Micro:Macro

Porch: Court: Hearth

According to Roth, Understanding Architecture (2007) p.186 begins the discussion of the Greek and their porch, court, and hearth. The example given in the book is the Acropolis palace where the porch is located at the front or entrance; the court- at the central part or meeting area in the space; and the hearth being the space of most impotents.

For instance in the common current day household the porch would be the front of the house where most of the crowd enters or the foyer; the court would be the living room or kitchen; and the bed room would be the hearth. If one takes a close look at Frank L. Wrights work, they would notice he always places the most emphasis on the fire place hence making it the most important object- the hearth.

Composition

Taken for the Delight section of Roth, (2007), “Everything else in the chapel is dimly lit, so that one's eye is automatically drawn to that brightest spot in the entire composition.” (p.75)

A composition is the entirety of a project. In the instance of the quote light was the defining factor that “made” the composition what it was. In Drawing we learned that line weight can drastically help the entire composition of work.

Diagram

Roth, (2007),“Thus, the diagram in Figure 1.7 shows the mix of utilitarian and symbolic functions at only one point in time. For a different period, past or future, ...” (p.16)

A diagram is made to aid the viewer visually in what has already been written. As seen on page 16 of Understanding Architecture there is both literal and pictorial images to help assist the reader in what is being said.

Inspiration

Is where an artist gets their idea from. Inspiration is closely related to president or concept. For example I got my insperation for this graphic from a model I had made earlyer this semester.


Detail

Roth, (2007) “It is the architect's task to select materials and to detail the ways they are joined so the building may endure these attacks for whatever is the desired period.” (p.131)

Detail Detail Detail… Every moment and element of a building should be very thought out by its architect. It is the designer’s job to pay attention to every detail. The picture I have chosen to represent detail is my detailed drawing from the Curry building here on campus. Because the light fixture is located in the Curry auditorium I thought that it was really quite creative to add the plan view of the auditorium in the background almost as a border.