Module 7

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned. Architecture: the science of Design -Skyscraper made up of steel skeletons holding up walls, ceilings and floors -skyscraper made up of 2 main parts, super structure and under ground sub structure -on main problem In constructing high rises is the wind. Wind is faster as the building gets higher. Buildings I high winds can sway a whole meter -Experts resort to wind tunnel microclimatic research, using models with an artificially created ventilator. Model of a building and its immediate surroundings with wind blown on them at different speeds. A probe with an ultra sensitive sensor link to a computer circulates above the model collects different points enabling experts to determine how the building and its surroundings will react to thrust of winds. -a high rise with flat surfaces and right angles act bad in bad winds -A smart apartment: computer linked to the houses various appliances. -because such products are at high cost its kept out of most consumers hands -voice command, start or stop (light clap on clap off) -Architecture has become a social art form -continue to innovate and create new spaces replacing traditional shapes with new forms – new material in concrete -used as a construction material back in Antiquity -regained popularity during last century -mixture of sand, pebbles or broken stone combined with cement and water -Joseph founded portlain cement most used today -set, hardening, resistance and volumetric stability -reaches resistance in 90 days -plain cement used for foundations -advantages reinforced concrete erect light buildings with daring forms, materials air tightness prevents it from cracking. Frank Gehry: Architecture as Art -a building can be a passive building or create an emotional response -sense of feeling in the building -modernist architecture as had been distorted by secular builders were cold and lifeless and hes going against that -building is something u put in a place and it eveolves over time, its use and space so its not a pure artwork like a painting but hes very inspired by painting. It is the highest level of human/ artistic expression. Hes seduced by it and when he cant think of anything he goes to museums -transforming buildings into sculptural objects -buildings are sculpture but not in the same sense each have their own domain or terrain. -Pays attention to natural light, use of unconventional materials, concern with functionality, -he breaks everything in parts -cant escape your signature 2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? To be honest, the beginning of the reading basically focuses on the different types of building techniques that can be used which wasn’t exactly spoken about in the videos. One video talks about the steel frameworks, which makes up the “skeleton” of the skyscraper, which is also present in the book. The book also talks about reinforced concrete describing what its made of such as the video however the book talks more so about in depth of the reinforcement of cement and the video focuses on some reinforcement advantages. 3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture? Architecture does not necessarily have to mean the actual material building itself but it can be what makes the building as a whole, such as its features. Architecture is always evolving and changing. It does not have to be your standard building but a creation of your wackiest imagination. I think the Frank film was interesting I enjoyed how he strayed away from your average boring rectangular building and he added shapes and movement into his designs. I enjoyed his thought process and how he described his designs has as his own signature that he cant escape. The first film I understood the segments relating to the structural building and the use of cement as well as how they test the structure of the building against the wind. I was sort of thrown off by the technological uses that were implemented into the building at first but I am assuming that the word architecture means the outside and inside structure including its advancements that comes with it. 4. Why did you choose the films that you watched? I personally have always been a big fan of interior design and architecture so I figured I would watch the two videos that said in the title of them architecture.