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ExplainA quinzee -similar to an igloo except is not made out of blocks but rather out of packing snow really tight -very mobile -speedy and efficient -vernacular
ExplainTipi or teepee -mobile homes for nomadic cultures-North American first nations -made with animal skin and poles (around 20) -centered around a hearth -vernacular- uses local materials -had to face a certain direction depending on what spirit animal they were trying to belong to (eg. eagle/ bear...) -
ExplainYurt or Ger -by Mongolian people -central structure around a hearth, ventilation,
Name, date and notesSanatorium in Fort Qu'appelle
Name, date and explainDe Hogeweyk, Dementia Village, Netherlands -used as a model for dementia care -enclosed village where people think they are free to walk around -a space of healing- salutogenic design
Name and explainFireplace Motif, Mackintosh -
Name, date and notesHill House, Scotland, 104 Charles and Margaret Mackintosh -balance of opposites (blending of traditional and modern), curves and linear, dark and light -modern material -concrete, shaped in an old-looking building- castle (with the turret) -design for the Blackie family, where they lived with them before designing the house -at this time Japanese ports opened- hence there Japanese influence in the interior
Name, date and explainHill House drawing room, Scotland 1904 -floor to ceiling window which was rare for this period -contrast between light and dark, low and high -squares and circles were believed to be representation of the body and mind -mackintosh rose -they did holistic design
Explain vernacular architectureAfter Rudofsky's exhibition in 1964, the term vernacular architecture started
Explain rocky architecture.Rocky architecture is created by making a hole in a rocky surface which over time gradually expands to make different interior spaces. they can be classified into shelters and dwellings. Shelters are rock overhangs and dwellings use excavation. Dwellings can be cliff, pit, and dual architecture
Which 2 cone space architecture exists?In Goreme Turkey and Kandovan Iran. -because the rest have never been used by people. -they have similarities (facade, internal layout), but they vary as the one in Turkey is abandoned. -it is made out of turf, which is soft enough to excavate but tough enough to hold.
name and explainPianofore -Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema -victorian period
nameVictorian bathroom -1837-1901 -since the victorian period came the bathroom we know today because there was a great interest in hygene -first time to see a toilet in the indoors
Name and explainVictorian Mansion -verticality, pitched roofs -time of revivalism- classical columns mixed with gothic style and so on -front porch- traditional design -rooms were class based and gender based -victorian period- rise of the middle-class
name and explainVictorian Parlor -scarlet red was typical for this period- like green as well -velvet curtains to make the place seem dark -materials covered every surface
Name and explainFrank Lloyd Wright -lived in both Victorian period and modernism -lived through both world wars
Name, date and notesWright House, 1889, Oak Park- USA -Frank lloyd Wright -Victorian style: front porch, high pitched roof, triangular formations, but there is a difference as he showed honesty of the materials.
Name and notesRobie House, 1910 Frank Llyod Wright -fireplace- central hearth of the home (Japanese concept) -freeing the house of the grid -
Name, date and notesGerrit Rietveld, Schroder House, Netherlands, 1924 -de Stijl style -homes where gendered -yellow colour calls people in- used in the storefront -5 shades of grey, yellow, grey, and blue -it had moveable walls so that the layout could be adapted to one's needs -red was a masculine colour and blue was for females
Name, date and notesFrank Gehry, Gehry House, Santa Monica-USA, 1991 -style: deconstructivism -industrial materials, angular geometry -looks like a construction site, strips materials to the bare
Name, date and notesVictor Horta, Horta House, Brussels- Belgium, 1898-1901 -style: art nouveau (started to look at organic form, reaction to the victorian period, mimics nature) -house and architectural studio -dragonfly wings in ironwork -whiplash curve- typical for this style only
Name and notesVictor Horta, Horta House, Belgium -interior -ironwork reflects the exterior -no straight edges- everything is curve