Wooden Skyscrapers Michael Green is an architect with a passion for designing skyscrapers globally. However, Michael possesses a unique interest in this industry which separates his work from the rest; Michael’s buildings are constructed with wood. Green’s thesis seems to be that wood is mother nature’s fingerprint, no two pieces are the same, and if you build it up properly it can create something so inspiring and beneficial. His talk is directed towards architects around the world, possibly even environmentalists who are exploring more sustainable ways of industrializing. In his TED talk Green successfully backs his thesis up by incorporating his family, examples, statistics, and counterarguments through the use of rhetorical appeals. …show more content…
He immediately introduced his grandfather and son as contributors to his beliefs, both of which inspired his passion regarding wood. His grandfather once told him that if a tree is cut down for human purposes it’s life must be honored by making that thing as beautiful as possible. His little boy taught him that something as simple as wood can be something possessing an incredible sense of inspiration if stacked tall enough. Green’s tone comes off as passionate and inspired in the sense that he genuinely believes in his topic, as well as bring confident in his knowledge. His ethos is backed up as he introduces himself as a globally known architect with offices in Vancouver and New York, already possessing buildings made of wood. The introduction as a whole gives the talk a sense of inspiration, knowledge, and respect to nature. As an environmentalist in the audience you’d be engulfed from these few minutes, with curiosity as to how “mother nature’s fingerprints” will be honored in building skyscrapers. As an architect you would be interest in this innovative, unique way of constructing such beautiful …show more content…
Green knew to confront this concern in his talk, he does so by discussing the reliability of the mass timber panels used in these buildings. As it’s hard to light a log on fire with one match, it’s equally as hard to light these specific panels on fire. Even so, if the panels do go up in flames Green reassures the audience that they burn quite predictably. Fire safety signs would be relatively easy to make to ensure these buildings are as safe as those made of concrete and steel. Green continues to prove his credibility when he confronts the issues of deforestation. According to his statistics eighteen percent of greenhouse gas emissions are a result of deforestation, luckily engineers have made models for sustainable forestry. These allow architects and engineers to recognize those trees appropriate for the buildings and how to properly cut them down. He introduces the fact that every thirteen minutes the U.S grows enough trees to make a twenty story building, which will sequester 3,100 tons of carbon dioxide. As opposed to steel and concrete buildings which emit 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide, this statistic proves the net difference of 4,300 tons. Green puts this in perspective when he states that it’s equal to removing nine hundred cars from the road in a year time
Anticipation is prevalent throughout The Road, which is set by the narrative pace, creating a tense and suspenseful feeling and tone.
Close-calls is the most important literary device used in creating suspense in “Three Skeleton Key.” Close-calls creates suspense by getting the reader’s on the edge of their seats. In the text it says “The chief had just enough time to leap to his feet, and cry for help the rats swarming over him”. This shows that something really bad is happening right now because the rats are now in the tower and so the readers are pulled in and want to know if they will be able get away. Also, someone might argue that all of the other arguments rely on setting. However, it has nothing to do with creating suspense, it is just a location, the story could’ve taken place anywhere else and it still would not matter.
The essays of Carr and boyd are all structured fairly similarly. The author explains the problem and then describes the effects the problem results in, also known as the cause and effect organizational strategy (“Introduction to Rhetorical Strategies”). One example of this organizational strategy is in Nicholas Carr’s essay when he discusses the Internet and how it is affecting him personally, he shares, “They [the Internet] supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation” (Carr 315). Carr makes it clear that the cause of the issue in this quote is the Internet, and the effects that the Internet have on him specifically,
Because Ernest J. Gaines primarily grew up on a plantation in southern Louisiana, Gaines learned folk ways and speech patterns that directly come from his culture. In order to capture the culture in his writing, he incorporates the bilingual of the Cajun-Creole speech to give greater authenticity to his writing. Additionally, Gaines’ selective use of dialect and his judicious rendering of the speech patterns enable him to maintain a simple, lucid style.
June 17, 2015, was a tragic day for many families. Dylann Roof killed nine people at a church in Charleston South Carolina, he was motivated by racist opinions. During the reporting of this incident, each News outlet is different. Some outlets such as NBC and the New York Times took a more emotion-based route, focusing on family issues and his childhood. Whereas The Washington Post took a rational route to reporting the incident, focusing on Dylann’s Roof’s confession and the incidents following his arrest. Overall the media is spilt on their rhetoric, some want the readers to sympathize with Roof and others seek to paint him in a negative light. Nonetheless, they seem to agree on not calling him a terrorist. Roof’s actions can be labeled as
It even hid the sun with a ton of ashes, so it was dark literally and figuratively. There are also some points in the book which have a slightly lighter tone, such as when the two find the bunker with food, clothes, and everything they needed. They stop worrying so much and enjoy the time they spend together. They felt so calm and peaceful there they admitted, “I wish we could live here”. This could represent that they still somehow managed to find good things despite the dreadful situation they found themselves in. To think that even they could manage to find hope gives the reader more faith and confidence that things will eventually turn out okay. The author uses a variety of different literary and rhetorical devices. One interesting thing
Creative Section Prompt: Write a scene where an “unlovable” character is involved in a surprising or unexpected hobby or appreciation for something.
