We all know that Council of Architecture is the prime athority for ARCHITECTS in India. Without its affiliation, no architect can carry on with his or her practise. So, here is some information about what C.O.A is all about and how it functions.
Archive for February, 2009
Architectural Quotes
# GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936)
I don’t think of form as a kind of architecture. The architecture is the result of the forming. It is the kinesthetic and visual sense of position and wholeness that puts the thing into the realm of art.
# JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) English art critic
Form ever follows function.
Architecture
Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, are merely shadows cast by outward things on stone or canvas, having in themselves no separate existence. Architecture, existing in itself, and not in seeming a something it is not, surpasses them as substance shadow.
# LOUIS H. SULLIVAN
When you look on one of your contemporary ‘good copies’ of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion.
# ARTHUR ERICKSON
Life is rich, always changing, always challenging, and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood, concrete, glass and steel, of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaningful space.
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Landscape Design Elements
These are the elements or materials used for designing. They are used to attain certain design goals. These can be categorized in different categories:-
1. Origin:- Natural or Manmade
The landscape materials can be classified on the basis of there origin i.e. natural or manmade.
Natural materials include those which are available from nature like plants, stones, earth, sand etc.
Man-made materials are those which are used after synthesising the natural materials or machine made. They include artificial lakes, ponds, cascades, bridges, fountains, gazebos, street furnitures, etc.
There may be a category in which only chemical is used to make elements like plastic (for pipes), trellis, etc.
Tree houses for birds, dove coats are the elements which enhance the space added with the lanterns, railings (in stone or bamboo) or music.
2. Degree of Hardness :- Hard or Soft
Hard elements include stones, bricks and concrete while Soft materials include plants, water, mud or soil. In order to recharge ground water, protect soil and climatic conditions, we need to provide a lot of soft spaces in our landscape.
3. Growth:- Living or Non-Living
Living elements includes plants which require regular maintainance, fertilisation and good investment while Non-Living elements are installed once.
4. Water requirement:- Dry Gardening or Wet Gardening
Phenomenon of Dry Gardening was taken from the Japenese Gardens. They require less of water in plants like cactus, moss, etc. While Wet Gardening requires a lot of water.
Landscape Architecture
In order to study about Landscape architecture, we need to gain certain knowledge about the terms used in it.
Landscape:- Something which is natural, beautiful, which surrounds us. In short we can say that Landscape is something which we appreciate.
Design:- It is defined as organisation of few components in an orderly manner.
Landscape Architecture:- It is not only organisation of components but creating relationship between the building and surrouding. Functions of a space can be different so we need to modify and organise natural and manmade components to create functional spaces.
- As an architect, we have a responsibility to plan something good for human kind and also ensure about the health and safety.
- Due to global warming, heat content has raised to a large extent and so we have to depend on the mechanical devices to lower the heat.
- This problem can be solved by adopting good landscaping techniques. Landscape can create a cooler microclimate.
- As a profession, it is very relevant in present era. Big projects are engaging architects and planners just for landscaping.
Form Active Structure System
Form active structures are those structures in which loadd is taken by the form or the shape of the structure. They are non-rigid, flexible matter shaped in a certain way and secured at the ends, can support itself and span space. Only tensile and compressive stresses persists. These are mainly categorized into 4 types:-
# Cable Structure
# Arch Structure
# Tents Structures
# Pneumatic Structures
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