Week 3 Readings

Week 3 Readings

Summaries Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper This article provides great context on how materiality and scientific research on controlling indoor temperature and conditions lead to many choices that did not benefit...
Space is Shaped by Lived Experiences 

Space is Shaped by Lived Experiences 

Space In the 1890s, “space” became a significant concept in architecture. Over time, its meaning has changed considerably and is still widely debated. Space has different meanings depending on the context and is complex and challenging to define,...
Week 3 Reading Post

Week 3 Reading Post

Summaries Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper The article Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper covers issues of skyscrapers and styles in post war times.   This was...

Week 4 Reading Responses – Interiors and Ornamentation

Response 1: Leaving Traces Anonymity in the modernist house Summary In this chapter, Hilde Heynen explains and confronts how one feature of the modernist movement was a paradox of home and homelessness. Heynen notes how because modernism relied on clean lines, new...
W2 – Simple Case Studies

W2 – Simple Case Studies

Case Study 1 – Indian Institute of Forest Management The Indian Institute of Forest Management complex in Bhopal, India houses the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), which trains and promotes forestry and natural resource management. The space is...