Architecture Thesis Manual EMCVillanueva.GRLajom “If I had to teach architecture....I would strive to inculcate in my pupils a keen sense of control--unbiased judgment and of the “how” and the “why.” I would encourage them to cultivate this sense till their dying day. But I would want them to base it on an objective series of facts. Facts are fluid and changeable especially nowadays‚ so I would teach them to distrust formulas and impress on them that everything is relative.” --Le Corbusier FOREWORD
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1. Abstract The assignment will be exploring some design approaches on environmentally friendly buildings and to define what is mean by the term “sustainable architecture”? Green architecture is a sustainable method of green building design: it is design and construction with the environment in mind. Green architects generally work with the key concepts of creating an energy efficient‚ environmentally friendly house. The environmentally friendly building materials and construction methods will
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lingering ammonia smell was a doodling sheet for me. I have always been familiar with the world of architecture as my father is an architect. Although I have wandered quite a lot‚ I have till now developed my architectural philosophy and talent in my own way by getting experiences from school through a construction company to an architectural designer’s office. I entered the department of architecture on a scholarship in 1996. But I consciously saw myself as a victim of my father’s expectations because
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BAÜ FBE Dergisi Cilt:9‚ Sayı:1‚ 3-18 Temmuz 2007 Type and typology in architectural discourse Yasemin Đ. GÜNEY* Balıkesir University Faculty of Architecture and Engineering‚ Department of Architecture Çağış BALIKESĐR Abstract Typology is the comparative study of physical or other characteristics of the built environment into distinct types. In this paper‚ the historical transformation of type and typology concepts since the Enlightenment has been examined in three developing stages based
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most common form of architecture‚ but they were used for worship gods and politics‚ there existed two different types of architecture in the Ancient Greece; The Doric order‚ and The Ionic order‚ these two orders were the most common type of architecture used in the Ancient Greece. The Doric columns were the simplest‚ having the capitol which is the top or crown‚ they are circular with a square on top‚ but they do not contain a base. The Doric was very simple yet powerful architecture. The Parthenon is
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From sea to shining sea‚ Frederick Law Olmsted constructed hundreds of parks and public spaces across America. He transformed the field of landscape architecture‚ and through his work‚ sought to provide the antidote for the increasingly crowded cities with parks. Olmsted changed the way the society viewed public spaces. The ingenious architect and city planner built the America we know today‚ advocating for the conservation of green spaces‚ which contributes to America’s vast and diverse landscape
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Architecture is a form of knowledge that requires practice and rational thought. Practice is accomplished with the hands work and rational thought is an intellectual activity‚ which allows interpreting and discovering the already built works. Vitruvius stated that focusing only in one would not allow the architect to have success. If the architect doesn’t have enough intellectual and cultural knowledge‚ his works would lack of prestige and admiration. On the other hand‚ if he only focuses in the
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Post Modern attributes of the de young museum: History: The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 damaged the old de Young museum building located in Golden Gate Park and uncovered severe seismic flaws in the building and hence a comprehensive plan to rebuild the building in stages was overtaken to make the de Young museum up to date. In January 1999 the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron were chosen to rebuild the De young museum‚ due to their willingness to engage in an extended process of architectural
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be excelent. The eduaction requirement for most states is that the maintenance worker to be trained in a progarm appoved by the national architectural board . These progarms generaly result in a bachelor of architecture‚ Master of Architeure or a Ph.D In Architecture or doctor of Architecture. The only addtional educarion requriments for the career is to renew the lincess each year for their other lincess like electrian lincness any many other. The Loacation for this very between many loaction arcoss
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using a huge‚ neo-classical style in the architecture of their own government buildings. The civic structures are adorned with pillars‚ and Porticus makes it a conscious reference and reference to the ancient Greek or Roman architecture‚ and to those civilizations in the highly revered form of democracy and republican governmental values. This explanation gives the government some sense of legitimacy and cultural capital. Thus‚ the discourse of architecture is full of obvious and clear ideological
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