Religious architecture

A building is designed for functionality. This principle has served as the cornerstone of architecture in the United States and throughout the world since the first hut of the Mesopotamian civilization. As the centuries go by, this principle started to deviate. With a series of political debris left over from the World War II, the Cold War and the revitalizing economic policies of the Reagan Era, Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry was able to shatter the established architectural norm of the

even, no architecture without program.” He then continues with, “Architecture cannot be dissociated from the events that ‘happen’ in it” (Tschumi, 139). Spaces have always been assimilated with past references, which create a type of familiarization and attachment to the past that prevents time from moving forward. Because of this assumption about the form, function, and meaning; thus architecture has been restricted by these familiarization and these assumptions. The history of architecture has been

When is Architecture Architecture? “Only if we are capable of dwelling, only then can we build.” This claim was made by German philosopher Martin Heidegger in his lecture ‘Building Dwelling Thinking’. In the lecture Heidegger goes beyond architectural and design practices by referring ‘building’ not only in architectural construction, but to the whole range of human productive activity. When thinking about ‘dwelling’ it is usually connected to buildings. The goal of a building is to allow one to

Introduction With the rapid change in construction and manufacturing processes today, the architectural design may reflect these new innovative changes. The book, Made by Robots: Challenging Architecture at a Larger Scale, presents a shift between the old, traditional manufacturing processes to the new role that robotics is beginning to adapt in the infrastructure process, closing the gap between design and fabrication. Efficiency, costs, and the concept of a design process involving communication

American postmodern architecture has more focus on culture, the specific theme of that moment, but the problem of formalization started to show up. Deconstructivism, a critical architectural movement in the postmodern age, usually has nice control on the structural surface as the building’s skin and use the randomly geometric shapes to show the twisting architectural elements. Frank Gehry is a typical post-modernism and deconstructivism architect, Americans like to call him “another Frank” because

Architecture: A lot more than Blueprints In early prehistoric times, the discovery of caves proved to provide great protection against severe weather for early man, although offered less protection against wild animals, making this type of shelter somewhat unlivable. As a result, to provide better protection against nature and wildlife, man discovered that the use of natural materials such as stones, bones, and tree branches offered a more reliable domicile. Due to the nonconformity of living conditions

Building Construction Related to the Fire Service Chapter 1: Building Construction & Fire Service The building variables that FF must consider: • Age of building – age in itself is not a hazard but an indication of potential hazards • Fire protection systems – first line of defense in a building • Occupancy of the building – often affects fire behavior…each occupancy has different hazards & fuels, and the structural components are subjected to different temperatures, heat release

ARCHITECTURE SHOULD BE INFORMAL NOT RIGID. New structure and informal by Cecil Balmond talks about Continuous and crisscrossing space that spirals upwards looks like a series of cubes that have been inset into one another such formation produce new, chaotic spirals and the structure builds on itself and remains free within this framework. Cecil Balmond had explored the different ways of creating and developing new forms through careful discovery by new and innovative techniques such as structural

Benefits and challenges of Urbanization SCI/275 University Of Phoenix In this paper I will be explaining the four factors that produce a change in the population as well as urbanization. Urbanization is moving from a rural area to a big city in hopes of better opportunity or employment along with many other benefits. Urbanization may seem like a good idea to those trying to better themselves but it has challenges in the city people

The inspiration of nature in design created a movement of Organic Architecture through functionalism and minimalism since the 1800’s influencing some of the greatest architects to emerge. Functionalist architects and artists design utilitarian structures in which the Organic Architecture dictates the development within and moves outward in harmony with its surroundings, without regard to such traditional devices as axial symmetry and classical proportions or any other heavy ornamentation. Louis