There isn't always a necessary need to always frame views. Sometimes windows are used only to allow light into the building. However in certain situations a window of a framed view in this case can reveal the site in a way never seen before. The building can make you pause it can make you notice what is already there. Maybe you would have never stopped to look at it if it wasn't framed. For the Salk institute, that view exists on both sides of the building but when you stand in the court yard it all that you see drawing you in. Other times maybe in a urban situation you have a view regardless just because you want to have windows. So instead of just making windows the views of other space can actually develop the shape of the building. Finally the site could be more important than the building itself so that, the buildings form literally becomes a landing trying to re-situate you in the site in a new way.
This blog will be the virtual memory theater for the program. Each student is asked to produce a series of short responses that will form their own personal zibaldone. The term zibaldone refers to the small notebooks used to write long passages that could be attributed to their roles by players in the commedia dell’Art We will use the modern zibaldone to document our travels through the semester.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Zibaldone 11
Q: Why do we feel the need to "frame" views?
There isn't always a necessary need to always frame views. Sometimes windows are used only to allow light into the building. However in certain situations a window of a framed view in this case can reveal the site in a way never seen before. The building can make you pause it can make you notice what is already there. Maybe you would have never stopped to look at it if it wasn't framed. For the Salk institute, that view exists on both sides of the building but when you stand in the court yard it all that you see drawing you in. Other times maybe in a urban situation you have a view regardless just because you want to have windows. So instead of just making windows the views of other space can actually develop the shape of the building. Finally the site could be more important than the building itself so that, the buildings form literally becomes a landing trying to re-situate you in the site in a new way.
There isn't always a necessary need to always frame views. Sometimes windows are used only to allow light into the building. However in certain situations a window of a framed view in this case can reveal the site in a way never seen before. The building can make you pause it can make you notice what is already there. Maybe you would have never stopped to look at it if it wasn't framed. For the Salk institute, that view exists on both sides of the building but when you stand in the court yard it all that you see drawing you in. Other times maybe in a urban situation you have a view regardless just because you want to have windows. So instead of just making windows the views of other space can actually develop the shape of the building. Finally the site could be more important than the building itself so that, the buildings form literally becomes a landing trying to re-situate you in the site in a new way.
Zibaldone 11
Q: What holds a building up?
A: Traditionally, brick has been used in architecture as a
structural element. The material is abundant, modular, economic, ecologic and
incredibly strong in compression. However, in the example of the Tate Modern,
designed by Herzog and De Meuron, brick is expressed as a permeable screen. So
what holds the building up? In this case, a network of reinforced concrete
columns and beams make up the ‘bones’ of the building. Precast concrete lintels
and pins are also attached to the structure, allowing for windows and keeping
the brick screen in place.
Zibaldone 11
Where do stairs begin and end?
It can be argued that stairs do not have a beginning or an
end. We can see an example of this in
the etchings of Piranesi. He creates
stairs that seem to have no beginning or end; they just disappear off the
page. Then we have the reference from
the movie, Inception when two of the
characters are walking on a set of stairs continuously without noticing that
they are at going anywhere. But a much
clearer way to answer this question is to say that stairs begin with a rise and
end with a tread. The tread that one who
end with would be a floor or maybe even a landing if you think about it.
Zibaldone 10
Why does a building have to be aesthetically pleasing? Shouldn't a building just perform to the best of it capability and not worry about how it looks?
Zibaldone 11: What Holds A Building Up?
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Sampling- Zimbaldone Undici
The difference between architecture
and hip hop sampling all comes down to the different ways of making a song or
building. A song can be created using anything that makes a sound, and with any
different pitch or combination of different instruments. Look at the new delta
faucet commercial, featuring percussionist Glenn Kotche, he makes a song out of
touch faucets and the water that it produces. Not only do we have hundreds of
different instruments but more sounds are used in music every day.
Let us
contrast this to architecture, how many different building materials can you
name? Can you name more building materials than things that produce sound?
Music has copyright laws because of the infinite ways to make a melody, two
songs that are identical without one sampling the other is unfathomable. Because
there is a finite amount of architectural strategies, if they can be
copyrighted, it won’t be long until new graduates have to literally re-invent
the brick to make a career for themselves.
