ASC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Denise Scott Brown, Robert Venturi, Le Corbusier
19 Jan 2016
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Theory: jencks, practice: venturi/scott brown focused on the language and presented. All buildings are symbols and carry meaning symbolic importance. Architecture is seen as a medium of space and form. This was discussed in the lecture on space . This lecture addresses the metaphysical dimension of architecture: meaning. This was a question that dominated thought in the latter part of the 20c and was question of language. Charles jencks (with george baird) sought to redefine architecture in terms of theories on this. Two practitioners robert venturi and denise scott brown put these new ideas into practice. The basic premise was that buildings are not only physical objects but objects of. A response to the question of modernity and the obsession with functionalism of the 20c. The classical orders had driven the making of architecture for centuries. Each order was intended to be used on different types of temples.
