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For an Architecture of Reality. REAL. UNREAL. Tries to happen, physical Art – “ aboutness ” communicates Symbolism – “ Bell Tower” Post-modernism – It tried to maintain past ideals but went far beyond the intended Dream-like Un-genuine “Buildings enslaved to their programs”
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For an Architecture of Reality REAL UNREAL • Tries to happen, physical • Art – “aboutness” communicates • Symbolism – “ Bell Tower” • Post-modernism – It tried to maintain past ideals but went far beyond the intended • Dream-like • Un-genuine • “Buildings enslaved to their programs” • Buildings full of things and overly crowded with spaces and functionality • Cookie cutter style buildings • Economy and money • Happens, emotions, direct feeling, nature • Presence – Pyramids • Is not : Camouflage, reflective, translucent, not actually there, illusion • Is : a certain • Materiality: • Is not: heaviness, tacky, veneer • Is : Appreciation of origin • Significance: • Achievement i.e. pyramids • Bell tower in a mall setting • Emptiness: • Silence, clarity, unfinished • Ma – the gap between stones