US3: The rest is still unwritten....

A blank chapter gives the impression of progression from one cconcept of design to the temporary time period of design. The pages that not been written apon our waiting for our generation to become a past concept and its time period to take after the older generation. Mondernism....will it continue?

Let's See.....  

Earlier chapters inside this book will only give a couple examples of influential designers and their remarkable pieces for their time period. These influential designers were most likely rich and smart. So with the ideas of the earlier chapters only letting a few pages be formatted and edited for publishing we realize that these are the examples of design that pave the way for other desginers in the future. Without, the introduction of this book multiple chapters could not be created.  

The next chapters will fuse and combine the ideas from the design form the beginning of the book and revist them through new and unique pieces of architecture that the newer generation believe as art. And as the reader reads these pages of the next chapters following the beginning of the book they realize this concept by seeing similar construction in all the newer pieces of design. So the one reading are able to read and comprhend what others that were written about in the book could not live to see.

The most recent chapters in desgin realized that they would break the rules of just having a few elite and brillent designers rule the cause of design because in the 19th century the first fairs were being built. And everyone knows fairs are not run by extremely smart or rich individuals. More designers of all levels of social- economical statuses came together to create what I believe to be fair design. 

As I reflect back on the last design unit I realized that there was barely any mention of any king who built the structure in the presentation of how powerful he was, or a duke getting a famous designer to build him a palace out of stone. We loose the interpretation of status and educational status as the design world porgesses on this is why the final chapter leaves no room for designer discrimnation and opens the door for possiablities for anybody who dreams of design to go out and find a way to achieve thier desires. 

THE END  

RR13: Higher Technology- ohlala

Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, Centre Georges Pompidou. This is the prime manifestations of this approach of High Tech architecture. It is expressed as an inside out, so to speak.

• High Tech maintains the art of exoskeletal buildings like pictured above. And he Pompidou is a maze of color coded air ducts, electrical conduits, and Plexiglas-enclosed escalators.  
• The High Tech aspect of design in architecture as a "machine like sometimes compared to pure art.
• Overall, this modern aspect of design interests me the most because it makes something so simple look futuristic and "high tech"

Santiago Calatrava, Lyon-Satolos TGV Terminal. The designers achieves forms suggesting organic forms in nature, like wings on a bird. The terminal actually looks like it could take flight as in the "high tech" aspect of this building is the fact that it could fly away.


I.M. Pei, The Grande Louvre, an exoskeleton of a pyramid of glass. This is majorly modern because it takes form of an ancient form but made completely more modern. This beautiful piece of architecture is placed in the center of old century France.


"High Tech" is a development of late Modernism which celebrates technical innovation and finesse. It's a continuation of that aspect of Modernism that used to be called "structural exhibitionism," which is the intent to astonish the viewer by unprecedented daring in sturctural form, or at least to elicit admiration for structure for its own sake. There was, you recall, also the intent of early Modern architecture to call attention to industrial components. The Bauhaus was "high tech" in this sense, with its repetitive, mass-produced glazing"
-Paul Malo

B14: My Design World*

Object:

I have the taste for expensive looking objects.My top favorite expensive object is a chandelier which displays glass that resembles elegant diamonds falling from the sky. With this object brings the memories of the past elegant decades in Europe especially England. I like the idea of the past elegance still being used today.

Building: In India, the architecture that are crafted in the buildings give an elegance that I love as well. The Taj Mahal has a welcoming to it as well, that makes any visitor to India desiring to explore inside. The detailing involved with the marble dome and the stands make this structure unique and one of the wonders of the world. The exterior design is nothing compared to the interior design and religious interior importance. I love buildings that were created for a specific purpose and has been around for awhile and many can still visit this location. 

Space:  open space is a true beauty to me. Gardens that are laid across an open space with unique artistic designs crafted in the boundries gives me a certain smile and appreciation to the designer. I love the gardens of versialles its beauty makes me joyous and curious all at the same time. Because I wonder how can someone create something so beautiful.  The designs that are displayed with a body of water centered in the middle of the garden makes the entire space a glourious, and organized garden.

