ARC131H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Modern Architecture, Crystal Palace, London, Yuri Lotman
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History in hindsight: the beginning of", precursors, preludes, proto. Modern societies/modern cities: new needs: urban housing, public institutions comprehensive plans for complete cities. New typologies like the skyscraper new materials: steel and concrete. Architecture: in words and images, beyond it existence as a useful object. Only 5% of arch is talked about in this school. All architecture with cultural intentions and built by an architect is always talked about. Of totality, only small portion is considered architecture to be talked about. Not only showing and representing something, but it conveys other messages. Every plan is a section but not every section is a plan. Architecture is much more important in places such as europe rather than. Asia in 1950 as well as latin america. Shows how he feels the eld (tree) of arch started. Started with europe and ends with american arch. The meaning of the past will only be discovered now.
