ASC 103 Lecture 3: Sept 21, 2016- ASC Notes
3 Oct 2016
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Engineering: a branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building and use of engines, machines and structures. ". Architecture: the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings". Modernism threw into question traditional ideas about architecture. The building is conceived of as a means of engagement with information. A mechanical instrument for the efficient execution of cultural exchange. More than science because of the choices an architect may make to give a building meaning. Manifested by: the care by which a building is made, the choices the architect makes (and hence the architect"s power, the interrelationship of task and aesthetic excellence. About the world and is the world; Messages are symbolic (denotative) and visceral (connotative); About emotion: the business of architecture is to establish emotional relationships by means of raw materials . It resolves three relationships: building to the earth (and its environment, building to humans, building to itself.
