Comments from the Review (taken by Leslie Flint) Architecture at its highest level is poetic- profound starting point strong metaphor and did a good job sticking to it We're reflections of our environment - our existence is fragile so we can appreciate the poetry of existence even more Piers- you see them only above surface but they extend much further - relates to mirrors under the sand Water presents reflection of cityscape and also a larger mirrow Concern: what is the abstraction you are articulating? Potentially design of surface, landscape condition - we deal with on, in or through (the mirror) Start to think in terms of materials - ascribe existential meaning to material (feelings from damp stone building for example) War memorial/ orphanage/ displacement center Two opposing programs- one becomes more dominant -> mirror chess: without war no one would play game of chess writing own experience for your own good set up constraints Thesis should be broad idea - create tools and technology to go top down *If you choose site or program too early, you lose inventiveness - start to follow typologies *Best thesis is one that discovers something You can later translate to other site Reflection of a place from a distance makes it more significant Embassy, war memorial, museum= symbolic
Meret Oppenheim did the Furry Tea cup & saucer surrealist piece This actually started me thinking on other 'deceiving' objects/artworks by the likes of Mona Hatoum and there are several pieces at the Moma - the one I'm thinking of right now seems soft and tactile/friendly but is really made up of shards of fiberglass... This duality might prove helpful later on. I'll post more shortly
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Comments from the Review (taken by Leslie Flint)
Architecture at its highest level is poetic- profound starting point strong metaphor and did a good job sticking to it
We're reflections of our environment - our existence is fragile so we can appreciate the poetry of existence even more
Piers- you see them only above surface but they extend much further - relates to mirrors under the sand
Water presents reflection of cityscape and also a larger mirrow
Concern: what is the abstraction you are articulating?
Potentially design of surface, landscape condition - we deal with on, in or through (the mirror)
Start to think in terms of materials - ascribe existential meaning to material (feelings from damp stone building for example)
War memorial/ orphanage/ displacement center
Two opposing programs- one becomes more dominant -> mirror
chess: without war no one would play game of chess
writing own experience for your own good
set up constraints
Thesis should be broad idea - create tools and technology to go top down
*If you choose site or program too early, you lose inventiveness - start to follow typologies
*Best thesis is one that discovers something
You can later translate to other site
Reflection of a place from a distance makes it more significant
Embassy, war memorial, museum= symbolic
Meret Oppenheim did the Furry Tea cup & saucer surrealist piece
This actually started me thinking on other 'deceiving' objects/artworks by the likes of Mona Hatoum and there are several pieces at the Moma - the one I'm thinking of right now seems soft and tactile/friendly but is really made up of shards of fiberglass... This duality might prove helpful later on. I'll post more shortly
can you post some of her work...she is great...
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