One way to “go green” is to use mass transit or ride a bicycle more often as cars are one of the main culprits in carbon dioxide emissions. By leaving the car in park and taking a bus or riding a bike just once a week can significantly cut down on emissions from American’s cars. Other ways to “go green” include planting trees and stopping deforestation. Trees absorb the carbon dioxide that causes global warming, but thousands of trees are harvested every day all across the country. According to “Solutions,” “Taken together, tropical deforestation and emissions from agriculture represent nearly 30% or the world’s heat-trapping emissions.” In this quote, the writer explains that nearly one-third of the carbon dioxide is from deforestation combined with agricultural emissions. Americans need to reverse this problem; Americans should cut down on deforestation and plant more trees! Another way to “go green” is to spread the word. One single American cannot reverse global warming. All Americans must take up the calling to stop global warming in America. Americans must spread the word to not only their fellow Americans, but also to the rest of the world. To lead in a global effort to stop global warming, Americans must “go green” to prevent the catastrophic consequences of global
He said that the struggle with the nature, in order to explore more, had inspired his piece of architecture (Lipman and Wright 2003). This term was coined by Frank Lloyd Wright, but it was not much articulated in the style of writing over the years. Hence, the organic architecture aimed at not only knowing the design processes of the buildings but also studied the thought that went behind (Storrer and Wright 2002). In the perception of Wright, the houses in the present times, are mere examples of houses cut with scissors from a cardboard, which is the opposed to the philosophy of Curtis. Wright believes that there is no modernistic outlook in the designers of the present times and they lay more emphasis on the use of machinery and the mechanical processes for building the most powerful piece of architecture. Therefore, as opposed to this mechanistic view, Wright adopted the organic view of architecture. when the designer of the building has sympathetic approach towards the site, materials and surroundings, organic architecture is the most appropriate form of architecture as it means the philosophy in the field of architecture which encourages the combination of human habitation and natural
“Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture was rooted in Nature; he called it Organic. At the heart of his work was simplicity, harmony, unity, and integrity” (Lind, C., 1992).
“What do we mean when we speak of architectural quality? Quality in architecture […] is to me when a building manages to move me. What on earth is it that moves me? How can I get it into my own work? […] How do people design things with such a beautiful, natural presence, things that move me every single time. On word for it is Atmosphere”
nature. He called this Organic Architecture. Wright felt the relationship between the site and the building, and the needs of the client where very important. In contrast to Wright, Le Corbusier displayed industrialization rather than nature. ...
... architectures would led to a more organic organization beneficial to the people that choose to make their lives in this city. Although this model of a sustainable city is not a perfectly closed loop, it lays the foundation for one that is. Over time, with constantly evolving and improving technology and new methods of design from the scale of products to buildings, the gaps in the loop could be closed, and a “true” sustainable city could be fully realized.
A green building (also referred to as sustainable building or green construction) is a structure that employs an approach that is responsible for the environment besides being efficient in regard to resources all through its life cycle: This is from selecting the site to designing it, constructing, operating, maintaining, renovating and demolishing it. To achieve this, the client, the engineers, the architects and the entire design team closely cooperate at all stages of a project (Yan and Paliniotis, 2006). Practicing Green Building complements and expands the conventional building design areas of comfort, durability, utility and economy.
One of the most evident problems associated to the environment is the issue of the logging of trees, mainly in undisturbed places such as the Amazon basin. Trees are considered the lungs of the Earth. They recycle all the polluting carbon in the air and return oxygen back into our atmosphere, creating a stable cycle of carbon in our atmosphere. However, the impeccable rates which trees are being cut down in our forests have grown to ever increasing and alarming rates. Trees that are made way for farming are burnt up releasing deadly amounts of carbon and thus leading to the problem of global warming. As its names suggest the world is slowly warming up and without any notice the environment which God has gave us will be slowly eradicated. The daily lives which humans carry on about every day are also a factor influencing on our environment and global warming. By driving cars that have a thirst for petrol we are releasing carbon dioxide and furthermore impacting on the world?s climate. In Australia environmental impact has always been evident. Land clearing especially in places such as Queensland has caused land to lay dry and lifeless where all forms of life is destroyed. By clearing land we are not only affecting our climate but are also destroying animal habitat and the usage of the land. Senseless actions by commuters in Australia, emitting tons and tons of lethal gases vulnerable to the atmosphere are starting to take its toll on our climate. We are seeing a harsher climate and at the same time less rain. If we want to preserve our world we must take a stance on this issue and take action for what is right, not carrying on the actions that will lead to a desolate, destroyed Earth.