The organization of milwaukee art museum

The organization of milwaukee art museum is clearly set to enhance the waterfront view. Instead of designing a typical beautiful structure by the lake, the architect designed the structure to harmonize with the lake. Although the wind of the structure is eye-chatching, and look like it is all about the structure, building itself under the wind have many spaces inside. The wind is just part of the roof. In my opinion, the designed of the Milwaukee art museum is very sophisticated. The designed which is intend to look like bird and boat is blended in so well, so when you look at it, you kind of forget it is a building.

The Nerman Museum Set-Up

The Nerman Museum at JCCC was built to act as a kind of "doorway" into a campus full of art. The structure itself has a very open feel to it, the rooms are separated and defined by stairways, level changes, and walls. All of the transitions are very smooth. Glass was used frequently in the design to enhance the building's connection with the outdoors, and to frame views of the JCCC campus. The organization of the structure is asymmetrical, which is even visible from the exterior. The cantilevered room that overhangs the entryway is balanced by the weight of the huge campus on the other side of it.

The Bird's Nest

My favorite building that we saw in the presentation was the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. After seeing it on TV for so many months during the Olympics, I think this building has made a huge impact on the world's view of China. The "nest" theme of the building suggests not only that China is a nation ready to take flight, but also draws its inspiration from nature - this coming from a country that is trying to move in a more ecologically sound direction as it continues to grow at an unbelievable rate. I think it is architecture that is meant to reflect good intentions, which is the best kind.

Organization of Taliesin West

Im not quite sure if Frank Lloyd Wright had a set organization for Taliesin West, but i do know that he designed it so that the majority of the buildings would face the Mountains. Wright patterned it to resemble the flow of and feeling of the desert surrounding it. So the organization of each sector was rather random, but Wright tried to encorporate the building into the surrounding features of the desert terrain and mountains.

WTC Organization

The World Trade Center's organization was just like many of the office buildings you see around the world today. The Twin Towers were 2 100+ story office buildings located in downtown Manhattan. They were structured like any other office building - many stories high, with many floors of office space. The proportion and scale of the 2 were identical, giving them the infamous nickname of the "Twin Towers."

Building Organization

I do not think that the building that I did (The Aronoff Center) had a set organization structure, or a particular proportion and scale. I think that it does not have one becasue of the way it was designed and built. It was designed to have slanted wall, windows, and floors; which created different scales and proportions for each room.

The Gateway Arch by Eero Saarinen is a very simple design and every line of the arch fits perfectly into a very simple parabolic equation. Also known as an inverted catenary arch it's equation is -127.7ft x cosh(x/127.7ft) + 757.7ft
Nathan Rasmussen

The building I found most interesting was the extension to the Denver Art Museum by Daniel Libeskind. It's sharp straight lines should appear as if parts of the building are toppling over, but instead they appear to be reaching out to the sky and almost float.
Nathan Rasmussen

Organization Aspects of Bloch Bldg

The organization of the Bloch addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum is similar to that of any museum. It is a series of halls with galleries branching off all the way down through the five linked buildings. Just looking at the Bloch addition is deceiving as far as scale goes though. The five buildings are set up in a manner that is supposed to represent lenses. These five lenses are all connected underground. They appear as one main building and four smaller offshoots... but really they are one large space that exists as much underground as it does above. This smaller appearance in above-ground size was to achieve a sense of balance with the grand original Nelson building. This way the two parts, new and old, of the Nelson can appear proportional while still giving more needed space underground.

Favorite Building

Of all the buildings available to research, my favorite was the Beijing National Stadium by Herzog & de Meuron. It was impressive that the inspiration for the stadium came from a piece of Chinese culture and heritage, their ceramic pottery. So often the designs of new buildings seem arbitrary and of a more personal artistic view than they seem to represent the area or culture they are to be a part of. The architects managed to create a new piece of original architecture, while keeping it relevant to the heritage of the country it would reside in.

most interesting building(s)

Out of all the buildings from the presentation last Monday, the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Taliesen West house both stood out to me. I really liked the interior and exterior design of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The interior design was really cool and the exterior kind of reminded me of a whale's tail. With the Taliesen West house, I thought it was cool how it wasn't just Frank Lloyd Wright lived in it, but his students lived and learned in it too. It was like a combo of a school and dormitory.

