Shape [1842 & 1851]: To shape is the act of sculpting something; to conform. With the concept of East meets West things such as the Worlds Fair in London and Japonisme (term coined in 1842) came to shape the world as we know it today. Resulting from the Worlds Fair in 1851 was new commerce methods, new form of technology, product design, and revolutions within the industrial field. Prior to this, when the Japonisme made it into the mainstream it made it possible for new design elements to be transported to multiple parts of the world. Now initiated, “Mass production was now established as the means of manufacturing consumer goods, and Modern Movement theorists were inspired by the concepts of the rationalization and standardization,” (Massey 63).
Energize [1929]: The act of energizing is the exertion of energy implemented onto something. The Barcelona Pavilion is an example of the term “energize” because, when Mies Van Der Rohe designed the space he was dependent upon the people that inhabited the space to create a source of energy. He believed that the people were a form of theater, they animated the space, and they became the exhibit, which made this design a successful one. “His design for the German Pavilion for the Barcelona Exhibition of 1929 was unrestricted by cost or function, and he was able to experiment fully with this temporary structure,” Massey 77). In Environmental Design II, during the installation of this window I decided to add three inner-panels to each piece to add energy.
Stretch [19th century]: The act of stretching is the motion of extension/expansion. The destruction and reconstruction of Chicago, lead to a stretch in the city’s population. A person flourished the area growing from 300 to 30,000 people over the course of 20 years and still continues to grow. By 1901 the population had stretched to 2 million people. The stretch in population lead to the stretch in buildings upward to accommodate to growing population, making more available space occupying less land. This also led to competition between New York and Chicago, making new innovations stretch into the New York mainstream.
Speculate [1949 & 1951]: The act of speculating is a state of thought, reflection, or mediation. Looking at the physical aspects of these homes similarities are obvious in their design. Mies Van Der Rohe’s usage of steel, glass, and stone in the Farnsworth House served as an inspiration for the design of the Glass House by Phillip Johnson. When Johnson speculated over the concept of the Farnsworth House he stated that the Farnsworth House by Mies Van Der Rohe was a, “…radical departure from his last European domestic projects.” After the Farnsworth completion, Johnson went on to complete the Glass House. With both of these houses it is speculated that they house a feeling of coldness in the sense that all personal belongs and methods of traditional building have been removed from the design. “Mies’s foremost disciple Philip Johnson who had been responsible for bringing the International Style to America with the 1932 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, designed his own house at New Canaan (1949), labeled the ‘Glass house’, as a simple cube with four glass curtain-walls. The integration of inside and outside is complete. The integration of inside and outside is complete,” (Massey 150). For centuries people have utilized walls and rooms to separate public and private space and have added simple decorative elements such as interior molding and wall hangings; but with this home, people are forced to take in the outdoors as their paint on the walls. With the combination of Drafting and Environmental Design II, this office had to be studied and the evolved into something more.
Compose[1951 & 1956 & 1958]: To compose is the motion of combining or forming multiples to create a single configuration. With Mies Van Der Rohe, his design composed of steel linear shapes that work with one with one another to create a sense of unity. The design of the Farnsworth House, Lake Shore Apartments, the Seagram building, and IIT were a composite of similar materials that shared similar design aspects linking them together. With the design of IIT “He designed a complete new campus for the college in a crispy efficient style using exposed-steel frames and brick-and-glass infills,” (Massey 145). With this being said it is no surprise that Mies Van Der Rohe portfolio was a composite of similar building shapes. In Environmental Design II our current project is suppose to be composed of three materials that we drew out of a cup at random.
Synopsis [Timeline]: A commercial one coined the slogan, “Verb it’s what you do,” and the is exactly what we as humans do. I decided to reorganize this week’s OPUS words because when I choose my examples it shaped my opinion of these words. Then I continued to place a date beside each word and is created a timeline of events in chronological order which shed new light on the methods of America and finding its own style for me.
Energize [1929]: The act of energizing is the exertion of energy implemented onto something. The Barcelona Pavilion is an example of the term “energize” because, when Mies Van Der Rohe designed the space he was dependent upon the people that inhabited the space to create a source of energy. He believed that the people were a form of theater, they animated the space, and they became the exhibit, which made this design a successful one. “His design for the German Pavilion for the Barcelona Exhibition of 1929 was unrestricted by cost or function, and he was able to experiment fully with this temporary structure,” Massey 77). In Environmental Design II, during the installation of this window I decided to add three inner-panels to each piece to add energy.
Stretch [19th century]: The act of stretching is the motion of extension/expansion. The destruction and reconstruction of Chicago, lead to a stretch in the city’s population. A person flourished the area growing from 300 to 30,000 people over the course of 20 years and still continues to grow. By 1901 the population had stretched to 2 million people. The stretch in population lead to the stretch in buildings upward to accommodate to growing population, making more available space occupying less land. This also led to competition between New York and Chicago, making new innovations stretch into the New York mainstream.
Speculate [1949 & 1951]: The act of speculating is a state of thought, reflection, or mediation. Looking at the physical aspects of these homes similarities are obvious in their design. Mies Van Der Rohe’s usage of steel, glass, and stone in the Farnsworth House served as an inspiration for the design of the Glass House by Phillip Johnson. When Johnson speculated over the concept of the Farnsworth House he stated that the Farnsworth House by Mies Van Der Rohe was a, “…radical departure from his last European domestic projects.” After the Farnsworth completion, Johnson went on to complete the Glass House. With both of these houses it is speculated that they house a feeling of coldness in the sense that all personal belongs and methods of traditional building have been removed from the design. “Mies’s foremost disciple Philip Johnson who had been responsible for bringing the International Style to America with the 1932 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, designed his own house at New Canaan (1949), labeled the ‘Glass house’, as a simple cube with four glass curtain-walls. The integration of inside and outside is complete. The integration of inside and outside is complete,” (Massey 150). For centuries people have utilized walls and rooms to separate public and private space and have added simple decorative elements such as interior molding and wall hangings; but with this home, people are forced to take in the outdoors as their paint on the walls. With the combination of Drafting and Environmental Design II, this office had to be studied and the evolved into something more.
Compose[1951 & 1956 & 1958]: To compose is the motion of combining or forming multiples to create a single configuration. With Mies Van Der Rohe, his design composed of steel linear shapes that work with one with one another to create a sense of unity. The design of the Farnsworth House, Lake Shore Apartments, the Seagram building, and IIT were a composite of similar materials that shared similar design aspects linking them together. With the design of IIT “He designed a complete new campus for the college in a crispy efficient style using exposed-steel frames and brick-and-glass infills,” (Massey 145). With this being said it is no surprise that Mies Van Der Rohe portfolio was a composite of similar building shapes. In Environmental Design II our current project is suppose to be composed of three materials that we drew out of a cup at random.
Synopsis [Timeline]: A commercial one coined the slogan, “Verb it’s what you do,” and the is exactly what we as humans do. I decided to reorganize this week’s OPUS words because when I choose my examples it shaped my opinion of these words. Then I continued to place a date beside each word and is created a timeline of events in chronological order which shed new light on the methods of America and finding its own style for me.
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