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What is Nathan Ricker most famous for?
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First US Architect First licensed architect.
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What is Jeanne Gang most famous for?
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Aqua Tower Chicago
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What architecture firm is Jeanne Gang a principal of?
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Studio Gang Architects
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What is Temple Hoyne Buell most famous for?
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First central mall shopping center
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What are some of different ways to see? (9 verbs)
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1. Percieve
2. Apprehend 3. Detect 4. Visualize 5. Understand 6. Consider 7. Imagine 8. Know 9. Find out 10. Recognize |
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What does “knowing a place” mean?
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The mental structuring of spatial, cultural, and time-based information.
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What are filters? What are some filters we use?
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Deciding what information to keep or abandon.
Earbuds |
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What are some ways to see the world? On what scales?
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Perception based on scale. To a person their world may be an entire city, but a bug’s world might be just one plant.
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What should we know before we aim to understand our environment?
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Ourselves
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Prof. Stallmeyer used what building as an example? Name the architect and building
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M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, by Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron
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What is special about it? What does museum’s architecture resembles. How?
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It is special because the outer shell / skeleton of the building resembles light filtering through a tree due to the special dimpling and texturizing of the copper shell.
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What is architecture according to Francis Ching?
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“Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings”
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What were some examples considered architecture by the majority in the class?
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1. Design
2. Structure 3. Construction 4. Theory 5. Practice 6. Technology 7. History 8. Detail |
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What building provided the most debate when asked if it was architecture or not?
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WalMart
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Who is the architect of ICA? Location? Client?
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Diller Sconfidio + Renfro, Boston, City of Boston
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