ARCH 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Keller Fountain Park, Fallingwater, Knight Library
28 Oct 2015
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Spirit of place: moods, rhythms, unique qualities consider what it suggests in regard to materials, shapes, scale, silhouette, degree of abstraction, suggestion, counterpoint, calmness, transition and detail. Life space: precise network of facilities, qualities, and opportunities needed by people if they are to achieve their full potential as human beings: must include the facilities, services, equipment, and dimensional relationships needed by the people involved. Five primary sources for knowledge about activity support: your experience with the activity, knowledgeable users, well-developed program or brief, precedent studies historical last two are. Thoughts and discussions: utility and practicality to be emphasized, tea pots that cant pour tea , ornaments without function, buildings that don"t work can be artful but by definition aren"t architecture. Activity study: an activity study is a drawn and written description of the spatial characteristics required by an activity such as: area, shapes, height, light, etc. These characteristics are determined by precedents, previous experience and research.