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Insight on which building we found most interesting

The building that I found most interesting, other than my own, was the World Trade Center. I think I found this building the most interesting because of A. the attacks of 911. B. The designer was afraid of hieghts. and C. It was once the tallest building in the world, and the amount of steel used to make it was outrageous. I found it a little odd that the designer was afraid of hieghts and he made one of the worlds most renowned tallest structure. I though it was funny that he made the windows some 18" wide because he wanted to make the people inside feel safe considering he himself was afraid of being up so high. It was this factor that he got a lot of criticism for. I also found it interesting that he thought his building was so safe and still the attacks of 911 brought them down within an hour or two. Just goes to show that it doesn't matter how much steel you use and how safe you think it is; there's still a possibilty of it coming down. I also liked this building because of its symbolism and because I actually visited them before 911

Most Interesting

The building that I found most interesting was the World Trade Center. I think the reason that I liked it the most was because the design was simple, it simply looked like a giant box. It also had new designs that also made the building. For example the building was built with an outer shell for support, which meant that there was no need for supports on the floors; which gave it more floorspace. Also the elevator system which stopped only at certain floors, which was a way for people to interact with each other.

the most interesting building in all presentation

The building the found most interesting is actually the building that do, Milwaukee Art Museum, but since I should be writing about one of the other buildings, my second find most interesting building is Bejing National Stadium(Bird Nest). I like the idea of taking natural structure and make structure out of it. Moreover, i like the design of complex of the structure, and steel use.

Architectural Research Project and Presentation

My favorite building from the architectural research presentation was the San Francisco Federal Building. I thought it was great how they were trying to integrate a very "green" office space into an area of San Francisco that city planners wanted to revitalize. The building had a very unique design, and ran extremely efficient. An idea I also found very interesting was the fact that the elevators only stopped on every 3 floors in order to promote employee health and interaction. An idea as simple as this really could help improve the quality of life for many of its employees.

In the Eye of the Beholder...

I enjoyed our in-class project because it helped us to see what the essences of the various buildings were to different people.  The different interpretations were interesting because it reminded me that all buildings are going to be viewed from different perspectives and attitudes - in a away, architecture is relative to the viewer.  Even choices of color can effect a person's attitude about a structure.  I've heard that the color pink can make people go insane over time!

decribing building with picture

By the project we did on oct 13, i did learn a lot. it was some how harder to describe a building with picture than the one we did before to describe a person. I didn't get the point until he explain how the wedding gown and the Italian church could related. I learned that Wedding gown which is old fashion, unquie and elegant, and old Italian church which is also old but elegant crafted architectural building are same art pieces.

Last weeks project enabled us to recreate a building in our own perspective. It helped familiarize us with shape, color, and design. It brought out the creative side in all of us because we were able to model the building we were given using only sicssors, tape, and magazine articles. Because wer weren't provided with casual designing equipment we were able to look closer at how each building was structured. One thing I remember most about the project was how my group used pictures of traufs to create a certain angle in the building we were to replecate. This was a fun insightful project that not only helped familiarize us with elements of architecture, but help work in groups critiqueing, conversating and encorporating ideas; just as we would have to do at an architecture firm.

Last week's class project

I liked how, through the projects and presentations, we were able to see how buildings can be interpreted without even needing to see the inside or understanding its purpose. We were able to use pictures found in magazines to recreate the building so that it looked pretty similar to the picture we saw. It also helped me understand the different kinds of ways buildings can be organized around a central thing or in other ways.

