Building a Building a Foundation Foundation Learning about Learning about Architecture Architecture Learning Goals: • Architects are artists • Basic architectural elements • Art is in the world around you, even in everyday objects • Design a finished product using separate elements
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Building a FoundationBuilding a Foundation
Learning about ArchitectureLearning about Architecture
Learning Goals:• Architects are artists• Basic architectural elements• Art is in the world around you, even in everyday objects• Design a finished product using separate elements
The art of designing and constructing buildings.
Every building is designed by an architect.
Seattle Public Library – Seattle, WA
What is architecture?
The first known book about architecture was written by a Roman architect , Vitruvius.
Romans were well-known for their architecture.
Beauty
Utility
Durability
The Coliseum – Rome, Italy
Architects still use these today!
B
U
D
Hi, I’m Vitruvius!You can call me
BUD!
I believe every building should be strong in:
Elements of Architecture
The Crooked House – Poland
To make a building beautiful, useful and durable , architects use 6 basic elements.
MassingTexture/Lines
RooflineWindows
Entrance/DoorsDecoration
Massing:Massing is the height, length and form of a building.
Can MASSING affect how you
feel about a building?
How do you feel when
you walk up to a
skyscraper?
How do you feel when
you walk up to a home?
Texture/Lines:Texture & lines create interest when looking at the mass.
Cubic houses – Rotterdam, Netherlands
St. Vitus Cathedral – Prague, Czech Republic
What kinds of materials and shapes can I use?
Does your
house look like
this!?
RooflineRooflines can be very different from building to building
Chateau – Mont St. Michel, FranceSkyline, Manhattan, New York
What shape is
your roof?
Do you like my
roofline?
WindowsWindows often show expression for the building.
Heroes Building – Santiago, Chile
Kyoto, Japan
Open Concepts House
Do you like lots of
windows or just a few?
Do you like big
windows or small
windows?
I think that house is
looking at me…
And I think it might be
hungry!
Entrance/DoorNotre Dame Cathedral – Paris, France
Farewell Chapel - Krasnja, Slovenia
The entrance is very important!
How else would you get
in the building?
DecorationDecoration is a great way to show style in architecture
Marché des Halles – Avignon, FrancePublic Library – Kansas City, Missouri
This building is decorated with
plants!
This library looks like giant
books!
Styles change from place to
place.
Architectural StylesEvery building also has a certain style
and over time... like hair and
fashion
Let’s look at 5 different styles.
ClassicalFrom around 500 BC – 500 AD • Grand and imposingGrand and imposing
• Columns and archesColumns and arches• Very formalVery formal• SymmetrySymmetry
Parthenon replica – Nashville, Tennessee
US capitol building – Washington, D.C.
GothicFrom around 1200 - 1550
Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom
• Decorative & ornateDecorative & ornate• Castles and cathedralsCastles and cathedrals• StonesStones• Arches & Tall WindowsArches & Tall Windows
ColonialFrom around 1600 - 1820
Colonial Cape Cod house - Massachusetts
• American colonistsAmerican colonists• Native American influenceNative American influence• Simple “Salt Box” styleSimple “Salt Box” style• Front symmetryFront symmetry
John Teller House - Schenectady, NY
Arts & CraftsFrom around 1850 - 1930
Galveston, Texas
Sears catalog - Arts & Crafts house
• Do-it-YourselfDo-it-Yourself• Back to NatureBack to Nature• Pitched roofsPitched roofs• Lead or Stained GlassLead or Stained Glass
PostmodernFrom about 1960 - present
Experience Music Project building - Seattle
TV station Beijing, China
• Fun and creativeFun and creative• Unusual shapesUnusual shapes• DecorativeDecorative• Combination of stylesCombination of styles
Architectural DrawingsIt takes lots of drawings to get what you want.