Philosophy Built environment , culture and people

1. PhilosophyBuiltenvironment, culture and people AESTHETICS, ART, ARCHITECTURE

2. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) • was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture. • He is best known for his 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, The Buildings of England (1951–74).

5. Buildings and Architecture Bicycle Shed is a building Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of Architecture

6. Lincoln Cathedral • (in full The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral) is a historic Anglican cathedral in Lincoln in England and seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 249 years (1300–1549).

8. Buildings and Architecture Building Piece of Architecture „the term architecture applies only to buildings designed with a view to aesthetic appeal” • „Nearly everything that encloses space on a scale sufficient for a human being to move in, is a building;

9. Aesthetics • Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy. • The term aesthetics comes from the Greekαισθητική (aisthetike) meaning "sensation" from αίσθησιν (aisthesin) or "sense." • The study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, the judgments of taste and the perception of the beautiful • Aesthetics is closely associated with the theory of art and beauty.

10. Aesthetics 3 ways of a building for causing aesthetic sensations

11. Aesthetics • Treatment of walls • Proportions of windows • Relation of wall-space to window-space • The relation of one story to an other • Ornamentation (tracery, leaf and fruit garlands)

12. Language • „the tracery of a 14th century window • The lead and fruit garlands of a Wren porch

13. Tracery • The curvilinear ornamental branch-like shapes of stone or wood, creating an openwork pattern of mullions

15. Porch • A roofed entrance, either incorporated in a building or as an applied feature on the exterior,

16. Wren, Sir Chistopher (1632-1723) • One of England’s greatest scientists and architects, he was active in rebuilding London after the fire of 1666. He rebuilt St. Paul’s Cathedral , London (1673)

17. Architecture Glossary - Illustrated Dictionary for Architecture Words •  - Use this illustrated dictionary to find the definitions for important words related to architecture and building design.architecture.about.com/library/bl-glossary.htm - Tárolt változat - Hasonló • Illustrated Architecture Dictionary •  - ]Illustrated Architecture Dictionary All examples are from buildings in Buffalo, N.Y. ... America, England and France: Architecture and Furniture styles ...www.buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/vocab.html - Tárolt változat - Hasonló • alphaDictionary * Free Architecture Dictionary - Free Architecture ... •  - Buffalo Illustrated Architecture Dictionary Indexed, cross-referenced and illustrated dictionary of architectural terms from Chuck LaChiusa. ...www.alphadictionary.com/...Dictionaries/Architecture/ - Tárolt változat - Hasonló • Architecture Dictionary, Glossary and Terms directory. •  - A Comprehensive Directory of Architecture Dictionary, Glossary and Terms listings that contain architectural Terms and Terminology.www.glossarist.com/glossaries/.../architecture.asp - Tárolt változat - Hasonló • Architecture Definition | Definition of Architecture at Dictionary.com •  - Architecture - Definition of Architecture at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Architecture.dictionary.reference.com/browse/architecture - Tárolt változat - Hasonló • Illustrated Architecture Dictionary •  - Themes > Arts > Architecture > Generalities > Illustrated Architecture Dictionary. A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I, J, K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S ...www.cartage.org.lb/.../IllustratedArchitecture/.../mainpage.htm - Tárolt változat - Hasonló

18. Architecture and communication

19. Aesthetics • Treatment of the exterior • Contrasts of block against block • Effect of a pitched or a flat roof or a dome • Rhythm of projections and recessions

20. The building as a volume • Block against block • Pitched or flat roofs • The rythms of projections and recessions • Three dimensional, a plastic unit, the sculpture’s way

21. Eiffel Tower Stephen Sauvestre 1887-1889 Paris, France

22. Orvieto Cathedral Umbria, Central Italy 1290-1607

24. Mercedes-Benz Museum UN Studio 2006 Stuttgart, Germany

25. Notre Dame du Haut, Le Corbusier, 1955 Ronchamp, France.

26. Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright 1936 – 1939 Uniontowm, Pennsylvania, USA

27. Sydney Opera House Jørn Oberg Utzon 1959-1973 Sydney, Australia

28. Gugenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry 1997 Bilbao, Spain

29. Aesthetics • Treatment of the interior • Sequence of rooms • The widening out of a nave at the crossing • The stately movement of a baroque staircase

30. Space The importance of ground plans Architecture = space + volume + surface.

31. Aesthetics • Treatment of Walls – 2 dimensional – Painting • Treatment of Exterior – 3 dimensional – Sculpt • Treatment of Interior – 3 dimensional – Arch. Space

32. Connection of GroundPlans and Architecture • Presenting a building • Presenting its Architectural quality • What is the full aesthetic effect of a building?

33. Architectureassuperiortootherartisticforms Why is architecture superior to other forms of art? Space as an aesthetic media exclusive of architecture Necessary for human existence Why? Human history is inconsceivable without architecture

34. Notre Dame du Haut, Le Corbusier, 1955 Ronchamp, France.

37. Notre Dame du Haut, • http://www.learn.columbia.edu/ha/related_sites/ronchamp_360/index.html

39. Architectureassuperiortootherartisticforms • Is human historyinconceivablewithoutarchitecture? • Whatdoesitproveifit is? • Thatthereare no human beingswithoutthepractice of architecure? • Thatthere is no human communitywithoutarchitecture? • Thatthere is no human societywithoutarchitecture? • Thatthere is no human culturewithoutarchitecture?

40. Architectureassuperiortootherartisticforms • Is human history inconceivable without architecture? • What does it prove if it is? • That we cannot conceive humanity without architecture? • How do we explain this? • Humanity and Architecure are necessarily bound to each other? • We are that much used to architecture that we cannot imagine the world without it?

41. Architectureassuperiortootherartisticforms • Is human historyinconceivablewithoutarchitecture? • Whatdoesitmeanthatit is? • Wecannotimagine a worldwithout … Whatexactly? • Howtodefinearchitecture? • Pevsner: „thetermarchitectureappliesonlytobuildingsdesignedwith a viewtoaestheticappeal” • Is ittruethatwecannotimaginehumanitywithouttheexistence of theabovedefinedphenomena? • What is the more importantfeature of architecture? • Necessity? • Aesthetics?

42. Buildings and Architecture Bicycle Shed is a building Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of Architecture

43. Buildings and Architecture Building Piece of Architecture „the term architecture applies only to buildings designed with a view to aesthetic appeal” • „Nearly everything that encloses space on a scale sufficient for a human being to move in, is a building;

44. Notre Dame du Haut, Le Corbusier, 1955 Ronchamp, France.

47. Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright 1936 – 1939 Uniontowm, Pennsylvania, USA

49. Sydney Opera House Jørn Oberg Utzon 1959-1973 Sydney, Australia

50. Institut du Monde Arabe Jean Nouvel 1981-1987 Paris, France