The “Singing in the Rain” clip starts out at Cathy's apartment buildings doorway, which is four steps up from the sidewalk level. It is obvious that what we are seeing is an urban city based on the cabs and the layout of the buildings that are all adjacent with little to no space in between. Most doors are a step or two up from the street level there are store displays along his rout. Some doorsteps have planters to either side. Some buildings have gutters that go all the way to the street level while others end a little higher. There are many fire hydrants and streetlights along his path. Genius Loci has two meanings; the first being the guardian of a place. The second being the distinctive character or atmosphere of a place with reference to the impression that it makes on the mind. The former is ancient definition, while the latter is the contemporary definition according to Norberg Schulz. A space’s character is its Genius Loci. Genius Loci is important as a theory for understanding and furthering knowledge in Architecture and place making, as it crucial to catch the ‘genius’ of a place in order for one to identify with it and henceforth architecture is the visualization of Genius Loci. The main objective of any architect should be to create meaningful places that are both functionally and physically beautiful. Through creating these meaningful, character filled places the architect helps a man to dwell. Functional beauty means that the function of an object is integral to its aesthetic character. The aesthetic qualities of a functionally beautiful object emerge from its function or something closely related to it, such as purposes, use, or end. A functionally beautiful object is one that is well adapted to serve its purpos... ... middle of paper ... ...ntiful quality of food the well-governed city provides. Human beings thrive in different habitats some would never choose to live in the cosmopolitan core, while others would wilt in a pastoral environment. Human habitats are important because in order for someone to reach their full capacity and serve their community efficiently, they have to cohere with their environment. Both Lorenzetti’s fresco, and the transect theory illustration provide the option of both extremely urban and extremely rural environments in order to provide inhabitants with a wide spectrum of options. With this variety any society has better prospects. Each zone or segment provides the others with its productions and relies on the others for theirs. The mutual support in the community allows it to flourish in a self-sufficient way, allowing the society to maintain overall structural integrity.
Environment changes spurred humans to survive or die, managing to adjust to the drier conditions or to migrate into higher river valleys (Tignor p. 86). Accompanying this ideology, the introduction of people into a population grows that community, growing of a community with an increased population is a rise for a system which helps to administrate the system. “The rise of new, larger, and expansionist territorial states from pharaonic Egypt and Mesopotamia.” (Tignor p. 86) The innovations of the migrants and the rulers in state building enable the people to rebuild a community with the damaged geographical
...ng for conditions and situations, the habitants of a cultural society will reflect what that society may bring to them.
I have had many special experiences while playing in band. Just in this semester alone, our band has played in two concerts and a CMEA festival. Our band has also been privileged to have a session with Mr. Smith. Overall, I would like to say that playing in concert band had been a great and learning experience.
Health care in America tends to be a gray area for citizens without prior experience with medical issues. Michael Moore an American filmmaker discusses in his documentary “Sicko” the unpleasant experience some Americans had to go through because of our health care system. Moore implements humor to his documentary by inserting comical music, images, and narration in spots that help his argument gain attention. He also travels abroad to places like Canada, France, and Cuba, where universal health care is supported. He does this in order to provide reason why universal health care is a good ideas by capturing the different emotions and opinions of individuals in those countries versus what people think in America. In addition, Moore provides evidence on why the United States should adopt a different health care system by providing facts like the life expectancy and cost of health care in America compared to other countries. Michael Moore’s main goal is to inform the audience as well as introduce his argument that our health care system is inadequate and that better solutions are out there like universal health care.
“Form follows function.” Every great Modern architect thought, designed by and breathed these very words. Or at least, their design principles evolved from them. Modern architects Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Pierre Chareau, and Rudolf Schindler to name a few believed that the function determined the space whether the space was solely for a particular purpose or they overlapped to allow for multiple uses. Form didn’t just follow function, function defined the space. By focusing on the relationship between the architecture and the interior elements, Chareau’s Maison de Verre expanded the idea of functionalism to include not only the architecture but also the space it creates and how people function within that space.
In this chapter, we learned about how different communities were developed. We learned about preindustrial cities, industrial cities, and postindustrial cities. We learned the process of urbanization through the functionalist and conflict perspectives. We also learned about the many different types of communities that there are. Communities are found everywhere. No matter where you go, you will always find yourself in a community of some sort, and you will always belong to a community somewhere, whether it be residential or political, or both. It’s amazing to think about all the different types of communities there are in this world, and which types of communities you yourself might be associated with.
In about ½ of a page (single-spaced), please state whether you agree, disagree, or have a mixed opinion regarding the following statement and argue, via evidence and claims from what you have learned in class, why you have picked your stated position. Be sure to comprehensively explain and support your reasoning.
