Sunday, September 19, 2010


In class we discussed the main points of the readings. We spent a bit of time discussing the opposing relationships brought up in
Experiencing Architecture. Some examples of these relationships are:
slack - taught
heavy - light
hard - soft
force - gravity
smooth - rough
wet - dry
density - porous
elite - common
odd - proper

Above is an image of "slack" from Webster's visual dictionary. To me, it appears to better demonstrate taughtness, but I can imagine the string that would go with the casting rod and it could be slack.

In class we also discussed what the purpose of greenrooves is. In addition to replacing what a building has removed, I have heard that they can keep buildings cool. This made me think of an article in Popular Mechanics magazine I had just been reading about a rooftop greenhouse made by an engineer in New York. This is different because it is actually an enclosed garden, rather than one that is open to the elements. This rooftop greenhouse brings oxygen from the plants into the building below and brings routes carbon dioxide to the plants. The building uses gray water (used water from bathrooms and sinks) to irrigate the plants. I think this is a cool idea because it has a mutually beneficiary effect.


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