attitudes towards...
in efforts to understand how the attitudes towards design affect design, i plan to explore such topics in this fashion:
//i do understand that this may be too linear to describe a lot of these topics but should make it easier to come back to and quickly grab this information later//
//i do understand that this may be too linear to describe a lot of these topics but should make it easier to come back to and quickly grab this information later//
fact about a basic condition of architecture ->
- affect on actual design implementation/design attitude
the ground, with its earth, rock, trees –
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its stability or instability,
its changes in level,
its dampness,
its flatness or unevenness
gravity –
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its constant verticality
the weather –
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sun,
breeze,
rain,
wind,
snow,
lightning
the materials available for building –
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stone,
clay,
wood,
steel,
glass,
plastic,
concrete,
aluminium… and their characteristics
the size of people and other creatures –
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their reach,
their eyes,
how they sit,
move
the bodily needs and functions of people and other creatures –
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for warmth,
security,
air,
food,
disposal of waste
the behaviour of people, individually or in groups –
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social patterns,
religious beliefs,
political structures,
ceremonies,
rituals…
other products of architecture (other buildings, places…) –
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that exist,
or are proposed
pragmatic requirements –
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the spatial organisation needed for various activities
the past –
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history,
tradition,
memories,
narratives…
the future –
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visions of ‘Utopia’,
or of ‘Apocalypse’
processes of time –
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change,
wear,
patination,
deterioration,
erosion,
ruin
ref.
< Unwin, Simon. Analysing Architecture. Routledge, 2021. >