Information relevant to all that I teach.
Interesting visualization of rebuilding the World Trade Center site I came across on History.com. There are other interactive features on the site worth viewing, but please be aware the content is just as graphic and sobering as it was ten years ago.
I found a couple of youtube videos about how to write like an architect. For someone who still needs to work on lettering (me), the first one is informative and concise.
The next one is a response to an “angry” e-mail sent to the creator, Doug Patt, of the instructional video. I just though this one was clever.
Frank Gehry’s first skyscraper clad (or “draped”) in stainless steel curtain wall panels. Definitely more interesting as you get closer. Notice the use of any flat planes – including window planes – to reduce complexity (and cost) of the curtain wall.
You can read an article here and see a video about the creation, and coordination, of the curtain wall system.
Below is a link to an article posted on CNN.com about the National September 11 Memorial. It discusses the process, and the problems, inherent with creating such an emotionally-charged monument. Toward the end of the article, mention is given to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by Maya Lin – then a young architecture student at Yale University. I remember one of my architecture professors saying that architecture is only truly created when we design a monument or memorial. Maybe that is due to the significance (social, political, cultural, etc.) of such an artifact and the symbolism – meaning – it holds.
The making of a memorial: Reshaping ground zero – CNN.com.
A Strong Clear Vision is a good documentary about Maya Lin that discusses in some detail the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
While I am thinking about kinetic sculpture, here is one a student pointed me to a couple of years ago.
Here is a link to Art+Com’s website with more images of the project.
Interesting piece on wind-powered kinetic sculptures created by Dutch Artist Theo Jansen.