  

Place: the bahammas islands is a place that I have always wanted to travel to and stay at Atlantis. This resort is so magnificent to the tourism industry. Every since I was little I have always wanted to venture to see this huge resort for myself. The interior of this resort has viewing tanks that displays many different species of fish in a tank. The pools, bars, and beach all contribute to this place. The many different rooms and discoveries make this a number one on my lists of places to go.  

RR11: A urban park located right in the centor of New York

The Park of a Millon Acres



 
Central Park, Bird Eye View.(1853-83)
https://www.lipid.org/meetings/2011/annual/nyc.php

• Central park is four million cubic yards with up to four to five million trees planted.
• In 1872, its first year of operation, the park attraction ten million vistors.
• Central park is designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux
• Andrew Downing an advocate for landscape design believed that one could bring nature to the city in the forms of parks, but only if they were big enough to stimulate a landscape.

Around Central Park there are 29 sculptures found all across central park.
http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/centralpark/highlights/6416

"And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park. "
-Christo
One day in this park will hold a lifetime of memories

BP12: "A good design for all" who are running around with bottles and dirty diapers

Nurseries: I chose the space design of a nursery as a "good design for all" as far as accessibility to parents and in home baby care.

"A good design for all", in my book means that in this case the available space works to increase advantages for the users and creators of a certain space. In case of the actual user of a nursery, which are the parents and the infant being supported by the creation of the room, the space is definitely beneficial. From the organized drawers of diapers located below the changing table, to the rocking chair located near the corner to soothe a infant to sleep, a nursery has no negatives at all. In fact parents do not always have to be the occupants because baby-sitters and nannies can do their paid job inside the nursery as well. Now the positives for the users of the space are definitely infinite so is the actual designers experience of creation to form a unique and beautiful nursery. The designer can definitely gain word of mouth from nursery creations in neighborhoods and offices. The designer can also become known for the unique combination of color, the actual arrangement of nursery objects, and the total comfort of the nursery.

Overall, a nursery is a WIN-WIN situation!

US2: Architecture unfolds all it's futurastic tendencies

07 feb 2011
The beauty behind architecture,


Pastel Heavens.
when discussing the different cathedrals and places of worship from the world's past in class, I began to really visualize the concept that structures can hold more than a simple constructional meaning. A simple example of this is understanding the domes that can be found in many Gothic cathedrals in the 1400's. My examination of understanding the Florence dome created by Brunelleschi as a "heaven" was found in my RR7.  

"Brunelleschi's Dome can be compared to the world because of the significance of the interior artwork and the purpose of the cathedral in general as an earthly gate to heaven. I love the concept of this architectural concept that was taught to us in class on a perspective towards domes in places of worship"

I think that putting the actual symbolism of faith while fitting the actual symbols into the structure gives the architecture of faith a beauty that many can overlook. And once they are pointed out to an onlooker many just gaze in amazement at such a powerful message.    

 Music in Architecture?
it is actually nice to picture a building with a beautiful significance besides the interior decoration and artistic beauty. The beauty that is so unique and what most people might overlook on a daily basis is what music one might imagine to be played or sermonized inside a structure.

Music + architecture do play an important part with one another. and i believe that the tie between the two can give one a deeper feel for the actual structure.

When every detail that has a more deeper feel to the composition of a building/church comes together the entire structure can be mistaken for a building that one might have seen before but never witnessed before in their entire life.  

14 feb 2011

the first millennium ends
with many newly invented ideas constructed into unique structures,

new world maps to discover enlightened places.
the modern map for the new age begins and the roman empire begins to lead this age with power and evidence.  So most of the simple errors from the old ages are dropped for the more significant new ways especially when it comes to constructing a world map.

"The dark ages" have been shoved under the carpet for the more newly adapted ideas. For the massive societies and more vast structures. 

I think that the movement from one time period to another was interesting to study because there were so many changes that can be identified as extremely different types of architecture in the same cities and countries.

21 feb 2011-28 feb 2011
The eastern+ western design rule book,
is there really one? (Breaking of the rules?)

The Rules
these "rules" are found in the eastern and western parts of the world have been mended and not broken but adapted to the many changes in each of their societies.  I mean the most interesting things that I learned is that even though the societies of the east and the west were on the complete opposite side of the world they shared many characteristics.  

