Rick Joy, “We are continually striving to create architecture that is regionally sympathetic and well grounded in the context and community of its place.”

 Do you think his use of materials and building form are convincing?  Use specific examples.

 I think his use of materials in order to be well grounded into its context is very convincing especially after visiting desert landscapes near Las Vegas such as the Valley of Fire  similar to Rick joys region of Tucson. As Juhani Pallamaa describes in the introduction there is really something about the vast emptiness of the desert that provides an emotion of isolation very similar to the feeling that over takes our senses when we approach great architectural spaces. Rick joy captures these experiential qualities very well such as his use of frosted glass  in the Hoffman Residence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I haven’t visited the building but, from the picture the use of the glass can be seen giving the sense of vastness that gives one the impression that the landscape goes on forever due to the semi opaque nature of the glass and its ability to project the contours of the landscape on the outside. I really see parallels to this image with the experience of being in the desert landscape during a morning sunrise in which the landscape is slowly revealed to you in layers of the contours of the desert landscapes valleys, ridges and vegetation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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