week 9 Flashcards
what are the 6 Architectural Styles(BRAAIN)
- Revivalism
- Art Deco
- Art Nouveau
- International Style
- Brutalism
- Neo-Classical Style
what style was penn Station in 1910
- Architecture replicated temples and spaces of the wealthy
- neo-classical style
- Original design gave importance to human wellbeing, empowering
how many people would go through penn station everyday
600,000
why did penn station go into delice around the 1950s
Competing with car and aeroplanes in 1950s
what new design did they change penn station to
Utilitarian
what is Utilitarian design?
a designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
3 Jobs of Human Friendly Design (MIC)
- Put our lives in a better context
- Create a common sense of identity and space (ex. churches)
- Support human comfort
how did Predynastic Egypt (3100 BCE) keep there art styles for thousands of years?
- Part of one top down system
- One religion
- Art style was like a brand, it was run like a company
- No societies before that
- Art style united religion, government & society
Which train station in New York was renovated to sell its air rights?
Penn station
If the Penn station works well enough for moving people which is one reason why it looks matter?
Creates an environment where human life is worth living
The single artistic style untied are…
Religion
Government and society
Why does it matter weather people feel comfortable on streets
Helps business
Makes people walk more
Physical and mental health
Eyes on the streets
Revialsilm
Revival of different older styles
ex. Baroque, Mayan etc.
Art Deco
sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation
ex. Chrysler Building, Bank of Nova Scotia
Art Nouveau
flowing lines, repeating rhythm, and asymmetry for a natural feel
ex. Gaudi
International Style
Glass & Steel
ex. United Nations building
Brutalism
Concrete, truth to materials
Neo-Classical Style
grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms
Roman detail
dramatic use of columns
a preference for blank walls
what are atributes of postmodernism
About building anything
Like las vagus
Random stuff built
Whimsical, different
Brought back ornament
Frank Gehry(LV)
Inspired by book “Abandoned from Las Vegas”
known for his use of bold, postmodern shapes and unusual fabrications.
ex. dancing house
Louis Sullivan
said: “Form follows Function”
Against features that did accomplish anything
Referring to the unnecessary parts of a building that serve no purpose, not removing ornamentation
Adolf Loos (1913) know for saying
“Ornamentation and Crime”
Sought to shame architects for ornamentation, associating with poor and minorities
Inspired Bauhaus style, which is a German art movement
Le Corbusier (IS)
Inspired International style and Brutalism
what 3 forms of achurtrual style did create
- International style
Bare basics - Brutalism
Truth to materials
Brute means raw - Kinda - Developer modernism
Earth tones
Rectangles
what does Ann Sussman
do to seeing what draws people in
Studies eye tracking
what did Jon Gehl mesure “Cities for People”
Measured human friendly design in spaces, seeing how many people are there, if they stop to socialize
Urban planner Lewis Mumford
It is cool until there is too many of the same buildings
Claiming the privileges if the painter and sculptor without claiming there responsibilities with that job
Why does it matter weather people feel comfortable on streets, 4 reasons…
Helps business
Makes people walk more
Physical and mental health
Eyes on the streets
which train station in New York was renovated to sell its air rights?
Penn Station, loved before
if the Penn station works well enough for moving people what is one reasons why looks matter?
Gave importance to human wellbeing
what were the 3 architectural styles from 1850s to 1930s that used ornamants?
Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Revivalism
the chrysler building and the banl of nova scotia are example of what style?
Art Deco
did louis sullivan get ride of ornament from his own work
No, kept ornamentation
what was the name of a german design school that helped bring minimalism to North America
Bauhaus
what does “Brute” mean in brutalism
raw
what slogan did the modernist follow that the postmodernist abandoned
Form follows Function
who is a postmodernist architect
Frank Gehry
what failing do modernist and postmodernist have in common
Lacks fine grain (No visual stimulation at ground)
what do humans need a concentions of to feel conforatable
Visual details