I believe that there is not a rule book in the sense of constructing a structure for one side of the world instead of the other, especially in our modern world of today. However back in the early years of the world there are definitely VERY obvious details that set apart the Asian from the French world just like the structures in Italy differ from the structures in South America.   

   


14 mar 2011
colonial expansion brings people + ideas together 
but a difference does exist.

coming across seas to combine ideas
 many different nations became interested in how other nations were creating thier structures. This time period gave many different socities that were so strict on tradition the diversity that they never imagined. Like swedish members of society creating chinese inspired gardens that very so extravagent and conceptually beautiful.

reaching across seas and contients creates the most diverse amounts of architecture ever. It also makes you travel to a different scoiety while remaining in another countient. I belive that this aspect in the worlds time period makes the world seem more as one. 

21 mar 2011

political, social, and cultural brings revolution and evolution to the world, 

industrial revolution
there were new ways to learn how to construct buildings and new ways of imagining how one building might operate from another. The concept of using metal to create many buildings and other structures came to terms with many new architectural items. I thought this idea of metal being so unique in those times so hilarous because that is what we use now a days so much in the construction of our buildings.

Overall,  the lesson for this unit is learning how the world might observe architecture and how other parts of the world use as well as observe thier own architecture as well as others. This is how modernism came into effect, and i believe that each one of these weeks left me wanting to learn why such a diverse world would become so particular to what they create. Because yes each nation has different architecture of music but the symbolism that is found in many architectural structures can be found in every building all around the world. So in fact the world is not that much archietecturally different than amny belieeve maybe, it is just that each nation has its particular brand that other nations find agrreable and marketable as well.

BP11: Monderism is it still Modern, Beijing?

This structure was created for the 2008 Olympics and it encompasses the idea of the "metal design" that many 20th century architectures used. The unique dome that holds a stadium that can hold up to 91,000.  I think that so many designers and people thought that modernism was so important at the beginning of the 20th century to be able to start building upon the future. Without their drive to discover new architectural techniques we would still be living in mud houses and driving horse buggies. Modernism is the desire to become more modern and begin to find the new centuries flavor and unique qualities.  

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6371119.html

RR11: "The Art and Craft of the Machine"

Frank Lloyd Wright




• His work was strongly linked to Morris English Arts and Crafts movement.
• He believed that the architecture of the future would of necessity be built of machine-formed elements.
• He inspired the exploration of wood with and expansive house plans which may not have been popular in Europe but could be found in America.
• He ignored traditional forms and building methods to start his own unique brand that sets him apart from other designers.

The picture above depicts the creativity that Frank Lloyd Wright explored in his mind. 

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) http://www.bolender.com/Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright/Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright.htm



To the right is the Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio where he crafted diverse constructions and constructed the unique magic that madee him one of the diverse modern designers of his time.
http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2009/06/if_youre_a_fan_of_frank_lloyd.html

Below is the image of Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water, one of the most natural influential structures for the twenitth century.
http://www.wright-house.com/frank-lloyd-wright/fallingwater-pictures/F1SW-fallingwater-in-fall.html

"Fallingwater is famous because the house in its setting embodies a powerful ideal-that people today can learn to live in harmony with nature. . .As technology uses more and more natural resources, as the world’s population grows even larger, harmony with nature is necessary for the very existence of mankind."
- Edgar Kaufmann, jr.

RR9: Europea-(chi)nise??

Chinese Gardens in Europe?

The image found on your left :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/2731358138/

• In 1585, Pope Gegory XII instructed the Spanish priest priest Juan Gonalez de Mendoza to set down all that was known about China.
• Interest in Europe began to become very interested in Chinese myths and legends which grabbed the interest to write about Chinese architecture in Swedan.
• Soon in 1675, Eureopean courts began to adapt certain Chinese themes for thier gardens. The first teahouse was built by Louis XIV which was made with porcelain patterns tiles.
• The building did not last long at all, because of the leaks in the ceiling. This lesson gave Germans an upper advantage to create the most famous teahouse pictured above built by the Prussian emperor Frederick the Great.

