Meeting

All,



I want to set up a time to meet at school. Lets all agree on a day:


Wed. 1/6 afternoon

Friday 1/8 afternoon

Saturday 1/9 Morning


We will discuss the blog posts - naming conventions, etc. and expectations of progress over the break. In the mean time, please post notes from the review and edit your statements.


I came across this quote:


“… in the differentiation of a spoon from spoon, spoon characterizes a form having two inseparable parts, the handle and the bowl. A spoon implies a specific design made of silver or wood, big or little, shallow or deep. Form is “what.” Design is “how”.” Louis Kahn


Last semester was discovery of “What” your projects are and presentation of data regarding a form they might take. This semester is primarily an analysis of choices; it’s now about “How” you Design your projects.


Let’s agree to produce at least a days worth of architectural information about how you derived your projects and where you see them one month from now. Make a minimum of 12 - 8.5x11 pages of hand sketches and notes. Include notes, program, site surveys, material sketches, project sketches, montages, etc. each page should have two drawings and very little white space left over. Post them on the blog as the conclusion of your Design 7 research.


As for me, this quote from Mies van der Rohe will guide me through the next semester:


“If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must lead us from irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order.”


RC