ARCH 1000 Midterm: Intro to arch midterm review

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Architecture Theory/History
• Course: ARCH 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Gianni

Document Summary

Difference between public and private was very clear. When mere buildings (private realm(fabric)) moves to public (figures) become architecture. Modernism: things in private realm where becoming art. King/queen/president houses move from private to public realm. What are they used for? examples: warehouses, houses, office buildings. What does it stand for for example, eiffel tower used to represent. French city, view of the city, gives to the city and shows to the city examples of public realm: corporate headquarters (used to stand out, museums (represent what it exhibits, monuments (more leaned to arts) Lincoln sculpture will not be as significant without the podium surrounded by columns, etc. act of frame brought into existence by being separated by crowd architecture as horizontal frame. Meaning is not always there, has to be created. Architecture uses walls and spaces to separate and differentiate between things. Meaning of architecture: use of form and space to bring existence.