Last weeks project

I think last weeks project allowed all of us to see how we interpret buildings. We look at the overall design of the building and then re-create it in different ways. It could be from designing it from the plan view or creating it in the 3-D view. With different colors and pictures it lets us create the purpose of the building in our own view.

Class Project

I think that the main idea of last weeks project was to enable us to describe the details of a building without actually making the layout of the building. By using different pictures and colors one would be able to understand the meaning of the building and what its purpose may be. For example we had a church for one of the buildings and we used someone in a wedding dress and diamonds and jewels which help to describe the elegance that a church may have.

In-Class Project

I think the most interesting part of last week's project was seeing how different people could capture the overall shape of a building in non-traditional ways. Candles as columns or headlights as rooms. We were trying to convey the sense of the building through more colorful and emotive means. I think this could be something to keep in mind whenever designing something mundane so to possibly go about the everyday in a new way and create something original. I think this is why children like houses made of candy and cookies and forts made of pillows and boxes... their imagination is unchained with the creative take on something they see everyday. Adults could do the same if they just tried to see things in a new way time to time.

Color/Shape Effects On Different Individuals

The projects we completed in class last week really opened my eyes as to how color and shape can affect different people's every day lives. While I can see how both now affect people differently, I believe that color has a greater affect overall. I've seen this affect personally when painting different rooms in my home. When we first moved in, all the walls in our home were taupe (obviously b/c this is a neutral color, and is used in most cases when individuals are selling homes b/c it evokes a neutral emotion - neither good nor bad). After several weeks of looking at numerous color schemes for our home, we came to a mutual agreement and began painting. It really was amazing what the colors did for us and our home. A light blue can evoke an emotion of peacefulness/happiness in an individual. Bolder colors (ie brick red) can give individuals a sense of empowerment or confidence. I believe lighter colors affect individuals in a positive manner, as some darker colors may affect individuals negatively (all depending on the individual of course).

Color and Shape

The posters done in class show how color and shape can represent moods and personalities. Every color sets a different mood and can give more meaning to a picture. One of the posters shows the split personality of an individual. This individual has a strong contrast between their life inside and outside of work. It also show their style of life and hobbies. This graph shows the meanings of some colors and the mood they create.

After the shapes and colors project I realized how I used forms of both in my everyday life. The color of my bedroom and the type of furniture throughout my house reflects on the kind of person that I am. When I walk in to my rec room there is a clash of tastes all around where everyone tried to put of piece of what they wanted in to the design. I fell most comfortable in my room than in any other place in the house because of the ambiance I have created. The deep blue that my walls are painted enclose all of the lighter tones to create a smooth crisp environment.

Effect of Color On an Individual

Color can set the mood for people and places. Some colors can make one feel happy or sad, for instance, at wedding the color of choice to decorate with is usually white. while on the contrary a funerals colors are usually black. After the group project last week I became a little more aware of colors and how they effect or can even resemble a persons mood or feelings. Even personality can be drawn from things like texture, color, and designs that are in someones room or place they live. Red is considered the most emotionally intense color. It stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. It's the color of love. Blue causes the opposite reaction of red. Blue is considered to be peaceful, tranquil, and can even be used to describe things as cold and depressing. Green is calming, earthy, and refreshing. Yellow can be used to describe or illustrate cheer, optimism, even embarrassment and lies. At times purple resembles luxury, wealth, feminine and romantic. Although I already was aware that color has and effect on an individual and can characterise someone moods or feelings but after the project I really thought about it a lot more and attributed these facts to architecture.

The following is a representaion of the use of clustered forms. The varying levels of the squares and rectangles wrapped around a tall cylinder, in this case used for the stairs, helps to create and interesting building to look at.

a map of radial form

This map of campus shows two specific points where you can see radial form. The first one is where the buildings GEB, OCB, LIB, and SCI come together. The second example is the CC, NMOCA, RC, LIB, and OCB buildings. The hill is also centered in the middle of campus with buildings all around it. Another good example is the circular staircase in the GEB. The halls to the rest of the buildings around come together at the stairway.

