FORM AND ENCLOSURE = FORCLOSURE
The duality of the interior and the exterior has bedeviled Architects from just about day 1. As we have seen elsewhere in this study, LeCorbusier tried to solve this dilemma by urging us to...
Monthly Archive: July 2014
INLET GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLY – INSPIRATION
Be inspired by anything. I have a penchant for mechanical technology. I love airplanes, engines, etc. Whatever you might have a strong affinity for, go with it. You might really like Ming Dynasty vases....
THE BAUHAUS
The Bauhaus is another school of design thinking that we need to be aware of. Walter Gropius took control of the school in 1919 and gave it the name Staatliches Bauhaus, or what we...
CHOISEY ONE POINT
Auguste Choisey, as we have seen, was a profound thinker. And he assiduously believed that his type of axonometric was the only way to draw. To recap, a Choisey Axonometric is the one where...
STUDENT TRANSPARENT DRAWING
I taught both design and gave a lecture survey course last fall. My goal in the course was to give a broad pictorial overview of architecture. And as you might guess, I had the...
AEG TRANSPARENCY
As we have seen, I have a problem with iconic architectural images. When I was in architecture school and the AEG Turbine Building by Behrens (1908) was discussed, in every instance I was presented...
PROJECT AN OBJECT OUT OF MOON
In Vers Une Architecture, LeCorbusier states. “The plan proceeds from within to without; the exterior is the result of an interior. The elements of architecture are light and shade, walls and space.” The plan...
THE CHINESE AND THE JESUITS
From The Mustard Seed Manual of Painting. 1679. Eastern artists, such as the ancient Chinese, did not accept the linear perspective. The Jesuit missionaries found that when the Chinese were shown images with...
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