Image found above: Sans Souci, Potsdam
http://www.planetware.com/picture/potsdam-sanssouci-palace-d-d047.htm

• This served as the emperor's summer retreat, which had several pavilons including the teahouse.

What is so intersting is that even though the prinicple of using chinese materials to build Eureopean landscapes and gardens, the chinese use this idea for all the buildings in  China not just for the emperor for the emperor of Prussia. But the Eurepoean and Chinese combination is Very Beautiful!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgangstaudt/708722692/

"This jewel box of a palace is within an hour's drive of Berlin, through leafy glades and past the former KGB headquarters in Potsdam. It is French-inspired, a modest twelve-room one-storey folly replete with windmills and Oriental overtones. The handsome chambers are richly furnished, the walls covered with the Watteaus that Friedrich II so admired."

-Anonomous

BP9: From Ancient Greece to the Rich Southern American Soil

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/parthenon-and-the-acropolis-landmark.htm

Colonial Expansion = is the action that creates  a new world that carries the same basic implications/rules that the home, mother country has as their basic structure of architecture and design.


When I picture the older colonies of America the image of an old southern plantation popped in my head. Plantations were very popular in southern states in America during the 1800's. I began to find it very interesting that I found the resemblance between the magnificent Parthenon and these southern plantations.

The picture on the right is an example of what kind of plantation I relate to the Parthenon.  I mean the differences can definitely outweigh the basic similarity of the basic columns located around every side of the plantation which is just like the Parthenon. The colonies in America around the 1800's had actually advanced to building layered homes like the Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Palazzo de' Medici in France in the 1440's (except the plantation rule is having more land to represent wealth instead of space taken up by the building.)

http://myrtlewood.blogspot.com/2009/06/inspiration-real-life-southern.html

The combination of stacking rooms and living spaces  with columns located on the exterior which then gives everyone the rememberable picture of a plantation.

But Let's Not Forget......
The Porch!http://www.flickr.com/photos/11346181@N06/2146556753/
The unique characteristics that these southern plantations have is the exterior porches stretching on both two-story layers of the building. Which can be explained as the American plantation specific unique characteristic.

But overall,

Language in the plantation compared to the language of the Parthenon cannot be compared because the meaning behind one is significantly greater than the other. The Parthenon was built for the worship of a goddess while a Plantation is built for the upholding a "business" in a sense.

Erin Matthews
Non-Major

RR8: Where the Zen Masters of the World Reside

Ryoanji
"The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon"

• This temple is located in Japan, and one can find the most famous dry gardens here
• It was created in 1480 in the foothills of Kyoto
• The temple's gardens have many intrepretations but this place was made for mediation not a meaning.

Dry?
Zen monks invented the concept of  a dry meditation garden, because they thought it to be pratically necessary.  but the concept of the mediation graden having no foligae, waterfalls, or mountains surronding the landscape for mind escape was only created in Japan during the 15th century.

 

• The shoguns began to reduce plot size and the natural scenery of the mediation garden
• So the shoguns would incorporat these aspects of natural beauty in an abstract way which was, detailing the plain garden.

• The detailing of these dry gardens were found in the color of the pebbles or the moss placed in areas to basically represent the natural aspect of water. 

Absolute delight can be experienced here for the users of this peaceful haven. Because this place is unlike any other mediation temple. And without a doubt creates interest to the simple eye. The beauty found at this whole is one that can only be found in the tiny details that encompass the entire achitectural whole.

“The garden is a world within a world.  The Japanese who so skillfully strip the veneer of beauty to find the pure element or the essence of form, delight in the image that is multi-layered.”
– Mark Holborn, The Ocean in the Sand – Japan: From Landscape to Garden.

Erin Matthews
Non-Major

BP8: The Shell for All Sportsmanship=The Gift of the Stadium

My Nautilus Shell

Rome, Italy 80 A.D.

https://ancientworld2009.wikispaces.com/Labuza,+Katherine

The theme for my nautilus shell is the idea of the architectural "sportsmanship" literally and figuratively aspect of constructing a stadium. I thought this concept grabs me as interesting because even though the first Colosseum originated in an earlier time period the development throughout the centuries barely altered.  Above is the image of the ancient Colosseum in Rome which was created around the time of 80 A.D. The circle interior base staged many gladiators where they fought gallantly while a disturbing execution might be staged the next. The ancient Roman Colosseum holds true to a circular layer seating arrangements for all the awed spectators to witness each unforgettable occasion together as one. The layering of this ancient building has exterior circular layers connected  by columns and space to walk for each layer. The interior of the Colosseum has an open view for spectating by having seating wrapped around the entire circular structure. The Colosseum is open which meant that these games and occasions probably went on rain or snow.

