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147. Communal Eating

19/6/2018

 
​The importance of communal eating is clear in all human societies as it binds people together. Therefore places should be designed where people can eat together. 

Lisbon

Portugal
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100. Pedestrian Street

19/6/2018

 
Cars have taken over streets and made them uninhabitable for human movement. It is damaging because it robs people and life from the street. Pedestrian streets which seem most comfortable are ones where the width of the street does not exceed the height of surrounding buildings. (Alexander 1977)

207. Good Materials

19/6/2018

 
Today there is a conflict in the nature of materials for building in the industrial society. Use only biodegradable, low energy consuming materials, which are easy to cut and modify onsite. For bulk materials Alexander suggests ultra-light weight concrete and earth based materials like tampered earth, brick, and tile. For Secondary materials use wood, gypsum, plywood, cloth, chicken wire, particle board, corrugated iron, lime plasters, bamboo, rope and tile.
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Setenil De las bodegas

The two main streets of Setenil are named after the amount of sun they receive. The Caves of the Sun, face south and are warmer than those of the shade. However the interior of the houses in both streets conserves a special microclimate, which keeps a cool temperature in the summer seasons and is warmer in the cold winter. 
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Setenil’s origins are a mystery, however the blackened ceilings indicate they date bate to prehistoric times. The fact that they are still inhabited today due to their thermal efficiency of Good Materials. 

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Assilah Eco Village

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109. Long thin House

7/6/2018

 
The shape of a building has a great effect on the relative degrees of privacy and overcrowding in it, and in turn has a critical effect on peoples comfort and well being. There is widespread evidence to show that overcrowding in small dwellings causes psychological and social damage. The feeling of over-crowding is largely created by the mean of point-to-point distances inside a building. In small buildings, don't cluster all the rooms together; instead string out the rooms one after the other, so the distance between rooms is as great as it can be. Use the long thin plan to help shape outdoor space on the site. (Alexander 1977) 

249. Ornament

2/6/2018

 
Decorations and ornaments will only work in a building if they are properly made and have a function. They are not just an optional addition - the building needs them just as doors and windows. Search around the building and find edges and transitions which need emphasis. Corners or places materials meet, door frames, windows, main entrances, a gate - all these are natural places that call out for ornament. Make the ornaments work as seams along the boundaries and edges so that they knit the two sides together to make one. (Alexander 1977)
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Door Detail - Scarpa
Museo Di Castelvecchio

Carlo Scarpa

If people question the purpose of ornamental features in today's architecture then Scarpa's work merits careful study, for he has brought functional detail back into architecture. His most famous works below demonstrate his attention and appreciation of craft which reveal the smallest of details.

Tomba Brion

​In the Tomba Brion, Scarpa uses ornament to translate ideas of growth and decay and invite the user to meditation. For example, thin metal elements embedded in the concrete walls are used to direct the user's gaze.

​museo di castelvecchio

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Scarpa's 1964 renovations uses detail to carefully balance new and old, revealing the history of the original building where appropriate. For example, the new is held apart from the old by reveal joints that function as miniature 'moats'.

This respectful approach to heritage is now a common method of conservation as seen in David Chipperfield's Neues Museum. 

querini stampalia

The Querini Stampalia also shows a careful wedding of new and old with rich detail and water as its main theme. 
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    100. Pedestrian Street
    104. Site Repair
    108. Connected Buildings
    115. Courtyards Which Live
    116. Cascade Of Roofs
    147. Communal Eating
    206. Efficient Structure
    207. Good Materials
    223. Deep Reveals
    232. Roof Caps
    249. Ornament
    250. Warm Colours
    31. Promenade
    39. Housing Hill
    44. Local Town Hall
    46. Market Of Many Shops
    4. Agricultural Valleys
    55. Raised Walk
    61. Small Public Squares
    64. Pools And Streams
    66. Holy Ground

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