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survey I made about buildings
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http://urtak.com/u/arch
BTW, Urtak is a new website that recently launched. You make surveys and it
follows a socratic paradigm that focuses on questions as opposed to answers.
Pretty neat idea. Check it out.
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Thinking about the language of architecture
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So, I've been in Rome for about 4 months now, travelling around, studying buildings, fascism, ruins, history, etc.
For drawing class, my prof. had the class read an essay by Flannery of O'Connor, "The Nature and Aim of Fiction." It's quite interesting, I really recommend it. But anyway, O'Connor says, "the type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the kind of mind that is willing to have its sense of mystery deepened by c... (1852 more chars) |
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Seduction of Place
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| Written by Lindsey French |
| Joseph Rykwert
The Seduction of Place
I liked Rykwert's chronological span of the city; such an overview provided a framework for the history urban life that I didn't even fully realize I was missing. There are a few huge points I take issue with; the biggest being his assertion that New York, is the "World Capital." I don't think I need to beat this point to oblivion, but even if Rykwert is an authority on urban studies, he does not have any authority in declaring anything on a global ... (2190 more chars) |
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Language of Landscape
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| Written by Lindsey French |
| Lindsey French
Rethinking Landscape
Blog entry 2
16 March 2008
Response to Anne Winston Sprin's "Langauge of Landscape"
Reading this book was pretty magical at some points, especially reading Gaston Bachelard's "The Poetics of Space" simultaneously. These books in combination have been shaping my thoughts first in the vivid and ongoing exploration of how landscape serves as a medium for dialogue, as well as the interplay between landscape (or space), and time.
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Rethinking Landscape
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Introduction to Rethinking Landscape
Theory in Landscape Architecture: Reader Part I: "The Nature of Theory in Landscape Architecture
Garrett Eckbo, "Landscape for Living," 1950.
J.B Jackson, "How to Study Landscape," 1980.
James Corner, "Origins of Theory," 1990.
James Corner, "Theory in Crisis," 1991.
Elizabeth Meyer, "Situating Modern Landscape Architecture," 1992.
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wish i thought of this...
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| Written by Sophat Sam |
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Architecture connects with Nature
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| Written by Lani Gedeon |
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A thought:
Sustainable architecture demands that we rethink the extractive habits of our industry in this country, and reconnect with the natural world and ecosystems that support life. Most importantly, we must reinvent our mindset as designers, developers, and builders. We believe that this starts with looking for local abundance and challenging our buildings to be self-sufficient citizens of the urban community. Architecture is a lasting endeavor—we make choices not only in ... (439 more chars) |
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ESSAY ON THE FUTURE
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| Written by Alexandra Fenton |
| I wrote this for the Virginia Society AIA Emerging Leaders in Architecture Program. I have no idea what they'll think, but I thought someone on here might be interested... Building the future: Design in the Urban Age, an alterationin architectural mentality. At the dawn of this new millennium, globalization has changed our economic, technological, socio-cultural, and political relationships, which is why it’s time we rethink architectural process collectively. The ‘collecti... (3841 more chars) |
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final crit!!!!!!!!! (how british)
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| Written by tobias bernecker |
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finally, they are over. these 20 minutes of fame or failure that we've been all working for all these weeks. i'm wondering whats the hardest though. working, and presenting, or rather to be waiting and listening to all those presentations which follow your own....
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for the geek in all of us
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| Written by Sophat Sam |
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an interesting project. a port of processing into javascript.
http://ejohn.org/blog/processingjs/
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site updates 05/02/08
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| Written by Sophat Sam |
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So I managed to get some stuff done with the site, mainly:
*Navigation is now running on a split menu. Meaning all sub-menus are split into their own menus, and no longer belong in ordered list that made it almost impossible to style. So that should resolve some issues with submenus not showing up on some browsers since I no longer need to "cheat" the look.
*Search engine friendly URLs. The site is now running a better system of URL rewriting using mod_rewrite. This means better... (523 more chars) |
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spacecollective
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| Written by b0dhi Harnish |
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SpaceCollective. Where forward thinking terrestrials exchange ideas and information about the state of the species, their planet and the universe, living the lives of science fiction today.
<<<<<<<< http://spacecollective.org/ >>>>>>>>
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Moreover, the very concept of the individual, as currently understood,
depends on the difference in interconnectivity. Once this difference
changes, i.e. internal states of the nervous system are becoming
increasingly accessibl... (133 more chars) |
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An Act of Inscription
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Dare I say that inherent in our acts as architects is a distinct vein of irony. For each restrictive line we draw, we construct the potential for liberation; with each liberating line we draw, we construct the potential for restriction. The art of inscribing lines and boundaries in both natural and man-made landscapes––lines that become walls, roads, doors, etc––is an act one can consider a "tool". I use this example many times, in many different forums, but with my si... (603 more chars) |
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An Act of Re-Destruction
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| Written by tobias bernecker |
| I want to argue that Inga's initial argument has an intrinsic flaw, because it assumes that there is a pristine state of site, condition or anything that 'architecture' is having an impact on.
That is why architecture is just a one moment in a long chain of creation, adaption, destruction, re-construction or re-creation.
Modernism argues that there is no creation without destruction, but we've seen the limits and dangers of this chain of argument.
So Inga Anger should be re-thinking her bold... (31 more chars) |
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Roundtable: Research Architecture
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| Written by b0dhi Harnish |
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Paradoxically perhaps, the Centre for Research Architecture sets out to
question the two separate terms that make up its given title. It seeks
to open up the discipline and praxis of 'architecture' – understood as
the production of rarefied buildings and urban structures – into
shifting network of 'spatial practices' that includes various other
forms of intervention. It contests as well the utilitarian, applied,
means-to-ends relation between knowledge and action that is evo... (1448 more chars) |
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An act of Reconstruction:
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This post is mostly just me arguing with Inga for the sake of arguing… It just happens that it is here on this blog. I would argue that arguing is an essential part of Architecture without critique of work where would we be today? Maybe still building Palladian villas all over the world… Oh wait people are! Damn… wooppssss no swearing…
Anyways time to get to the point, Architecture is an act of Reconstruction. First of all let me point out In... (932 more chars) |
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An Act of Destruction
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| Written by Inga Anger |
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Implementing architecture is an act of destruction.
It harms existing conditions on a site.
Besides the fact that a built form will occupy and take away space it is offending any kind of thinkable visible and invisible conditions.
It might banish the alcoholic from his after-work drinking space. It might also block the womans view at the arrival of her husband's car so that she is able to kick out her paramours in time. Architecture should contribute to most possible of these conditi... (103 more chars) |
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