Midterm Notes

-Destill movement, they thought they wouldn't need art
-art and sensation collapse in their view - think Mondrian
-very beautiful but don't want it to be conceptually banal
struggling with what your thesis is
-there isn't enough challenge to struggle with
purpose of a thesis problem is to create a question an then solving it
-beautiful composition
-I'd like to see you investigate this further
-pollute the program a bit
-the good news is you've got a good building - carefully worded out
but what now?
-challenge you to make a thesis - not just about solving a problem - how do you turn your building into a question
-perhaps focus on your details which are so compelling - perhaps your windows - start with that
-thick planes vs. thin planes
-micro then becomes catalysts
-larger organizational quality
-how do you constitute the section?
-how do you create interstitial voids - nest the spaces?
-what's missing is terminology, i'm sure you have it, just tell us what it is
-Scarpa - he installed an architecture in an existing building
-what are you saying about light?
-layering that you've built up the aperture in the frame - showing what your view is
-art, window, the experience of it
-have to be really strategic with references
-have a position on something
-the site: how is this going to function in Soho? - shopping mall area?
-how does the architecture respond to the environment that you're in?