OPUS PROJECT: Bridge between People and Things

Idiom: The language of the Art or profession, vernacular, jargon, things that are in common. Man's first evidence of life was burial grounds common to all
civilizations. Dick Heddige expressed forms of rituals of subordinate groups inherently reaction which renders object meaningful. 1. Understanding Architecture History and Theory. p.159 "Architecture is a shelter but also a symbol and a form of communication."Sir Herbert Read.

Our study of the subject matter, drafting, the vernacular is related to all are classes- design linguistics. Vernacular buildings lack of "theory" pretensions work with the site (what's available), respect for others environment.
Idiomatic: additive, subtractive semiotic relationship. Semiotic the study of signs and sign using behavior. 1.Swiss linguist Ferdinand De Saussure, "the life of signs with society. 2.Charles Sanders Peirce did seminal work in the field.
He defined a sign as "something which stands to somebody for something" he categorized signs into three types: the icon, a symbol and an index. In our architecture courses we use signs to signify direction, grade, position style, a jargon of the trade in order to read a blue print one has to be able to read the signs of architectural design. In our study of Ancient architecture we read about the signs, icons, symbols the Egyptian, Greeks and Romans i.e. left for us to interpret an discover.

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