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Seminar 1
Q: Stan Allen describes field conditions as “bottom-up phenomena: defined not by overarching geometrical schemas but by intricate local connections.” What are some field condition examples that can be found in the road systems of Lubbock?
A: Some examples of field conditions in Lubbock would be the grid system consisting of street numbers and the way they are lettered, stop signs and lights, grading of the roads, utilities (man holes, poles, etc.).
Q:In part 1, Allen distinguishes a geometric relationship of classical architecture from an algebraic combination of the Cordoba Mosque. How do these two architectural examples differ?
A: Classical is each specific unit related to the whole. While the Cordoba Mosque used an algebraic combination that was a single unit replicated.
Q: What are some other examples of field conditions that can be observed around campus?
A: Paving (sidewalks, roads, crosswalks), parking lots and the spaces within the lot, seats in the football stadium and the spacing of each seat.
Q: How does a field condition stand to redefine the relation between figure and ground?
A: Field condition may represent uses of the space, while figure and ground represent if the space in inhabitable or not. ex. (Giambattista Nolli- Ground Figure Rome Plan)
Q: What is the reality Michael Benedikt writes about?
A: Reality seems to be the absence of symbolism. Benedikt also infers that in the dreams he speaks of, reality is temporal no matter how real the dream may seem.
Q: Benedikt describes degrees of reality in architecture as: Architecture of Dreams, Architecture of Games, Architecture of Illusions, Architecture of Enactments and Architecture of Jokes. What are some example buildings that fall under these categories?
A: Architecture of Joke : Texas Tech English/Philosophy Building
Q: Benedikt describes “direct esthetic experience of the real” as being moments without symbolism. Where in our environment does symbolism occur and where in our environment is symbolism absent? What is an example of this situation?
A: Symbolism: battlefields, Catholic Churches, shopping malls, stadiums
Not Symbolic: parking lot, or even space under powerlines
Q: Although Benedikt’s position pulls examples from the 70‘s and 80‘s to illustrate that an architecture of reality is polar to the post-modern architecture movement, this condition continues to exist today. Where in the city would be examples of an architecture of reality and post-modern architecture?
A: In the city an architecture of reality can be found within parking lots, sewer systems, and even roof tops.
Post-Modern could be found in Las Vegas.
Q: The four components that define the “realness” of an architecture for reality are: presence, significance, materiality, and emptiness (in two categories). How do these components relate to architecture? and What are some examples of architectural elements that make up these conditions?
A: Presence: appropriatness (right to be there), feeling, speaks for itself
Significance: meaning to people, collective value, importance, immediate impact
Materiality: how it is used and not necessarily what it being used, how it informs
Emptiness: containment of space, might be without objects but still full
emptiness that draws one in
A: Some examples of field conditions in Lubbock would be the grid system consisting of street numbers and the way they are lettered, stop signs and lights, grading of the roads, utilities (man holes, poles, etc.).
Q:In part 1, Allen distinguishes a geometric relationship of classical architecture from an algebraic combination of the Cordoba Mosque. How do these two architectural examples differ?
A: Classical is each specific unit related to the whole. While the Cordoba Mosque used an algebraic combination that was a single unit replicated.
Q: What are some other examples of field conditions that can be observed around campus?
A: Paving (sidewalks, roads, crosswalks), parking lots and the spaces within the lot, seats in the football stadium and the spacing of each seat.
Q: How does a field condition stand to redefine the relation between figure and ground?
A: Field condition may represent uses of the space, while figure and ground represent if the space in inhabitable or not. ex. (Giambattista Nolli- Ground Figure Rome Plan)
Q: What is the reality Michael Benedikt writes about?
A: Reality seems to be the absence of symbolism. Benedikt also infers that in the dreams he speaks of, reality is temporal no matter how real the dream may seem.
Q: Benedikt describes degrees of reality in architecture as: Architecture of Dreams, Architecture of Games, Architecture of Illusions, Architecture of Enactments and Architecture of Jokes. What are some example buildings that fall under these categories?
A: Architecture of Joke : Texas Tech English/Philosophy Building
Q: Benedikt describes “direct esthetic experience of the real” as being moments without symbolism. Where in our environment does symbolism occur and where in our environment is symbolism absent? What is an example of this situation?
A: Symbolism: battlefields, Catholic Churches, shopping malls, stadiums
Not Symbolic: parking lot, or even space under powerlines
Q: Although Benedikt’s position pulls examples from the 70‘s and 80‘s to illustrate that an architecture of reality is polar to the post-modern architecture movement, this condition continues to exist today. Where in the city would be examples of an architecture of reality and post-modern architecture?
A: In the city an architecture of reality can be found within parking lots, sewer systems, and even roof tops.
Post-Modern could be found in Las Vegas.
Q: The four components that define the “realness” of an architecture for reality are: presence, significance, materiality, and emptiness (in two categories). How do these components relate to architecture? and What are some examples of architectural elements that make up these conditions?
A: Presence: appropriatness (right to be there), feeling, speaks for itself
Significance: meaning to people, collective value, importance, immediate impact
Materiality: how it is used and not necessarily what it being used, how it informs
Emptiness: containment of space, might be without objects but still full
emptiness that draws one in
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