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.
WITzibaldone
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?
In the example of Burj Khalifa (the Dubai skyscraper) the structure that is used is the bundled tube design. The concept of a tube system is to resist lateral loads by designing a hollow cantilever that is perpendicular to the ground. This allows minimal structure inside the space as it is pushed to the exterior walls. The method of tube design is developed through reinforced concrete in this case. Special mixes of concrete were used to withstand high pressures from the massive building weight. The site would ultimately determine the application of the concrete. The Persian Gulf temperatures would reach 122 degrees Fahrenheit during the day. Most of the concrete was poured at night when the air is cooler and the humidity is higher. The cooler concrete mix cures evenly with a lower rick in it cracking. A bundled tube design through concrete would be my interpretation of how this building is held up.
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.
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