The duality of the interior and the exterior has bedeviled Architects from just about day 1. As we have seen elsewhere in this study, LeCorbusier tried to solve this dilemma by urging us to consider a building like a bubble. As the interior space changes, so does the exterior. I believe that a transparent drawing […]
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28Jul
2014
INLET GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLY – INSPIRATION
2014
Be inspired by anything. I have a penchant for mechanical technology. I love airplanes, engines, etc. Whatever you might have a strong affinity for, go with it. You might really like Ming Dynasty vases. Or you might have a fetish for the design of cordless phones. Or when you are in the hardware store, you […]
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23Jul
2014
THE BAUHAUS
2014
The Bauhaus is another school of design thinking that we need to be aware of. Walter Gropius took control of the school in 1919 and gave it the name Staatliches Bauhaus, or what we simply call Bauhaus. Like the Beaux Arts, the Bauhaus is important to our study given the holistic design emphasis as well […]
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21Jul
2014
CHOISEY ONE POINT
2014
Auguste Choisey, as we have seen, was a profound thinker. And he assiduously believed that his type of axonometric was the only way to draw. To recap, a Choisey Axonometric is the one where you, the viewer, are looking up into the building as if you are under it. Or to use the vernacular, the […]
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16Jul
2014
LEARNING BY COPYING
2014
Transparent Drawing mandates the use of two dimensional images for the generation of drawings. Nicolaides states, “An intelligent and active study of the great paintings of all times is absolutely necessary.” Feel free to substitute the word object or building where he uses the word paintings. This is exactly right; we are supposed to study […]
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14Jul
2014
STUDENT TRANSPARENT DRAWING
2014
I taught both design and gave a lecture survey course last fall. My goal in the course was to give a broad pictorial overview of architecture. And as you might guess, I had the students sketching in their sketchbooks from the photos that we were discussing that were projected on the wall. Another broad goal […]
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9Jul
2014
AEG TRANSPARENCY
2014
As we have seen, I have a problem with iconic architectural images. When I was in architecture school and the AEG Turbine Building by Behrens (1908) was discussed, in every instance I was presented with this image. Images like this were found in the text that we used, Modernist Architecture since 1900 by William Curtis. […]
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7Jul
2014
PROJECT AN OBJECT OUT OF MOON
2014
In Vers Une Architecture, LeCorbusier states. “The plan proceeds from within to without; the exterior is the result of an interior. The elements of architecture are light and shade, walls and space.” The plan has always been considered in architecture the super ordinate document. A building cannot be good unless the plan is correct, well […]
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2Jul
2014
THE CHINESE AND THE JESUITS
2014
From The Mustard Seed Manual of Painting. 1679. Eastern artists, such as the ancient Chinese, did not accept the linear perspective. The Jesuit missionaries found that when the Chinese were shown images with the typical Western representations, they deemed them absolutely devoid of any artistry. And of course, when the Jesuits were shown the […]
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