Thoughts on Shape and Color

It's interesting to realize what we know already, (at least on a sub-conscious level). As as participant in last week's exercise I don't feel that I contributed all that much. Nonetheless, it was neat to see how the other groups put together their collages. I thought that the character my group was given, (the older, scotch drinking professional), did have a tragic bent, and liked how a fellow class-member pointed out that it appeared as if his life was sitting on pain. Last week also got me thinking about my own apartment, and what themes, if any, had been established there. Just like the earlier lessons concerning form and shape, if one is so inclined they may find a lot of compelling things to view in the world around...

Shape and Color Project Reflection

It's hard to translate a person's personality into simplistic shapes, figures, and shades; until you really think about what certain emotions are evoked by different hues. Whereas blue may make you feel soothed, black may make you feel loneliness. It is interpreted differently by different people but it evokes creativity and abstract thinking whether constructing the project or interpreting it. It was a great exercise because architecture is not always going to set in stone, whether trying to interpret what a client wants, or trying to convey your thoughts onto paper.

Iportance of Color and Shape

I've heard many times from many sources that color is important in resaurants and stores to evoke emotions that help sales. I know that there are certainly some places I prefer to eat as opposed to others just because of the atmosphere. Shape and color is very important when it comes to designing spaces for people to interact with. The in-class project that we did helped emphasize that since it showed that even a person or their personality can be described with an abstract art form such as collages. Just based on colors and shapes we choose where to eat or how much to buy. Hopefully, if we become architects we can all employ such tecniques to make our spaces more effective and enjoyable.

Shape And Color

Shapes and colors can really identify people. Especiall colors. People likely to believe white and black are sad colors. Also people believe white is pure and black is dark, gothy and now emotional and so on. There are cold colors and hot colors. Cool colors make people calm and hot colors sometime give people anxiety. If the appearance of the color can change people mind, i believe one can identify people with color. Sape...umm...I don't really know how to say, but a shape of symmetrical represents people who is neat and specific? I don't know just my though.

Shapes and Colors

Certain colors and shapes can help define someone. Like the project we did in class we were able to define someone’s personality and mood by colors and shapes. Red is a color that describes excitement, while black is a color of power and authority. Blue and Green are more peaceful colors. Shapes can also define someone. A rectangle or square is used to describe order and security. A circle is used to describe wholeness and community. And the triangle describes energy , power and balance.

Grid Form at JCCC

For my example of a grid form used on the JCCC campus is the parking garage. A grid was used when designing each pilar and each level of the garage. Every pilar is evenly aligned and spaced with one below it, above it, or beside it. The image I've provided is not our actually parking garage on campus but is very similar to it.

shapes + colors = mood?

I sort of already knew that some colors and shapes can affect how you feel. My room is dark blue and white and I always feel calm when I'm in it, so I kind of knew that blue was calming. But I didn't realize the amount of thought that went into the choosing of McDonald's colors. Red makes you hungry and yellow makes you anxious that you want to get out of there fast; so you're hungry for their food but you want to leave ASAP. As for shapes, it makes more sense to me that people draw certain shapes when they're in a certain mood rather than shapes causing the mood, but I can still see how that happens.

Radial Form

I could not find many radial from among compus buildings, but I though the connection between COM, GEB, OCB, LIB, SCI buldings are explem of radial form.

Grid Form.

An example of grid form on campus would be the pillars located in the center and along the walls. The floor is an outstreched grid form.

Another example of grid architecture i was able to find, was of the Bauhaus in Germany. You can notice how the windows are all aligned symetrically and spread about the whole building.

centralized

One of the example of centralized form located on a corner site at 17th and Hope streets in downtown Los Angeles. It is an apartment with a circle moving create a circular form.

Linear Form

This is my picture of the Lib. from the side of the court yard, example of linear form.

