Between Silence + Light

Between Silence + Light

Craft

Well this week we didn’t do too much but we did go to Monticello and Falling Water, which not only was probably a once and a lifetime trip for me, and I must say thanks to our teachers who set it up. The first place that exemplifies a great deal of craft is our first stop, which was Monticello. And I must say that the craft was excellent pertaining to looks and technology. He had wonderful ideas that separated his house and traditional plantations

Technique

            Technique was used in many different ways at Falling water from the way that Frank Lloyd Wright kept visitors out of the Kaufman’s private sections of the house by making the hallways cave like, to how the construction crews saved the structure from collapsing by the use of steel beams. The techniques of Monticello are also very astonishing like how Thomas Jefferson used only local made materials to and how the wood on the front of the building was disguised, as stone was very effective.

Virtual

            Virtual to me means the existence of something without it actually being there. In Falling water the cantilever of the structure makes you feel that something is supporting the structure although you cannot see it there are steel beams that hold the structure. This also applies to the wooden stone on the front on Monticello.

Public & Private

            Monticello definitely can fall under these categories in the fact that Thomas Jefferson took one third of the space for himself. Also he kept his slaves hidden because he was ashamed of having them, he did so by making an underground section for the slaves he also made a rotating door from the kitchen to present the food and a wine elevator to bring the beverage. Falling water minus the guesthouse is essentially a private space that was built specifically for the Kauffman’s.  As I stated earlier pertaining the darkness of the hallway decides the type of area that it is, also I think the hallway in general does this because the public spaces are left open and undisturbed.

Language

            To me language means how well an area communicates with the guests or persons that are viewing or experiencing the space. And I believe that the languages of both of these structures are very strong in the fact that they let the persons know what should and should not be seen and or experienced.

Finally

            I think that the words for this week are very great and very influential; they are very important and mean so much. Craft is a very important characteristic in everything that we do as architects. Our technique shows and is carried out in all of our work it is sort of like a routine. Virtual is like our presence or our magic put into our work. Public and private is how we guide our viewers through our work. Language is a very key factor in how others perceive our works.