Peter Cataldo - Zibaldone 11
Typically, when there is a
noticeable seam between two buildings, it means that the buildings were
constructed at different times. Some transitions between those buildings can be
relatively smooth and not very noticeable, while other times the buildings
contrast greatly and one of them may seem out of place.
One common way to connect two
buildings is to use a party wall (one wall that is shared between two adjacent
structures). One may notice that turning the corner on the upper levels of an
adjacent building has not been thought about. The timeline of the surrounding
construction plays a big role in answering how the building turns a corner
(maybe originally the corners were not exposed).
Although some connections look
funky and out of place, they can bring a certain texture to the landscape that
enriches the surrounding culture.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Zibaldone 11
Why do we continue to build homes the same way today that we did in the 18th century?
I would like to interpret this question as asking why they follow the same guidelines when it comes to layout and purpose. Although reasoning has changed, it remains practical. When homes were first being constructed in the 18th century, they served no other purpose than to provide shelter, gathering space, and a designated area for food preparation. Why? Because those were the three main services a household was to provide. Building supplies and workers were scarce which, I am assuming, determined the overall size of these structures.
I would like to interpret this question as asking why they follow the same guidelines when it comes to layout and purpose. Although reasoning has changed, it remains practical. When homes were first being constructed in the 18th century, they served no other purpose than to provide shelter, gathering space, and a designated area for food preparation. Why? Because those were the three main services a household was to provide. Building supplies and workers were scarce which, I am assuming, determined the overall size of these structures.
Today, contractors have the construction of a house
from start to finish down to a science. Although there is an abundance of
materials and builders, it now solely depends on cost and efficiency. Keeping
simple layouts, not adding unnecessary rooms and keeping the square-footage to
a minimum save money and time allowing for the construction of multiple homes
to house the growing population.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Corey Gibbons - Zibaldone 11
Q: How does a building meet another building?
A: In certain
situations, a building is built in a location where a building(s) already exists. Therefore, the new construction must consider
how it will meet the existing buildings.
Considering how this meeting occurs depends on the desired interaction
between or among new and old. At Cornell
University’s Milstein Hall, by OMA, three existing university buildings border
the site. It was the intention of the project
to directly connect to two of these buildings – Rand Hall and Sibley Hall – to
create an interaction among the programs within the existing and new buildings.
In the space created by the four-story
Rand and Sibley Hall OMA inserted a three-story ‘plate’. However, they way that Milstein Hall
meets the two existing buildings seems to lack delicacy or regard for
their presence. Unfortunately, Milstein Hall
abruptly crashes into Rand and Sibley making it appear as though these two
buildings are disrupting the formality of Milstein.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Zimbaldone Diece
Why do we continue to build homes the same way today that we did in the 18th century? When every other building type has been updated, small homes continue to have the same properties that they did when the pilgrims built them
zibaldone 11 - basta cosi
Now, answer one of your colleagues' questions...150 words, image made not taken, due monday.
Zibaldone 10
Peter Cataldo - Zibaldone 10
A lot of hip-hop music is based on sampling. Early DJ's would find a song's "break" (that funky part of a song that was a simple drum pattern and instrumental piece that focused more on the beat and rhythm of the song rather than the melody) and find ways to have it play longer so people could groove to it (this gave rise to break-dancing and rapping). Soon DJ's found ways to take sounds from multiple sources and put them together to create a new composition. This form of music was very progressive and had a lot of freedom...until it started making money. By this time lawyers of artists that were being sampled started suing these artists for copyright infringements. Since the mass media has been involved, most of the hip-hop music one hears today is not very progressive because it is so restricted.
Can Architecture be sampled? Can someone take elements of multiple buildings/projects and place them together in a cohesive way to create a new composition that would have never been thought of before? Or would it also be subject to lawsuits and copyright infringements? (I understand this discussion can be very long and has many directions that it could go. So, discussing this through text can be very difficult.)
Can Architecture be sampled? Can someone take elements of multiple buildings/projects and place them together in a cohesive way to create a new composition that would have never been thought of before? Or would it also be subject to lawsuits and copyright infringements? (I understand this discussion can be very long and has many directions that it could go. So, discussing this through text can be very difficult.)
Saturday, July 13, 2013
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