ARCH 3115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mechernich
28 Jan 2017
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Back to africa : architecture as a response to environment, structural efficiency, cultural expression, early african hut in forest (10,000 bce) Prehistoric architecture: response to climate change, siberia, cold climate = need shelter, leather clothing, hunted reindeer, women gathered nuts + seeds, men are therefore not the sole breadwinners v. Temporary seasonal huts built in camps: doln v stoni(cid:272)e, cze(cid:272)h repu(cid:271)li(cid:272) (cid:894)22,000 bce(cid:895, mammoth bone + wood, 50" x 20, row of hearths and a spit for cooking, found fired clay sculptures, venus figures vi. The holocene (10,000 bce: melting of the ice caps, holocene - post ice age period, early hut in north america, living on the plains, no trees, hunting bison, herd the bison off the edge of cliffs. Lecture notes - new page 1: herd the bison off the edge of cliffs, humans followed the bison = mobile way of life, tepe, can be constructed in 20 minutes, tripod poles, rope, animal skin cover i)
