ARC131H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Frank Gehry, Louis Kahn, Existentialism
7 Apr 2016
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Intro to architecture: what is architecture: art of building structures, always ask who / what / where / how. Interior: louis isidore kahn (1962, to design a building that shows power of government building, to create the image of the government power, which was newly made, context: a culture that is produced by architecture; a universal understanding. 4 main aspects of architecture to think about: always think of the always changing time of form and function (relationship between form and function) ex. Church of hagia sophia, constantinopie -- anthemius of. Thralles and isidore of miletus (532 553: a building with a well-thought through structure (the dome, the building had strong form, technology advanced, the dome hides the technological solution, gives the illusion of a celestial sphere. Pantheon (118) - rome: temple for all the gods, emperor andrion wanted this to be created, a cylinder that is covered by a dome.
