Grammar: Syntax

Grammar: Syntax

Audience

            Audience is any living thing that perceives a design or a work of art, whether it is one person or a thousand. Really an audience decides the success of an object or space. In studio we presented or boards that represented how we perceived our buildings. Everyone’s group did very well and showed great work, but they presented it to the whole class and got input back about the project. But the afternoon class gave input about the boards without seeing them and hearing the people of the group represent their work, so even if there is no presenter your work will always have an audience.

[Re] Visions

            Revision is when you make a change to the original object, to enhance it possibly. And I know this term very well because we do it all the time in drafting. First we start a project on bond paper then after examining it we overlay it in vellum paper and revise or add detail to the overlay. But also a spectator giving constructive criticism on a project, this mostly happens in studio, can put a revision into motion.

Here is the final vellum copy of the perspective exercise from the book.

Character

Character to me means an attribute or a highlight of a person’s work, one specific detail that is sort of like their visual signature. But it also can pertain to how delightful a project is, such as the beautiful domes of ancient Rome are sort of like their architectural signature. So far in drafting I haven’t found my architectural signature and I guess my character would be considered messy.

Here is a picture of an eye that I drew one night out of boredom, and it represents character through elaborative detail.

Transition

            According to me everything goes through some sort of transition through a period of time, especially architecture. This week in theory class we saw how a transition was made from the architecture of the Renaissance to the Baroque and Rococo styles of architecture where all the ancient styles of architecture would be reborn. It can also mean the story that a design can go through, from the drawing board to a three-dimensional model, over a short span of time.

Here is a picture of a chair that I saw and I really like transition that furniture has been through over the years.

Datum

            To me datum refers to a datum line, which is a line that is meant to lead the perceiver’s eye throughout a story or into a space. Almost everywhere we look we will see some sort of datum line, such as in the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. which my friend and I visited over spring break, and saw numerous amounts of datum lines. As you can see a datum line does not have to be a physical line, it can be an implied line.“ Everything in it is arranged in such manner that one part supplements the other and that the spectator is stimulated to let his eye wander about ceaselessly (Roth, 411).”

Here is the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Can you establish a datum line?

Summary

            I believe that these words are very crucial in the wide world of design and also in life. For me to remember terms it is best if I can incorporate them in daily life and I think that this set of terms will stick with me throughout my time on this earth, and they will definitely impact many more aspects in design.