Baptistery Section & Floor Plan

In this plan there is a floor plan that projects lines down to make the section cut.

Floor, Section, & Elevation of Studio

Here is a Floor, Section, and Elevation cut of our studio space.

Perspective Cubes

IAR 221: Power Kingdom: Shwezigon Pagoda

Power Kingdom

• In the 12th century the Pagan ruled over Myanmar.
• The Pagan religion was Buddhism, but they adopted the Hindu way.
• Location: Southeast Asia.
• Monarch system.

                                                  

Shwezigon Pagoda

The Shwezigon Pagoda Kingdom was considered a powerhouse in Southeast Asia. The capital that the kingdom was located in is Arimaddanapura. To the Pagans this grand kingdom wasn't nearly enough. Shortly after they begin building smaller temples around the structure, which gave it more significance.

Front view: Shwezigon Pagoda

At the top of the structure is a tall sort of pointed dome. From looking at the city it is obviously one of the tallest structures in the city. Its very reminiscent of a "wu wu", which is based off of who is the most dominant. While observing the structure I also noticed that in this picture it is lighted at night. This adds a extra characteristics to the dominance of the structure.

Decoration around the Shwezigon Pagoda

Along the Shwezigon Pagoda there are motifs and decoration. The decoration is there for aesthetics, but the motifs are there to tell a story. In these walls are tales about Buddha. There are also excerpts from the Buddhists text. These didactic panels were clear evidence of the religion of the Pagans. Carving faith in stone was not limited to just certain parts of the world. The influence stretched as far as Asia.

Sources

http://www.elvincountry.com/explore-the-lost-kingdom-of-arakan.html

http://www.vacationtomyanmar.com/aboutmyanmar.htm

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/ancient_cities.htm

A Global History of Architecture. Ching, 396-397

IAR 221 Trail of a Scent

IAR 221 Salisbury Cathedral: compare & contrast

Sources:

http://uncg.edu/~pllucas/Gothic%20Cathedrals/website%2003.31.08/timelineNEW.html

Floor Plan, Section Views, & Perspective views

Floor Plan A

Collage, Concept, & Ideas Board for Dining Experience

Side Board

The Wave Table Model

Exploration of Dining Tables

Orthographic Coffee Cup

Section Cuts of Floor Plan

Fabric Textures

Exploration of Wood Grain

Value Scale

 

Value in different styles.

IAR 221: Faith in Architecture

Power & Faith in Architecture

·         Located in Jerusalem.

·         Completed in 691CE.

·         Octagonal floor plan.    

          Dome of Temple Mount, Jerusalem

Temples throughout history have always displayed power in architectural forms. One way this temple displays power is through the gold dome on the very top. This is basically the central focus of the temple through plan and through what it encloses. Underneath the dome lies the foundation stone. The foundation stone is believed to be the underpinning on which the world was created.(Ching, 302).

The octagonal shape of the plan has been used a lot in baptisteries. Within the octagonal shape lies a series of circles, piers, and columns that support the large dome.

Observing this structure for the first time is a bit intimidating. I feel that size and forms of temples enforces a little fear into the people who worship within them. It helps them stay on the path to righteousness. The oldest structure which contains a dome is the Pantheon. I believe this structure was precedence for structures to come and structures we have in our modern times.

Indoor football stadiums come to mind when I think of structures with domes. I always thought they placed domes on the stadium to resemble the shape of a football, but in actuality domes are everywhere in our history.

Top view of Temple Mount

          Front view of Temple Mount, Jerusalem \

Sources

http://testament25.blogspot.com/2011/08/temple-mount.html

http://israelhai.org/our-theory-ark-location-solomons-temple

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-temple-mount

IAR 221 Foundations

Throughout history evidence that architectural design comes from previous or natural design is very significant. Theses designs might have double meanings, maps of meanings, and subcultural meanings. These ideas were presented by Dick Hebdige. For example The University of Greensboro is a school where people go to get an education and hopefully someday graduate. That would be the obvious meaning of the school. In my opinion the double meaning of UNCG could be that it’s a place for a new life or new experience. When observing the maps of meaning aspect, you would analyze how UNCG relates to Greensboro. How does UNCG affect Greensboro as a whole? It would make Greensboro sort of a college community. Last but not least when analyzing the subcultural meaning of UNCG, you might want to go into the history of the building. UNCG used to be a women’s college before it became co-ed. What meanings lie beyond that?

Other material culture aspects that are valuable to consider are description, deduction, and speculation. Describing an object, space, building, or place you want to use formal analyzes. This includes looking at things such as color, shape, texture, cultural meanings, etc.  When using deduction, you take into consideration how it makes you feel or what emotional/sensory response you obtain from it. Lastly when speculating you want to use creative out of the box thinking. These three ways of analyzing were presented by Jules David Brown.

 These basic building blocks such as groves, stacks, and circles acted as prototypes for structures like Stonehenge in 3000 BCE. Groves, circles, and stacks are elements that are found in nature. The three basic elements aided in constructing architectural spaces. Some objects included two qualities, qualifying these objects as hybrids. From groves the delightful columns were constructed. The archetype selection includes Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The structures of Greece took from these primitive aspects and built structures such as the Parthenon and the Colosseum. The Parthenon’s porch consist of columns that give the structure firmness, whereas for the Colosseum they’re just for aesthetics. Romans adopted aspects of Greek design and developed their cities.

The Romans had a variety of different design elements as well as building structures. Buildings such as the Colosseum, Basilica, and Amphitheatre all display arches and domes. These two structures of design were very popular during the Roman era. Not only are arches and domes aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but they also give a different type of stability other than just post and lintel. The most important structure that ran through Rome was the aqueducts that carried water into the city. The arcades along the aqueducts allowed them to be built along greater distances so the romans could have fresh clean water. The city of Rome was built on a grid that had main roads that crossed and a certain point. This is called cardo and decumanus. The Romans also had to modify plans to accommodate geography.

In our modern day society we continue to analyze ancient designs and use them as the foundations of our civilization.

 

Source:

http://gaininginsight.com/blog/archives/590

IAR 221 Chair Card Artwork

IAR 221: Design comes from Everywhere

IAR 221: Dark Tunnel

The value of your structured walls.

Where does your tunnel lead.

Is there color at the end?

Or does it lead to nothing?

Layer upon layer tells many stories.

The depth of your wisdom is beyond understanding.

IAR 221 The Delight of College Ave.

I really enjoy College Ave. on our campus. Personally I feel that this long axis with its many circles is a path that leads to the buildings that most people go to on a daily bases. Along this axis are dorms, lecture halls, restaurants, etc. The firmness of college ave is strong due to it being made from bricks. In the center on college ave the bricks get warmer which keeps away the accumulation of ice in the winter time making it safe to walk. The patterns in the bricks are aesthetically pleasing. It consists of alternating bricks, different colors, and radial circles. As far as commodity the layout of the bricks also appears on other parts of the campus. In my opinion this layout is the most pleasing to me. The circles on College Ave. sometimes have a axis though not perfect to the buildings, which gives the circles meaning. I view College Ave. as one of the most important pathways on campus. Many students congregate this pathway everyday, which expresses the importance of it.
When viewing circles around the world it makes me wonder why this shape is so important and how it became popular all around the world. Going along with Cory's post about the golden arches being derived from Roman culture, we have to accept that all the symbols and shapes that we know are from ancient cultures and nature.

IAR 221 Colosseum: Firmness of Arches