JAV132H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Descriptive Geometry, Art School, Mechanical System
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Modernist architecture, as well as being a new style of building, was a so a new way of talking about architecture, instantly recognisable by a distinctive vocabulary. - adrian forty, words and. Not only does history describe things came to be but how things could be different, opens up possibilities in the future. What kind of technique/knowledge required in architecture. Seen in the history of architecture schools. Architecture having their own pedagogy (method and practice of teaching) Ecole des beaux arts (1793-1968) (considered as a fine arts school) Ecole polytechnique (1794 - present) (more of an engineering school) Found in the 17th century by the king of france. Found by alberti in the 15th century. Changed architecture as a eld of intellectual occupation, used to be seen as a mechanical art. Following the french revolution, method of education has changed. Copying was the rst step of imitating things later on. Studios were a more private space (atelier)
