My two questions are similar to one another in that they are both seeking to find out if architecture and nature can work and live together in harmony. They both speak to the environment, whether it be bringing the environment into the architecture, mimicking the environment, or creating a harmony between the built environment and the natural environment. Environmentally responsible architecture is an important topic for research or study because it’s the direction that architecture is headed. Architecture shouldn’t just be something that sits on top of the land with no interaction, connections, or relationship to its surroundings. The best kind of architecture is one that is rooted in a place and sensitive to its surroundings, the local culture, materials, and its people that it is serving.
Both iterations of my collages for thesis prep two depicted rhythm, the passage of time, the cyclical nature of the landscape and built environment, the quality of light over time, and the possibility of architecture recreating what is seen in nature. Although I’m not positive my questions are encompassing everything I want to answer through my thesis, they are much more specific than they were last week as far as what it is about architecture and nature that fascinate me so much and that I’m seeking to address and answer.
a. How can architecture mimic the elegance, poetic beauty and cyclical nature of the landscape?
How is it possible for architecture to treat the environment as an equal shareholder in the design?
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