Poiana

Poiana, Poiana Maggiore

Rule Book

The rules of design are very helpful I feel for classifying buildings and determining what is most visually appealing. The rules create set guidelines that help conceptualize design. They allow us to have a broad generalized idea of what a building should have in order to not just occupy space but represent something and serve a purpose. That being said not all structures should follow that rules. Rules are meant to be broken, this is how new trends and ideas start. The rule that a structure should have harmony and order doesn't have to be followed for it to be a building. I do not think the rules are as important as the principles and elements of design but they do contribute to design influence. One rule that needs to be added is that it should serve a purpose. A structure should either serve to house something be it business, religion, what have you, or should serve to insight thought.

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This space follows the second rule:strive for harmony+ order in all things through it balance and simplicity. It also follows the fourth rule of the Western book: emphasize surface through materiality, and the eighth rule of the Eastern book:emphasize spiritual connections through its absence of distracting elements and the centralized cross.   

Faith

Design has a great connection with representing faith. Religious buildings are often ment to increase the bond and connect to a higher power. Often the religious buildings will have artworks that depict the theology of that religion. In some Christian churches a star like shape is often incorporated because of its appearance in the theology. Other churches will have a higher point that is ment to represent being closer to God.

Light is also important to religious buildings. Light is seen as pure and good and so it important to the design of churches. Most sanctuaries have many widows to provide natural light. This also popularized stain glass.

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Impact of Palladio

Palladio was such an influential designer because his pieces were so classic and had a sense of timelessness. Because his creations combined so many aspects of historic periods into one concept it gives the building a lasting and classic look. His work is very important to design because it became a standard look and the books he wrote. His work utilized symmetry and light in a way that was easy to reproduce and appealing to the eye. 

Unit summary 1

The principles and elements of design are pretty much the first thing we notice about a building. We see the contrast in color and building materials, the shape and form of the building, wither it is balanced or not, and if there is emphasis. When we look at a structure we see all of this but we often don’t see them individually but rather as a whole. The principles and elements are what make a structure a building, they are in every building wither we notice it or not.

While every building has the principles and elements they do not always have all of the principles and elements. A building can exist without having contrast or emphasis but it can still be analyzed for the lack of these elements. Design has to be analyzed using the principles and elements, they are the bases for the design. When describing a building we looked to the principles and elements, we say thing like “the big square building” or “the red brick one with the white trim”. These are the very apparent aspects of a building and the thing that most people will notice right off the bat because they are so basic.

The Hunt-Morgan house is a perfect example of how we use the principles and elements to describe and analyze a building. If we were to give someone a very basic description of the house we would say it’s the square one with the triangle like roof (shape &form), it has got one chimney on each side (balance), the front doors are right in the center and has fancy glass around it (emphasis). 

 

The Power of Ten

The most difficult thing about creating a mural from scaling a 1x1 image to an 8x8 image that is combined with everyone else's was the fact that we didn't know what the picture would be in the end. We weren't sure which direction our little piece was going to be placed, we didn't know what was up or down which might have effected how we redrew the picture. Also because we didn't know what the end result as we really didn't know if the colors we used were going to work with everyone else's. The mediums that we used to do our piece also effected the end result, it doesn't look at all unified.    

Campus Reconnaissance

   The three buildings we saw on Friday were very different in style and design, however there were some similarities. The engineering complex and Whitehall are the most similar because of their shape and form, they are both very rectangular and have straight continuous lines that add to their over all look. They both also have a sense of contrast created by the use of white material that breaks up the red brick. Repetition is also created in these buildings with the windows. Miller hall looks the most different from all of the buildings. It still has line created with the tower-like part. It too has contrast with the brick material and the stone and concrete. The most obvious difference between the three buildings is the balance, Whitehall is very symmetrically balance where as the engineering complex and Miller Hall are more A-symmetrically balanced.
   These buildings don't really make a cohesive statement, there are similarities but they don't really feel connected. Whitehall is more modern in design, the engineering complex is also modern but has a different feel to it. Miller Hall has a very different design than the other two. My favorite building is Miller Hall, this building is very unique, it has a very odd shape to it and the history of it is interesting.