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Speculate: Neoexpresionist speculated that their designs would be accepted and approved by Stheir clients and the public in general. In 1995 Gunther Domenig exposes what seems to be a skeletal frame of crete piers and beams extending a trussed steel and glass mass that curves
as it reaches out extending each story as it rises, with a slender steel beam and diagonals reching out from the finisher structure as if it were unfinished. Two other well known were Bart Prince and Grank Gehry who were known as biomorphic expresionist.
Prince is know for the a house in Corona del del mar,made of combined concrete and wood in curved and faceted modules. Frank L. Wright was another biomorphic architect who used trapezoidal plan layout with angeld incorporating sheet metal and cyclone fencing with angluar roofing. One major problem was translating this design on drawings for the client to see. Then of cource the most famous is the Guggenheim Muesium. These two architects are more artists than anything else expressing their thoughts and ideas as to what a designed building should be

and getting their clients to buy into their ideas.

In Design class we had to spectulate how to redesign our classroom windows for a place of duality and celebration.

Compose: Art Deco designs were composed of geometric emphasis derived from Cubism.

This was avant-garde movement in painting from 1907 to 1914 led by Pablo Picasso and George Braque it meant to deconstruct the Renaissance form of representing three dimensions of a two dimensional surface. This new analysis of visual reality resulted in fragmented , angular forms known in Art Deco work. Art Deco artist looked beyond the European influence for their design they look at the East and Middle East Japan to Arabria for the exotic. Large pillows for the floor. platform mattresses bright bold colors in the room and woodwork a resemble

from magazines and plays . A while back we watched the movie a Mid-Night Summer's Dream and from this we composed a story about our artifact which followed to other related designs in our combined design classes this semester. One of our lastest assignments was how is a story like a design.

Five Citations From History and Theory Week 2

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  Illuminate:> To brighten with light,to use light to apply emphasis on a subject in art. Brighten intellectually or spiritually, enlightened, elucidate, emphasize.
  Louis I Kahn states that there was no true architecture without natural light. (Roth p86.) The perceptions of textures is dependent upon the quality of light falling on a building. Studies have found that light creates psychological and physiological effects on living things. Great artist used the effect of light to focus on paintings such as The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Baroque architects used light to focus attention on certain areas in their churches.
  The Temple of Amon at Karnak was not only a place of worship but also a center of enlightenment of learning. The Egyptians worshiped the sun they called their god RA. The Temple of Amon has it's axis pointing toward the winter solstice sunrise.
  
  
  
• In art class we studied light in the form of water coloring vignettes a little color and then the back ground of the white paper lets the light shine though. Light is the most effective element in creating a sense of mystery and awe and the manipulating of light is the principal agent in the creation of shrines and religious buildings.(p.88 Understanding Architecture Leland M.Roth)
  Another form of illumination was fire the discovery of fire in early civilization. The discover of the creation of man in Africa and then migrating toward Eurasia because of severe climate change the discovery of fire for warmth who controlled the fire was in control. In the cave as L'Escale, France the oldest known hearth was found some 750,000 years ago. ( Roth 161)
  Not that fire relates to our study but it is wonderful to be warm inside when it is so cold outside.
  Credit for photos: Nina Aldin Thune Wikimedia Commons
  
  
  

IARC Theory 444: John Linn Architecture 2030

Today's lecture with John Linn noted Architecture and Teacher, was about AIA 2030 CHALLENGE a case study in sustainability. Thoughts to consider imagine a place called home what would we see. He compared the human existence as a storm on the planet earth.

The impact of human activity vs impact of sustainability.

We are agents for transformation constructive and destructive dynamic events not a place
but a process. That all life is interconnected. He spoke about Ed Mazria of New Mexico that the 2010 Vision is imperative now eventually leading to 2030 challenge for zero carbon in building use,not to use carbon products. ( I'm not sure this is possible since all earth has carbon in it energy even people living on this planet.)
Mr. Linn spoke about use and reuse renovating old buildings to be more energy efficient rather than tear them down to make innovations to renew or modernized historic building for future use. His speciality are old Cathedrals across the country. One in particular is Christ Cathedral as a LEED building preservation work with what already exist. Leadership Energy Architecture Design. He also spoke about Leeds NC Platinum program: preservation program to work with what already exist. He spoke about Henry Hobson Richardson (1872-77) change is an internal system.
There are 60 programs to do Green Homes in Greensboro NC. In conclusion he told us to Stop and Reflect about sustainability Balance, Reuse,Spirals...Know the Storm, Find the Beauty, Trust the Beauty and Live the Beauty Sustainability.

I really enjoyed his interesting lecture and in economic and ecological times today we all really need to Think and Do more to preserve what we have and reserve the energy and"live simply so that others can simply live". quote from author unknown.