Site: Mercat de Santa Caterina
Assignment: THE CONTEXTUAL DETAIL
"When the materialities of the details forming an architectural space become evident, the haptic realm is opened up. Sensory experience is intensified and the psychological dimensions are engaged." Steven Holl
"Using a conceptual analogy, it is possible to define architecture as a system in which there is a "total architecture," the plot, and a detailed architecture, the tale. The joint, that is, the detail, is the place of the meeting of the mental construing and the actual construction." Marco Frascari
"Beauty is the concinnity of all the details in the unity to which they belong." Leon Battista Alberti
exercise
In the interior space of the Mercat de Santa Caterina you will explore details, the joining together of two materials through a series of thumbnail sketches. Please consider how the joint tells the tale of the construing and conceptualization of the architecture.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
FES AND MEKNES MOROCCO
Site: Fes and Meknes, Morocco
Assignment: THEMES IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
You will be asked to sketch at a range of sites and locations in Fez and the Middle Atlas. Please examine the following ideas drawing connections and conclusion between the various sites and subjects. In addition you should investigate the rituals and practices of Islamic culture and the Muslim religion and how they are manifested in the architecture and built environment.
Inside/Outside and the mediation between
Sacred/Profane
Centers/Edges
Direction/Orientation
Veil/ Reveal
Please consider the following architectural elements and how they might support or articulate the above concepts.
Threshold
Gate
Screen
Porch
Fabric
Skin
Contrast
Layers
Light
Shadow
Your investigation should be lucid and focused. Please establish a consistent framework and visual and written language in which to analyze and communicate your findings.
Readings:
Hakim, Besim S. Arabic Islamic Cities. Kegan Paul International Limited: London, England. 1988 (Chapter 2)
Kazimee, Bashir and Rahmani, Ayad. Place, Meaning and Form in the architecture and Urban Structure of
Eastern Islamic Cities. Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston. (Chapters 1-3)
Assignment: THEMES IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
You will be asked to sketch at a range of sites and locations in Fez and the Middle Atlas. Please examine the following ideas drawing connections and conclusion between the various sites and subjects. In addition you should investigate the rituals and practices of Islamic culture and the Muslim religion and how they are manifested in the architecture and built environment.
Inside/Outside and the mediation between
Sacred/Profane
Centers/Edges
Direction/Orientation
Veil/ Reveal
Please consider the following architectural elements and how they might support or articulate the above concepts.
Threshold
Gate
Screen
Porch
Fabric
Skin
Contrast
Layers
Light
Shadow
Your investigation should be lucid and focused. Please establish a consistent framework and visual and written language in which to analyze and communicate your findings.
Readings:
Hakim, Besim S. Arabic Islamic Cities. Kegan Paul International Limited: London, England. 1988 (Chapter 2)
Kazimee, Bashir and Rahmani, Ayad. Place, Meaning and Form in the architecture and Urban Structure of
Eastern Islamic Cities. Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston. (Chapters 1-3)
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