unofficial blog for course ARCH243

Lehigh University
Art Architecture and Design
113 Research Drive
Building C
Bethlehem, PA 18015

Daniel

Daniel 9/7

Three Quotes:

Page 92 “… it is as we approach the area of modern architecture that we begin to recognize the impossibility of arriving at any so symmetrical a balance.”

Page 101 “Growth as a product of conflict and argument.”

Page 138 “The Tradition of modern architecture, always professing a distaste for art, has characteristically conceived of society and the city in highly conventional artistic terms – unity, continuity, system: but the alternative and apparently far more ‘art’-prone method of procedure has, so far as one can see, never felt any need for such literal alignment with ‘basic’ principles.”

Repetition – taking an idea, a shape, or characteristic and making it reoccur throughout architectural piece you are doing.

Void – Having completely empty space that isn’t boring, but actually being a captivating part of a specific area.

Dissimilar Collision – The collision of dissimilar trajectories that create interesting spaces as a result of their collisions.

Imprecise Symmetry – Symmetry in terms of the idea of something, not precisely how it is executed or the dimensions.

Focal Spacing – The creation of focal spaces where multiple trajectories come together.

Contrast – The existence of noticeable difference in the basic characteristics of a space.

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