LSU Football Stadium 1924

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=177159

This open arena/ Colosseum/ stadium idea was still reflected from the streets of Ancient Rome to Batan Rouge, Louisiana in America. Even if the critical aspect of what took place at this specific structure was not as violent as it was in ancient day, the stature hailed almost completely similar.  It was similar in the aspect of having an open spectating gathering place which became a tradition that happens in present day as well. This early structure displayed above of LSU stadium is definitely not at all entirely circular, in fact it differs from the Colosseum because of that. But the structure is supported by long columns which supports a more rectangular seating area which is then reflected on the other side.

The third and most unique concept of modernizing the ancient coliseum is the "bird nest" located in Beijing, China. It is definitely not held up by columns or layered like the other two examples instead the exterior is designed in a certain kind of metal weaving that gives it a futuristic feel. The shape is still circular and the seating is arranged by the shape of the structure, but the feel from the ancient days is still there. 

Because just like the ancients the modern Colosseum was built for a audience to come together as one identity in the moment to witness something spectacular.  

Beijing, China Olympic Stadium  2008

http://www.arkitecto.info/beijing-national-stadium/beijing_national_stadium/

RR7: "The World" brushed within the Pastel Heavens



 Brunelleschi's Dome can be compared to the world because of the significance of the interior artwork and the purpose of the cathedral in general as an earthly gate to heaven. I love the concept of this architectural concept that was taught to us in class on a perspective towards domes in places of worship. 
http://icicp.blogspot.com/2010/04/healing-earth-with-service.html


This picture is the view of the entire Florence cathedral. This view proves how extravagant the dome structure is compared to the rest of the cathedral.   

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Italian%20Images/Single%20frames/Portraits/Brunelleschi.htm

Brunelleschi’s World

When others deemed the creation of the estimated span impossible, Brunelleschi reached for the evidence exemplified in the Pantheon to prove that his world could be raised above ground stretching to the heavens.

His ideas were pondered throughout the years 1417-1420.

This is the interior of the Florence cathedral's dome painted with biblical pictures to entice the public about heaven or a greater God.

http://www.s-church.net/PhotoAlbum.aspx?ID=ITALY2006-DAY9&PAGE=16 

• The construction of the Dome began in 1420.
• The dome was topped in 1434.
• It’s construction method owes much to Gothic techniques. (So thanks to France)
• The dome is actually two, one nested inside one another, a thicker one inside and a thinner one outside.  

Do I believe that Brunelleschi's was one of the most influential architects in the Italian Renaissance?
Yes!
Leon Battisa Alberti praised Brunelleschi's achievement, because since the creation and structure of the dome was "unknown and unthought-of among the ancients." Brunelleschi conquered the ideas and culture to create the dawn of the new Renaissance.  

BP7: Happiness Found in Personal Locations

To me: an architecture of  happiness involves the combination of efforts from the visual experience, the personal reflection, and the overall beauty of a specific space or place :)

The idea of this happiness implying to the "rules" of architecture can be both agreed upon or DISREGARDED because when creating a a place or space of happiness, one must understand the basic principles to create architecture that follows the rules but can also have a set of unique personal guidelines that are used for backbone support as well.

My happy place on campus is located  behind the EUC where another fountain on campus can be found.  I find happiness at this location for the fact of open harmonious decorated space and the social common area for sitting which is all organized together underneath a natural environment. During a nice sunny day, a couple can enjoy lunch together outside at this location, a hardworking student can organize notes, and day care children can sit around the fountain for lunch time.  Debotton says "Belief in significance of architecture is premised on the notion that we are, for the better or for worse, different people in different places- and on the conviction that is architecture's task to render vivid to us who we might ideally be."  (pg.11) I agree with this statement fully and there can be evidence to his belief found everyday at this happy location.
Rule: A basic rule of architecture can be the axis found at my happy place. The EUC and the fountain are located in a line going straight, and can be continued to follow a continuous axis throughout campus.  

