Reading Response 05: Sociability

    (Power, violence, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial …)   (Reviewing the 2019 Chicago Architecture …archdaily.com)   (https://massdesigngroup.org/work/design/gun-violence-memorial-project)   The Gun Violence Memorial Project – MASS Design Group (https://massdesigngroup.org/work/design/gun-violence-memorial-project) The Gun Violence Memorial Project is a set of four, small, simply shaped, windowless, open-entry structures constructed of glass bricks that contain items and stories…

Reading Response #4: De-tale

  A door leads to a deep pocket of storage above the blood red entryway stairs (Image 1). The ceiling and walls are covered in a semicircular paint pattern that pulses around a center light in the ceiling (Image 2). A corner of a bedroom door is cut through by the dramatic slant of the ceiling (Image…

Reading Response #3: edu-tecture

Natural Building JIMMI PIANEZZOLA: SCL STRAW-BALE HOUSE, 2016 PHOTO BY ALBERTO SINIGAGLIA   Courses possibly needed to create this building Studio course– experimenting with the creation and modeling of an architectural space Visual studies– the visual elements of architecture; including aesthetics Construction + structures – how to correctly and safely construct a space, and exploring the structural…

Reading Response #2: Orthographic Comparisons

    The orthographic plans I’m looking at are Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe’s Lafayette park apartments. The first orthographic representation depicts the separation of spaces by varied line widths, suggesting differences within the separation between the rooms ( ex. heavier line width is a more intense separation compared to a lighter one) . The…

First Reading Response

Domain Reading Response   I would title the black and white image of a forest a “multi-layered, natural domain”. There are a couple different layers to this domain: first, the domain of the forest as a whole in relationship to the larger scale area; and second, the domain of the levels shown in the image…