Roundness

I find radial symmetry to be one of the most organic, pleasing formats for buildings and rooms. I have always thought it would be a good arrangement for a library, or somewhere that you wanted room for thought.
A building I found on campus that exhibits some kind of radial symmetry is an open area in the Student Center, where the Book Store is on the first floor. The base floor plane is round, and the walls center around a point, which is the axis of the stair case that winds up to the third floor.

(PICTURE TO COME LATER!!)

Here's a really cool radially symmetrical building:

Grid Form

The Exterior of the Nerman museum is an example of grid form in the instance of the interconnecting stone blocks which form parallel lines throughout the exterior of the building. Also if you peer into the background you will notice that the beams wrapping around the windows of the bridge structure also form a grid pattern.

Centralized Form On Campus @ JCCC

Centralized form is defined in Architecture: Form, Space, and Order, as a number of secondary forms clustered about a dominant, central parent-form. The GEB (General Education Building) on campus at JCCC is a prime example of centralized form. When walking through the building, and viewing floor plans online, it is evident that all elements are centralized around the middle stairs. Although the stairs do not appear to be a "dominant"form, it is a centralized point where the halls and classrooms (which are secondary forms) all stem from.

Clustered Forms at JCCC

As mentioned previously in class, an example of clustered form can be found on the JCCC campus where the commons building connects with the general education building. While the buildings are connected, there is no strong "geometric regularity." Nonetheless, the arrangement in and of itself is quite functional. The columns create a plane where students and/or staff may feel comfortable studying or socializing. Also this photograph could be considered an example of subtractive form

Linear Form

This is a picture of the library at JCCC. The part at the top of the building extends over the pathway below it and the columns extending out to the side creates the illusion of an enclosed space even though it is not. This is an example of linear form because it takes you in one straight direction.

example of linear form

This is a picture of the outside of the CLB building at JCCC. The columns along the side of the building help add to its linear form because it makes the architectural line easier to see. It distinguishes the edges separating the building from the walkway.

Centralized Form - GEB

Our General Education Building is an example of centralized form. The stairs in the middle of the building act as the centralized, dominant form and all of the classrooms built off in four directions (four hallways) act as secondary forms. The hallways of classrooms act as secondary forms since they are clustered around the central element (the stairs).

Architect? Suprised?

In the first chapter of Arhitect? I was actually pretty suprised at the earnings of an architect. I mean, I knew that it would fluctuate according to projects, style of work, and where they're doing their work at. What suprised me was that an average architect's wage is comparable to that of a school teacher, plumber, electrician, etc. I definitly would have thought a architect would earn more than those professions. Though I was pretty happy to find out that at the average income is solidly middle class for architect and that they can lead pretty comfortable lives. It didn't suprise me about the amount of dedication it takes to become an architect, i pretty much assume anything you want to be successful at takes a considerable amoung of dedication. It really sparked my interest when explaing the social higherachy of architects and the fact that they are well respected and admired by members of the social system who are considerably wealthy and think less of people they consider to be lacking in education. This was a big sigh of relief for me, not because I want to hang out with a bunch of rich people, but because I consider myself to be a people person and I have no problem getting along with others.

Art Video

After viewing the art video I was definitly most intrigued by Maya Lin's work of the "Ecliptic Ice Rink." I was most influenced by her work because of attributing art with architectur. Throughout my life and my interest I always loved art, but knew that I wanted to be an architect first. Maya Lin's work took both the art and architecture aspects and combined them to make something beautiful. The ice rink is not only something beautiful, but something functional. She took what was once a dull, borring park in Grand Rapids, Michigan and turned it into something so much more. I love how the idea was influenced by the motion that water makes when a stone is dropped into it from above. The fact that she added the lights beneathe the ice was really neat because it was like the stars were a reflection from above. I enjoy how she trys to incorporate earth, landscape, or "natural phenomena,"(as she called it) into her architecture. Maya Lin is a very unique artist/architect, and I hope that I will someday be able to do work similar to hers.