It is important to keep in mind that architectural objects are never isolated. The actual space, whether it is a natural or a structural environment, always represents some context. Objects are becoming targets of human perception mainly in two ways: one way is the moment when the object, by its characteristics, imposes itself as the object of perception; the other way is when the object is focused willingly and purposefully for certain reasons. According to psychology of perception, to see something means to determine its place in the given entity (Arnhajm.R, 1987). To perceive firstly the substantial entity, followed by the perception of its parts, is the basic rule of Gestalt, which makes the essence of perceptual processes. According to …show more content…
In some works, the basic component and the reason of perception lie in the overemphasized manifestation of the structure. Such a form is called "engineering architecture", with Otto Frei, Buckminster Fuller, Pier Luigi Nervi, Torroja, Fresine and the contemporary but already legendary Santiago Calatrava being the famous artists in that domain. New technologies and constructive possibilities of a certain epoch are clearly manifested by this architecture, but such pieces of art can "exist" independently and outside the parent context. Although there are different ideas, it is necessary to note that the construction primarily needs to "serve" the building, but not to demonstrate its "muscles". (Alihodzic & Folic, …show more content…
(Arnhajm, 1990) The dynamic features of an architectural form are one of its three main features. Note, however, that not every structure built for utilitarian purposes may carry the epithet of architectural piece. Every architectural composition has certain more or less dynamic features which are perceived as decrease or increase of tension. This dual dynamic is reflected in tendency towards motion-action and contrary, towards settling down. This dimension cannot be measured mathematically nor experimentally; it exists only on the level of conscious illusion. According to psychological theory, the "illusion of motion" is not the same as the perception of motion as the result of dynamic features of the spatial composition. (Alihodzic & Folic, 2010). At the end of defining the properties which are important for the process of perception and memorization, the meaning of every architectural form has been also considered as important. The stronghold in the area of psychology for this segment of consideration is in associative thinking, which is based on the observer's previous
According to Weber & Johnson (2009), higher cognition levels are present when an individual has an initial perception of a situation or task. The
Adriana Umana Psych 356 13 December 2015 Final Exam Much of what we know about human behavior has been known thanks to many psychology theories. Some of these theories have been developed by very well known psychologists such as Carl Rogers, B.F Skinner, Bandura, and Raymond Cattell. Although, some theories have changed over time there are others we still apply today. Carl Rogers was a humanistic psychologist. He was non directed, client centered, and person centered.
It contested the professions and the way it was taught. It turned away from conventional architecture and proposed more adaptive architecture that would accommodate the emergent needs of its users through a rebellious style in an age heavily influenced by pop- culture and Dadaism. It redefined architecture and embraced a criteria o perishable yet indefinite, multifunctional space that was applied to new city models. It emphasized a vital support to culturally changing mechanisms of the city and not simply functional organization of space. The radical ideas experimented with spatial, creative, political and consumer freedom that surfaced in the 1960’s.
In Rasmussen’s Experiencing Architecture, the author differentiates architecture from sculpture through utility. Therefore, the eye-catching curvilinear shapes of the hall’s exterior are more than bizarre geometric shapes. Surrounded by an urban setting, the concert hall’s undulating contours invigorates the cultural atmosphere of downtown Los Angeles. Spectators feel free to creatively interpret its ambiguous and novel shapes; whether the curves represent the crashes and clashes of orchestra or the frenzied hand gestures of the conductor, the concert hall ultimately reshapes the cultural landscape of LA as a unique architectural statement. Additionally, the materials used to construct the hall are stainless steel panels that hover above an asymmetrical band of glazing at the building’s base.