 Now,  my happy space is located inside the EUC on the first floor. The room is specifically called the mediation room for the obvious nature of obtaining absolute silence from the entry to the interior. The entire room gives a calming feel. The space is so uniquely quiet from many spaces on campus and when searching for a getaway I find this room to make me extremely happy. I can focus in this room or sit quietly to just think to myself. This room has a window to also view my happy place through a wide glass window on the far right of the room. To block the entire glare of the sun that the window might have brought to the room there are light blue dimmers to give the room again the calm, relaxing feel of almost like a fountain which now both my space and place share. 

Rule: A basic rule of architecture is a sacred circle which is the place for gathering in early times. A place of sacredness, and unity for many early tribes and cultures. In the happy space the circle is a focal point. The circle has different flooring material from rest of the rooms floor interior.  The circle is solid wood while the rest of the flooring is carpet. The circle holds the rooms presence of silence and mediation together as one complete whole.

Erin Matthews

Non-Major

Pictures taken by myself.

RR6: The Beginning of a New Age, The Middle to be Exact: The Motte + Bailey

A Motte + Bailey During the Middle Ages the feudal system and rural living with a manor ruled the time. The time of the Roman Empire's system of a central government in which a single emperor ruled diminished giving the oppurtunity to "land lords." I say this because in the time of the Middle Ages there was a system of direct personal contracts in which a vassal pleged service to a lord, and  a farmer pleged thier farm production to the vassal ruler. This process of exchanging money and societal roles went on until the lowest peasant, but all factors of production and consumption would be given to the lord.  

This is why no doubt that the lord's "palace" was located on a Motte "a mound." The literal definition of a motte describes the literal placement of the lord's manor which stands on a mound of dirt in Medival days. To know that the lord is on the top of this mound symbolizes society in a clear sene for the Medival Ages.

a Bailey is a "walled enclosure" that laid below the motte. The Bailey was the residence for all the other inhabitants of the manor which included the vassals, servants, and peasants.  Since the Bailey is  below the manor where the lord lives, the bailey is displayed as inferior to the motte and manor.
Overall, the Motte and the Bailey come togehter to create a perfect example of the hierarchy that was created in the early Medival Times.

The Single Image's Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pianoteacher3/early_myler_ancestors.html
and the rest of the reflection can be found in the Roth reading 303-304.

Designed by :
Erin Matthews
Non-Major

B6: The Glow of Religious Cathedrals

Brunelleschi's Dome: "The Duomo"

This Italian cathedral gives off the specific Italian vibe that art drives all passion, even when it comes to constructing a religious structure. The rounded arches and simple whole structure of the entire building gives me the warm welcoming Catholic feel. This cathedral is also known for it's extravagant dome that houses interior displays of Italian religious artwork in a pivotal rotation on the ceiling. Not only does the interior display artwork but also houses multiple amounts of stain glass designs that can be viewed from the exterior and interior.  Color rules this interior which may distract many who attend a service, but otherwise religious entirety displays the true meaning of "the duomo". The WorldAs discussed in class the dome shape in many  religious structures represents the world as the designer imagined. As depicted in the picture above from "the duomo" one may visualize the world as a religious core that ones who inhabit the earth worship the God of the World to reach heaven. I see the world as the lower outer rim of the dome which follows into the middle and further interior of the dome. I depict heaven as the open space in the direct axis of the dome where one can visualize a greater worldly identity further into the sky. 

   The Simple Salisbury

This plain English Gothic cathedral is located near the area of France that can directly influence the concept of Gothic identity.  The exterior of this cathedral is constructed from more of vertical, pointed spikes which are also displayed in the interior arches as well. The exterior of this structure displays such a decorative inviting feeling to onlookers to further travel inside the religious medieval sanctuary. The Salisbury cathedral is significantly more religious to me from the duomo for the simple less decorative interior to keep the idea of religious importance first from the artistic beauty of visuals. There is however a specific architectural beauty that can be distracting to the eye from the detailed interior spiked arches and intriguing spiked ceiling.  

