly gratifying index of the business conducted within its walls. Its directness of averment is its chief virtue.Expanse of glass and light and displays In other words, it stands to reason that a thing looks like what it is and outer appearances resemble inner purpose s. This is a great example of Function and Form. Function and Form Every form we see thither is a vital something or other which we do not see, which makes itself visible to us in that very form. A state of nature the form exists because of the function and behind the form is incomplete more nor less than a manifestation of what you call the infinite creative spirit, called God. A building is in good order designed when you are able to read through and know the reason for that building. The details are not the same as the parts and the mass. Logical vs.. Organic growth Logical is scholarship, or taste, or all of them combined, cannot make organic architecture Logical is common sense, a thoroughly disciplined mind, a perfective quinine, and a gracious gift of expression. Logical can not deal with creativity process, for the creating function is vital, as its name is pure-reason. Organic correlates to organism, structure, growth, development, and form. Organic implies the pressure of a living force and a resultant structure or mechanism. The pressure is Function and the resultant is Form. Ornaments in Architecture Sullivan explains ornaments as a decorative industry of enhanced beauty of our structures. Its what gives charm to a building. I agree with Sullivan that its a luxury, to a necessary, because of the great value of the masses.Take for example a garage to me it does not need ornaments, because Just the building itself provides the required beauty. However I agree that a certain type of ornaments mixes well with certain buildings, examples retail, industrial, residential, office, etc. Beautiful building whitethorn be designed that shall bear no ornaments A decorated structure, harmoniously conceived, well considered, cannot be mere(a) of its system of ornament without destroying its laissez faire. The luxury of this inquiry becomes necessary our architecture shall have neared its final development. Ornament design will be more beautiful if it seem s a part of the surface or substance that receives it than if it looks infatuated on. Both the structure and ornament obviously benefit by this sympathy each enhancing the value of the other. in addition a curtain kind of ornament should appear on a certain kind of structure. Buildings should posses an individuality as marked as that which exists among men, making them distinctly separable from each other, however a strong the racial or family semblance may be.If I stare at my house, I will see all types of Ornaments that have been chosen because of my Hispanic culture, Ecuadorian family, sports, hobbies, and each room has a certain type of style. Thoughts about this Reading I personally did not like this reading as a narrative, because there were many parts filled with a lot of fluff. I prefer to read a reading that is more straightforward and provides real examples and has pictures. Overall, my favorite parts talking about we the people have trust and give total control to deve lopers and architects of designing our lives.