New designs have been adopted since the onset of architecture, and thus, with the concentration of a history of architecture, new phenomenon and innovations are realized that would help in further explanation and address of other necessities in the same sector. A concentration in the History of architecture and landscape architecture as a course incorporates more than one element of
Name of the master builder: Antoni Gaudí i Cornet Context under which he worked: Antoni Gaudí went beyond mainstream Modernisme also known as Catalan modernism, creating a personal style based on observation of the nature and exploitation of traditional Catalan construction traditions. He was using regulated geometric shapes as the hyperbolic paraboloid, the hyperboloid, the helicoid and the conoide. Biography- Age: June 25, 1852 to June 10, 1926 (aged 73) Place of birth:
Though this may seem as a simple objective, two main limitations stand in the way of achieving it. The first is the limited understanding of the human attachment/inclination towards nature. In spite of the growing body of research (Appleton, 1975; Kellert, 2005a; Heerwagen, 2005; Biederman & Vessel, 2006), still it is not clear why certain natural forms and settings arouse positive feelings in human beings. The second limitation is the difficulty of translating this limited -but growing- knowledge in architectural terms; form, form making principles, form language, structural systems…etc. (Alexander, 2001-2005; Salingaros & Bruce, 1999; Kellert,
Edward Ford in his The Grand Work of Fiction: The Detail as Narrative articulates the importance of “detail” in architecture. The author starts his argument by disagreeing to Rem Koolhaas’ idea that roof meeting the wall (two parts) do not generate something else. Ford however refers to Lorenzo Marasso and agrees that form should be seen as a composite whole, and thus we should see the importance in detail of joints. From this, a narrative of details revealing the composition of how parts make up the whole is highlighted through several examples that Ford lists including Herzog & de Meuron’s MH de Young Memorial Museum and Tod Williams Architects’ Barnes Foundation. Through the author’s interpretation and analysis of these examples, the main
One of the most interesting subjects that depicts many explanations about human behavior is psychology. Every human being tends to have a distinct behavior, depending on the situation that he or she was exposed to. The presence of other human beings cause the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of the person to be controlled or influenced. There is a considerable amount of factors in which the actions of human beings around them are responsible for the process of making their decisions.
Rachel Danzig AP Psychology Dr. Eisen August 20, 2015 I. Psychology’s History A. Psychology’s Roots 1. Prescientific Psychology a. Socrates and his student Plato stated that the human mind is separate from the body and our knowledge is born within us b. Aristotle, Plato’s student, disagreed, concluding that knowledge can not be preexisting and we grow it from our experiences within our memories c. In the 1600s Rene Descartes believed that the mind can survive the body’s death and our brain holds animal spirits in its fluid and flow from the brain through nerves enabling reflexes d. In 1620 Francis Bacon established that humans functioned around order and patterns e. Adding to Bacon’s ideas was John
He called this “Organic Architecture”. He managed to create his own architectural language that was true to his beliefs in design. Along with his design ideology he published the essay “In the Cause of Architecture” that set guidelines and proportions that were the basis of his work. In his essay he lists a number of important points: “ 1. Simplicity is the quality that defines the value of any work of art “– 1.
Gottfried Semper was a major figure in the field of Interior designing. He was an architect and an art critic who contributed majorly to the study of interiors .He proposed his ideas and thoughts in his book, “Four elements of architecture”, in the year 1952 and it was a huge success. In his book, he developed the theory that origin of architecture could be dated back to the primitive era when human civilization was at its peak. As compared to the modern ideology that architecture consists of structures made from materials, his theory revolved around the four main elements of the primitive era that were essential to human life.
Tectonics is defined as the science or art of construction, both in relation to use and artistic design. It refers not just to the activity of making the materially requisite construction that answers certain needs but rather to the activity that raises this construction as an art form. It is concerned with the modeling of material to bring the material into presence - from the physical into the meta-physical world (Maulden, 1986). Since tectonics is primarily concerned with the making of architecture in a modern world, its value is seen as being a partial strategy for an architecture rooted in time and place therefore beginning to bring poetry in construction. Tectonics, however, has the capacity to create depth-ness of context resulting in the implicit story being told by the tectonic expression.
In the architectural realm these nonvisual experiences become important in how our space is perceived, how it makes people feel and even perform. The scale of architecture in relation to the person, the sensation a hand feels while touching a handrail, or the sound a person makes on the building as they walk: all of these
The style of the building and the purpose it is built give a brief and thoughtful storybook about the culture of the architect as art, generally, and architecture, particularly, is a language itself. Thus, buildings narrate the stories of the people among the history and tell their traditions and habits to the next generation through its design, inscriptions, and details. In this essay, I will discuss how both the style and function of the Greek Parthenon and the Roman Pantheon served as typical examples of their cultures in Athens and ancient Rome. In addition to the similarities and differences between these two cultures through the two buildings. Both the Greek and the Roman architecture inspired the cultures and architects until these days due to the diverse meaning they carry and symbolize in astonishing ways through the different orders, columns, roofs, friezes, and domes.