* The cognitive map is still something that I had a hard time grasping. I struggled on this part of the blog post. Sorry to have waited until last minute to respond as not knowing parts of the classroom material. 

By: Erin Matthews 

NON-MAJOR

Unit Summary: Erin Matthews Non-Major

Week One: Looking in + outward of symbols such as objects, spaces, buildings, and places
The basis of this week was to understand that each person can interpret items and structural places differently.
Objects: Are items that are taking up space in an environment. Examples: chairs, statues, or desks.
Spaces: Can be defined as where a particular object is located and are defined because of theses objects. Examples: A football field, a ballet studio, or a classroom.
Buildings: Are structures that are filled with rooms that are spaces which have objects inside.
Examples: A church, a opera house, or a gym.
Places: Are where multiple buildings, spaces, and objects may be located

Examples: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the city of Charlotte, or the Umhlametsi Nature reserve in South Africa.

Week Two: Circles, Groves, and Stacks
This week we studied early cultures and how the basic structures of circles, groves, and stacks were used to come together to build many temples, and buildings at that time.
Circles create equality. The space in the middle is usually sacred for the builders of a circle, and some parts of the circle are included while do not have to be included.  Example: Stonehenge
Groves can be a series of columns or tall vertical structures that point to the sky that resemble trees, or people.

Stacks are layers of composition literally stacked upon each other that resemble mountains.

Week Three: Expanding the knowledge of Stacks and Groves atop of the Acropolis's

As we began to discuss the many structures of the Acropolis I began to realize how the concept of how groves, and stacks came together as many different buildings to create such a remarkable and memorable place. My favorite building atop of the Acropolis is the Parthenon for its strong presence of thick grove like columns and the presence of simple stacking for the base of the building.

Week Four: Commodity, Firmness, and Delight

Commodity describes the value of a certain space of building. Firmness describes how strong a space or building is or how long it has been around. And Delight describes how a place or building makes you feel.

RR4: Roman History from 1000 - 31 B.C.E

The B.C.E History

Roman history is divided into three distinct phases: the rule of the early kings, the republic, and the empire.

At about 1000 B.C.E groups of Balkan settlers moved into the Italian peninsula among these men were Latins. Roughly 300 years later, it is believed, the Etruscans moved into the area north of Rome which is now Tuscany. The Etruscans gradually began to dominate the neighboring tribes including the Latins.

The Etruscans forced a king upon the city of Rome but Rome soon rebelled in 509 B.C.E and became a republic governed by a senate.

To gain more control of the surrounding lands the Romans fought a series of rigorous battles which gained them control of the Greek colonies. So by 265 B.C.E Rome was in control of the entire Italian peninsula.

The fight for power did not end at Greece but traveled to North Africa which consisted of the Punic wars, which gained Rome access to North Africa. 

The disadvantage to the growth of the Roman Empire resulted in many annexed colonies around the Mediterranean Sea which led Romans to call the Sea mare nostrum,"our sea."

In 46 B.C.E., Julius Caesar was appointed dictator by the senate for ten years in hope of ending the civil wars, but two years later, he was assassinated by those who wanted the old Republic back. 
Then in 31 B.C.E, Julius Caesar's nephew Octavian defeated Mark Anthony and Cleopatra extending Rome into Egypt.

This victory gained Octavian emperor and head of the army which gave him the title of Augustus. He reined for forty-one years marked by peace and the establishment of imperial bureaucracy that functioned smoothly even after his death.

Erin Matthews
Non- Major

BP5-Dale Chihuly's Fiore Di Como's Bellagio Ceiling Decoration ( A Quatrain): Crafted Flowers of the Sky

Such harmony consists here among the flowers of composition and form.

Each colored emphasis creates such elegance and unity which only the flowers know may enrapture the will for distinct beauty. 

Molded to a texture of smooth waves builds an emotion of tenderness and sensibility which may entrance a specific desire to reach high for the flowers of the multi-colored sky.


Plastered to the sky is where the flowers lie but caught in layered harmony is where such a bewildering tempo lays.


The link to the crafted flowers:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewmorrell/44509255/

Erin Matthews
Non-Major