week 9 Flashcards

(39 cards)

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what are the 6 Architectural Styles(BRAAIN)

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  1. Revivalism
  2. Art Deco
  3. Art Nouveau
  4. International Style
  5. Brutalism
  6. Neo-Classical Style
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what style was penn Station in 1910

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  • Architecture replicated temples and spaces of the wealthy
  • neo-classical style
  • Original design gave importance to human wellbeing, empowering
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how many people would go through penn station everyday

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600,000

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why did penn station go into delice around the 1950s

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Competing with car and aeroplanes in 1950s

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what new design did they change penn station to

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Utilitarian

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what is Utilitarian design?

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a designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.

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3 Jobs of Human Friendly Design (MIC)

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  1. Put our lives in a better context
  2. Create a common sense of identity and space (ex. churches)
  3. Support human comfort
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how did Predynastic Egypt (3100 BCE) keep there art styles for thousands of years?

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  • 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
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Which train station in New York was renovated to sell its air rights?

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Penn station

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If the Penn station works well enough for moving people which is one reason why it looks matter?

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Creates an environment where human life is worth living

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The single artistic style untied are…

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Religion
Government and society

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Why does it matter weather people feel comfortable on streets

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Helps business
Makes people walk more

Physical and mental health
Eyes on the streets

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Revialsilm

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Revival of different older styles

ex. Baroque, Mayan etc.

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Art Deco

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sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation

ex. Chrysler Building, Bank of Nova Scotia

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Art Nouveau

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flowing lines, repeating rhythm, and asymmetry for a natural feel

ex. Gaudi

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International Style

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Glass & Steel

ex. United Nations building

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Brutalism

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Concrete, truth to materials

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Neo-Classical Style

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grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms

Roman detail
dramatic use of columns
a preference for blank walls

19
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what are atributes of postmodernism

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About building anything
Like las vagus
Random stuff built
Whimsical, different
Brought back ornament

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Frank Gehry(LV)

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Inspired by book “Abandoned from Las Vegas”

known for his use of bold, postmodern shapes and unusual fabrications.

ex. dancing house

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Louis Sullivan

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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

22
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Adolf Loos (1913) know for saying

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“Ornamentation and Crime”

Sought to shame architects for ornamentation, associating with poor and minorities

Inspired Bauhaus style, which is a German art movement

23
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Le Corbusier (IS)

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Inspired International style and Brutalism

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what 3 forms of achurtrual style did create

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  1. International style
    Bare basics
  2. Brutalism
    Truth to materials
    Brute means raw
  3. Kinda - Developer modernism
    Earth tones
    Rectangles
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what does Ann Sussman do to seeing what draws people in
Studies eye tracking
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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
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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
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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
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which train station in New York was renovated to sell its air rights?
Penn Station, loved before
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if the Penn station works well enough for moving people what is one reasons why looks matter?
Gave importance to human wellbeing
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what were the 3 architectural styles from 1850s to 1930s that used ornamants?
Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Revivalism
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the chrysler building and the banl of nova scotia are example of what style?
Art Deco
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did louis sullivan get ride of ornament from his own work
No, kept ornamentation
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what was the name of a german design school that helped bring minimalism to North America
Bauhaus
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what does "Brute" mean in brutalism
raw
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what slogan did the modernist follow that the postmodernist abandoned
Form follows Function
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who is a postmodernist architect
Frank Gehry
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what failing do modernist and postmodernist have in common
Lacks fine grain (No visual stimulation at ground)
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what do humans need a concentions of to feel conforatable
Visual details