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Unit : 3D-Design. Architecture as Art. VOCABULARY. Architecture: the art and science of designing and making buildings Architect: the person who designs buildings Sculpture: a three-dimensional artwork Sculptural: an object that has the qualities of a sculpture Grids = graph paper
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VOCABULARY Architecture: the art and science of designing and making buildings Architect: the person who designs buildings Sculpture: a three-dimensional artwork Sculptural: an object that has the qualities of a sculpture Grids = graph paper Shapes: two-dimensional space trapped by a line Organic Form: a three-dimensional object (based on nature) Wiggly: a back and forth kind of movement Movement: the action of moving (either actual or implied) Geometric plane: a geometric, flat two dimensional surface
Frank Gehry :: Architect “Don’t try to be someone else. Find your own voice, find your own way.” BIOGRAPHY: -Born 1929 Toronto Canada -Moved to Los Angeles during his teenage years -Studied architecture in university -Owns architecture firm in Santa Monica California currently
ARTIST QUOTE “I realized you don’t need grids if you can create spaces and forms and shapes. You can see that in Bilbao…how wiggly can you get and still make a building?”
Draw the FLOWING ORGANIC FORMS. Detail of the Guggenheim Museum.
ARTIST QUOTE “I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of movement in architecture, and how it can induce an emotional response.” Fascinated = very interested Induce = to cause
What was your emotional response to this building? Did it make you feel… • Perplexed? (Confused)Inspired? (Motivated)Astonished? (Amazed)Ambivalent? (Unsure) “After seeing the Nederlanden Building I felt…because…”
Draw the horizontal lines that create MOVEMENT. Describe these lines. What adjectives will you choose?
Draw the vertical lines that create MOVEMENT. Nationale-Nederlanden Building
ARTIST QUOTE “I approach each building as a sculptural object, a container, a space filled with light and air.”
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis Minnesota Nationale-Nederlanden Building
Draw the lines that make SHARP ANGLES. Weisman Art Museum
Draw the GEOMETRIC PLANES. Weisman Art Museum