BUILDING PROCESS AREA OF EMPHASIS

ARCHITECTURE 160

THE NATURE OF ORDER

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AN INTRODUCTION TO

THE DESIGN AND BUILDING PROCESS

FALL 1999

INSTRUCTOR: HAJO NEIS

GSIs: Fernando Marti, Brandon Ankenbrandt

ASSIGNMENT 1:

Identifying and Describing Life. The aim of this assignment is to see the life in the world around you, feel it directly, and respond to it. Choose the most intensely and vibrantly alive place that is a part of you and describe it (both graphically and in words) in such a way that others can feel the life of that place as well. Due in section for presentation and discussion next Tuesday, September 7. Please limit yourself to an 11x17 format (any media: drawing, painting, collage, etc.) and 1 page of text.

Life in Contemporary Architecture. Using Alexander's and Benedikt's criteria of life as a measure of value, choose an example from contemporary design, architecture or landscape architecture, that has a high degree of life for you. As in Assignment 1, describe it (both graphically and in words) in such a way that others can feel the life of that place as well. Due in section for presentation and discussion next Tuesday, September 22. Please limit yourself to an 11x17 format (any media: drawing, painting, collage, etc.) and 1 written page.