ID 34010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Affordance

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Interior Design
• Course: ID 34010
• Professor: Bill Willoughby

Document Summary

Mind as primary for learning by inherited structures. The joint is the beginning of ornamentornament is the adoration the joint louis i. Kahn: quality comes across in the making of a fitted joint between materials. It is in the careful nature of the joint that the appreciation of crafted things springs. Metcalf: the hand at the heart of craft: craft the core of craft lies in utility-that craft is distinguished by usefulness. Identified by traditional mediums of metal, clay, fiber, wood, glass. Underclothes: though people may wear different clothes on the top layer, our undergarments are all the same. Workmanship disposes: design is what can be conveyed in words and by drawing, workmanship is what can"t, the quality of our environment doesn"t depend on its design. The workmanship of risk and the workmanship of certainty: workmanship=craftmanship. The workmanship of risk"= quality of the result is continually at risk during the process of making: ex: writing with a pen.