Unit 4: Architect
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
- The learner will be able to identify the different stages and jobs involved in making a film.
- The learner will define key terms that relate to videography.
- The learner will complete various creative tasks/research to broaden knowledge of the following lessons and categories.
Artist in Reference
Andrés Duany- founding partner of Miami firms Arquitectonica (full-service architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and planning firm that began in Miami over 30 years ago as an experimental studio) and Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (architecture and town planning firm founded in 1980 specializing in new urbanist town planning), and a co-founder of the Congress for New Urbanism. As an advocate of New Urbanism, since the 1980s Duany has been instrumental creating a renewed focus on walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, in reaction against the sprawling, car-centric modernist urbanism of the previous decades.
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Lesson 1: Old Masters
Buildings by Antonio Gaudi make the trip to Barcelona worth it. His work is combines with his love for organic forms inspired by nature and his preference to the Gothic ornamental manner. The extraordinary style constructed the the early 1900s, creates texture similar to that of a sculpture. In fact, he did utilize ceramics to create the rich color seen here.
Research Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain and Chartres Cathedral in Charches France. List the differences and similarities.
Lesson 2: Contemporary Architecture
General Description: Today’s building styles, which are quite diverse and boast a wide array of influences. These various styles and approaches have in common the use of very advanced technology and modern building materials.
Located on the outskirts of Tubac, Arizona, Tubac House (The Tyler Residence) displays how austerity of design can create bold and ever-lasting architecture.
Lesson 3: Urban Planners
General Description: Architects who work on a larger scale in designing cities to control and direct their growth and development.
Assignment: Create signage that explains the origin of the places that you frequent in your community. Draw a general map of where the radius in which these spots are located with stars and symbols as to where each sign is located. What information will get the point across of each location to both locals an tourists? How can they be displayed to the community so it doesn't ad noise but rather enhance these areas?
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