Week 09

Todays lecture was on cities and memories and we looked at how these memories are generated by architecture. Mirko looked at how laction, locale and sense of place all create an identity or memory of a certain place.

• Memorial- tells who i am
• Landmark- tells where i am
• Monument- telles why the city has its layout

Memory= Identity:
Everybody has memories connected to places and every place has a history. Cities and Architecture communicate memories and histories. Architecture is four dimensional where the values of a society are transmitted through architecture.

"Architecture is the physical expression of the highest human thoughts." (W.Gropius)

 

 

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Working in an urban envirnoment means dealing with society's memories, people's memories and history and heritage.

 

Australia does not have history???

 





Many people think Australia does not have history, compared to other countries such as Rome, Australia's history is not as evident. Architecture in Australia's was not used to display the history but rather the land which has shaped who we are.

Ways we can preserce the identity of our cities mentioned in the lecture was;

• single buildings can be listed and preserved
• planning and legislation can impose ties to the transformation of the urban environment in order to preserve its character

Examplars showcasing a connection with the urban environment was the paving used in the public spaces in Portugal, Madeira, China and Rio.


In the workshop for the Brisbane model group we discussed with Mirko what building we were going to build or model on and drafted a CRA sheet to be assessed against.

The feedback we got from our presentation we got was good we just needed to fix up a few minor things in the nolli and figureground map and that was it.