ARC251H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Repurposing, Peter Greenaway, Vitruvian Man
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Discussion of memorial controversies, ex, le pavois in algiers. Monument to the missing of the somme - classical style, attention to the names of the dead. Maya lin reading, names not alphabetical, chronological. Vimy memorial, names cross stone borders, dematerialize. Absence of names from monument to the murdered jews intentional, refusal. Abstraction, experience in time, unstable, grid is mark of human culture. Memorial to the enslaved laborers at the university of virginia. Use of memory marks to memorialize unknowns. Peter greenaway, the belly of an architect. Relationship between classical architecture and contemporary architecture, how modern architects pick up on classical architecture. Cross section - holes in the sphere so the sun makes a starry sky effect, powerful light creates globe at night. Pantheon (118-128 ad), built during the time of the roman empire, emperor. Alberti, renaissance, architecture of a creative process of form making. Serves a purpose, possibility of creating better alternatives for the world through architecture.
