Good job with the postings - the juxtaposition of your themes begs the interesting question of how they relate to each other. Is truth alone not fun enough? How far can the whimsical "distort" the aspects of truth: your examples range from decorations to direct impact on the structure & space.
Back to "truth": You formulate the classic goal of the mutual dependance of space, structure, light and materials. How does Neuschwanstein factor in this category? This castle seems to be more about the picturesque with its fantasy style decorating the landscape in an almost painterly manner. Maybe there is a sub category here about a certain attitude about the context ( fitting in, complementing, place making, ...) that contributes to an overall idea of truth. Was this your intent behind showing this image?
I am looking forward to discussing your ideas next week.
Mike, Just wanted to let you know that I thought the Whimsy theme was a great choice! The buildings you selected were perfect examples - while assembling my own collections, I also had a "whimsy" theme going (but it fell through to the "emotion theme). I thought you might appreciate these other examples as well: http://tinyurl.com/ynrqou or http://tinyurl.com/2ejw4s
Let me echo the other sentiments by saying excellent choices on the "whimsy" board - that collection could have taken a dangerous Disneyland-esque turn, but I think you judiciously chose some ideal examples.
As a sidenote, have you read the article the MIT is suing Gehry for, among other things, dangerous chunks of snow and ice sliding from the building? They may want to have a word with you regarding whimsy.
I thought your topic of "truth" was great. I agree that manking is constantly seeking truth, and that we can help in that regard as far as architecture is concerned. To many times we see materials used as veneer or cladding, what about solid, real material that has meaning. I really liked the image of the house in WA, and the Day chapel that showed some real timber,I am asumming the rest of the seating was solid wood. Great choices.
What is whimsy today will be the standard in the future. It seems like as the younger generations become the decision makers, this will become the type built environment they will relate to. It amazes me from my nieces and nephews what they relate to and why. Interesting choices, looking forward to discussions as things develop in our classes.
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Mike,
Good job with the postings - the juxtaposition of your themes begs the interesting question of how they relate to each other. Is truth alone not fun enough? How far can the whimsical "distort" the aspects of truth: your examples range from decorations to direct impact on the structure & space.
Back to "truth": You formulate the classic goal of the mutual dependance of space, structure, light and materials. How does Neuschwanstein factor in this category? This castle seems to be more about the picturesque with its fantasy style decorating the landscape in an almost painterly manner. Maybe there is a sub category here about a certain attitude about the context ( fitting in, complementing, place making, ...) that contributes to an overall idea of truth. Was this your intent behind showing this image?
I am looking forward to discussing your ideas next week.
Enno
Mike,
Just wanted to let you know that I thought the Whimsy theme was a great choice! The buildings you selected were perfect examples - while assembling my own collections, I also had a "whimsy" theme going (but it fell through to the "emotion theme). I thought you might appreciate these other examples as well:
http://tinyurl.com/ynrqou
or
http://tinyurl.com/2ejw4s
Let me echo the other sentiments by saying excellent choices on the "whimsy" board - that collection could have taken a dangerous Disneyland-esque turn, but I think you judiciously chose some ideal examples.
As a sidenote, have you read the article the MIT is suing Gehry for, among other things, dangerous chunks of snow and ice sliding from the building? They may want to have a word with you regarding whimsy.
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N53/lawsuit.html
Hello Mike,
I thought your topic of "truth" was great. I agree that manking is constantly seeking truth, and that we can help in that regard as far as architecture is concerned. To many times we see materials used as veneer or cladding, what about solid, real material that has meaning. I really liked the image of the house in WA, and the Day chapel that showed some real timber,I am asumming the rest of the seating was solid wood. Great choices.
Mike,
What is whimsy today will be the standard in the future. It seems like as the younger generations become the decision makers, this will become the type built environment they will relate to. It amazes me from my nieces and nephews what they relate to and why. Interesting choices, looking forward to discussions as things develop in our classes.
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