GREAT JOB!!!Exclaimed Mr. Roberts as he was passing out the test we had taken the day before. Apparently we all passed. I’m Darwin and I have always been the smartest person in the class, everyone expects me to be the nice guy and the goody-two-shoes, but that is what they wanted so that is what THEY see. I act all nice and good when adults are watching, but truly I am not that kind of person. I wish that people would stop trusting me with so many things just because I’m smart. Mr. Roberts just finished handing out the papers. That is when the class exploded with chatter. After he sat down everyone started looking at me and giving me thumbs ups and all other good signs. “Thanks man”, “You saved me” They kept thanking me and it was for a good reason I think… this was the last test before the Final Exam and I helped everyone pass. Teachers consider it cheating, but I think it is helping a friend in need. I do however think that if these people can’t pass these simple tests they will not succeed in the future. I have been helping my classmates for a long time and no teacher has ever noticed or maybe they just don’t care. Most of the people I help are rather uncultured, and rather unreasonable. DING! DING! DING! DING! Finally
In conclusion, the debate between aesthetics and functionalism has been around for a long time. It becomes clear however, through research, that the first thing architects consider is function, and then aesthetics. It is because of this approach that aesthetics becomes somewhat of a by-product of the whole design process. By looking at examples of various buildings, it is apparent that aesthetics is important to structure and in many instances has been successfully coupled with function. But in no circumstance should aesthetics take precedence over the function and practicality of a building. It seems more likely that a happy medium between function and aesthetics can be reached, on a project by project basis, and then applied to the design process of creating the building.
Again, this section will give a working definition of the “urban question’. To fully compare the political economy and ecological perspectives a description of the “urban question” allows the reader to better understand the divergent schools of thought. For Social Science scholars, from a variety of disciplines, the “urban question” asks how space and the urban or city are related (The City Reader, 2009). The perspective that guides the ecological and the social spatial-dialect schools of thought asks the “urban question” in separate distinct terminology. Respected scholars from the ecological mode of thinking, like Burgess, Wirth and others view society and space from the rationale that geographical scope determines society (The City Reader, 2009). The “urban question” that results from the ecological paradigm sees the relationship between the city (space) as influencing the behaviors of individuals or society in the city. On the other hand...
Functionalism is therefore a value. The study of the backgrounds of functionalism in architecture involves the larger problem of the value of use and specifically, the place of fitness in beauty. The meanings of the terms used – function, fitness, utility, and purpose – will vary somewhat with each writer
The author explains architecture as an identification of place. Architecture starts with establishing a place. We define ‘place’ as a layout of architectural elements that seem to accommodate, or offer the possibility of accommodation to, a person, an activity, a mood, etc. We identify a sofa as a place to sit and relax, and a kitchen as a place to cook food. Architecture is about identifying and organizing ‘places’ for human use.
Remarkably, unlike in the description of art or music, the notion of atmosphere remains largely unaddressed in architecture. Atmosphere, can be argued, is the very initial and immediate experience of space and can be understood as a notion that addresses architectural quality, but the discussion of atmosphere in architecture will always entail, by definition, a certain ambiguity. After all, atmosphere is something personal, vague, ephemeral and difficult to capture in text or design, impossible to define or analyse. Atmosphere, Mark Wigley says, “evades analysis, it’s not easily defined, constructed or controlled”.
The needs of the communities are easy to understand once we recognize their significances and needs. Communities are mainly use to understand the individuals that lived there, to comprehend their culture, concerns, and relationships. In other worlds, communities are groups that remain related to one another in many ways of life; however, an individual has their own ideas their own vision of life. Both communities and individual remain closely related, this may cause violations to obtain their own needs; nonetheless many laws, rights and ideals help prevent these violations.
Upon reading “The City” by Park, Burgess and McKenzie I had a very vague understanding of what natural space was defined as, but these reading illustrated how it is easy to see through a metropolitan area. According to the articles a natural space is not just a physical mechanism and artificial construction, it is a product of nature better understood as human nature. The authors understood that humans are social beings so to create a space of interaction from business, to relationship and commerce was a foundation to natural human functioning. Human ecology was being evaluated and that is defined by the study of the special and temporal relations of humans as affected by the selective, distributive, and accommodative forces of the environment. Here we are interested in finding out how the effect of time and space is presented upon human institutions and their behavior. The study of this field can be directly linked to being able to understand “natural space” because a city displays how the environment and current time shape a person through their behavior and the social institutions they have been a part of.