Landscape: Small Works - Prose/Poetry

Someone To Share It With

With the sun shining down

And a cloud filled sky

The flock of birds cry out

As they fly by

The perfect balance

Between sun and breeze

Creates a fine afternoon

That would put any soul at ease

Just another street

But it feels like much more

Just a simple setting

With so much to explore

And the longer you’re there

The more it becomes clear

This would be quite a moment to share

With someone you hold dear

Landscape: Small Works - The Street & The Garden

The Street

The Garden

Museum Visit: The Discipline of Nature at History Miami & Visionary Metropolis at Wolfsonian

 

The Discipline of Nature: Architect Alfred Browning Parker in Florida

 

 Visionary Metropolis: Tony Garnier's Une Cité Industrielle

Parker had a leading role in the Green Architecture movement, which is when architects keep the environment in mind. He became well known for his Florida architecture. I was blown away by his models and designs and didn’t expect to see so much work in the exhibit. For the last few years I’ve had an appreciation for architecture and interior design because of games like Minecraft and Sims 4.  With the models, not only were the designs great but the amount of care and detail that were put into crafting them is amazing. All of his work, from the plans to the furniture to the models, had such craftsmanship.

Garnier, similar to Parker, made his designs with the environment in mind.  I feel with his work that there’s not only design and environment in mind but also community. The amount of thought that goes into the plans is really impressive and gives me a sense of storytelling or world building. For me, what was cool to see is how both of their work give me such a different feel while the concept and the field of work are very similar.

Small Works and In-Depth Preparation

Identify strengths in The Street, decide to intentionally exploit those in your next work The Garden.  Refer also to the strengths you demonstrated in past units.

·         Good sense of perceptive

·         Good craftsmanship

·         Clean and simple line art style

·         Skilled illustrator

·         Buckminster Fuller--When was he working?

       Fuller began after 1947 with the geodesic dome.

·         Ha-has (recessed walls)--where do you find these?

       A ha-ha is a design that lets a wall keep its function while being able to see over that wall.                  You usually find these in Europe.

·         Parco del Mostri--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

      Bomerzo, Italy; Commissioned in 1552

·         Roman Forum--What function did it have? Where, when, what's your favorite image?

The center place where elections, speeches, trials, and gladiator matches went down.

The city of Rome

·         Boboli Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Florence, Italy; From the 16th through the 18th centuries

·         Jardin du Luxembourg--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

6th arrondissement of Paris; 1612

·         Tivoli Garden (Italy)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Tivoli, Lazio, central Italy; 16th-century

·         Bernini's Four Rivers--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy; 1651

·         Jean Dubuffet's Jardin d'Emaille--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands; 1978

·         Stowe Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Stowe, Buckinghamshire; late 17th century

·         Stourhead Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Mere, Wiltshire, England; Since early 17th century and through-out

·         Washington DC parks (any park space, structure, monument, or public artwork of your choice)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Washington, D.C; Designed and built between 1912 and 1940

·         Viscaya Museum--Why is this in Miami?  What is it named after? Who is responsible for it being built?  Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Responsible for it being built: James Deering . Deering chose Miami becausehis father had already had a house in Coconut Grove. He liked the name Vizcaya and thought it was easy to pronounce.

Miami, Florida; Built 1914–23

·         Fairchild Tropical Garden--Why is this in Miami?  Who is it named after?  Where, when, what's your favorite image?

      The garden was made because Robert H. Montgomery loved plants and plant life.

      Miami, Florida; 1936

Response to Green Dreams

Like many of the readings we’ve had, there’s a lot more to the subject at hand than I’ve previously thought. This reading, to my understanding, is comparing and contrasting gardens to art and gardens to other similar gardens. The author states that every garden is a representation, more than just face value. Just like in art gardens also tend to have symbolism. There are so many aspects to gardens: how large they are, if they are meant to stand out or blend into their surrounding environment. This reading goes so in depth about gardens, their style, what they convey, and much more that it’s almost hard to take it all in. I agree with the author when they mention that more time should be spent enjoying gardens than the guides for the gardens (this could also be applied to other things). At one point the gardens Stowe and Stourhead are compared and I’d say that Stourhead is more aesthetically pleasing. Also I seen Japanese sand gardens before but never knew what they were called or that they counted as a garden to be honest.