RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE INTRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE Sustainable architecture is a general term that describes environmentally conscious design techniques in the field of architecture. Sustainable architecture is framed by the larger discussion of sustainability and the pressing economic and political issues of our world. In the broad context‚ sustainable architecture seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation
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period is an important period in the history of Indian art and architecture‚ with the foundations for Indian art being laid‚ which would later reach their height during the golden age of the Guptas. Our main pieces of evidence and material come from the time of the great Mauryan king Ashoka. Some of the finest examples of Ashokan art‚ are the famous Ashokan pillars that he erected across the country. These columns were works of art‚ architecture and engineering. The pillar was made out of a single stone
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many architecture feats‚ just for example “The Roman Arch”. Also made famous by the Romans is the Colosseum‚ which was a monumental accomplishment for the roman people. Before Rome there was ancient Greece‚ which helped make these thing possible for the Romans. The Greeks had devised pillars‚ which the Romans took note of. The pillars‚ known as Greek Orders‚ these which were divided into three different orders‚ Doric‚ iconic and Corinthian orders. These orders differentiated in many different ways
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Weaving Architecture & Nature Jessie Tang 1000079 Class 3 2013 ABSTRACT Landscape from its beginnings has a man-made connotation with associated cultural process values. The idea of having a landscape does not suggest anything natural at all. Yet there are instances of projects where the landscape itself suggests natural connotations as though there is no interface between nature (site) and culture (architecture). In Chichu Art Museum‚ Tadao Ando made a radical decision to create an underground
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determining the locations of teaching buildings‚ residence halls and so on. As a landscape architecture student‚ I am interested in this topic. I interviewed professor David Michael Barbarash‚ who is an assistant professor of landscape architecture in Purdue University. Prof. Barbarash earned a bachelor’s of landscape architecture from Virginia Tech and a master of science from the department of landscape architecture at State University of New York Environmental School of Forestry. Before he came to
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The Romans engaged in extensive city-building activities as they consolidated their empire. Roman military and colonial towns were laid out in a variation of the highly planned grid. Developments in the architecture of fortification‚ relating to compact space and fast maneuverability‚ and the discovery of perspective‚ focusing the description on the eye of the viewer‚ led to the radial focus in city plans and the development of ideal town plans. Many courthouses
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Lars von Trier propose that‚ beyond its traditional conventions of representation‚ architecture resides in the superimposition of space‚ movement‚ and events. The event‚ in particular‚ is the figurative origin of architecture itself‚ through which Tschumi proposes an architecture of difference and opposition rather than synthesis and totality. Narrative techniques—be they pictorial or cinematic—evoke the ability of fiction to produce an alternative form of critique. Bernard Tschumi was already widely
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Greek & Etruscan Architecture Greek and Etruscan architecture began to take shape during the Archaic and Early Classical periods. There were similarities between the early Greek and Etruscan architectural styles‚ but there were far more differences. One of the most obvious similarities between the Greek and Etruscan styles was the use of a gabled roof. A gabled roof resembles a triangle in that it has a peak in the middle‚ and then has two straight slopes from the peak to each side wall.
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Renaissance architecture evolved in the beginning of the 15th century‚ succeeding Gothic Architecture and lasted till the early 17th century. Renaissance architecture can also be defined as a restoration of Greek and Roman Architecture and its principles. As aforementioned‚ Greek and Roman architectural as well as artistic knowledge was lost due to the dark ages‚ and Renaissance sought to bring back that lost precious knowledge. Naturally Renaissance architecture saw use of architectural elements
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has introduced me to various factors in architecture regarding what it represents and should be in society through Louis Sullivan’s words. A Terminal Station: • The Masculine Implies forceful‚ direct‚ clear and straightforward‚ • The Feminine Implies intuitive sympathy‚ suavity‚ grace‚ and qualities of soothe‚ elevate‚ and refined. • Should be easy to get in and out (efficiency) • Outward aspect of the style takes on the ambulance of architecture. I agree‚ a terminal station should be
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