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.

Rhinoceros: In Depth - Metamorphosis

My goal with this was to turn the air freshener into some sort of creature and to still have it work. As you can see, I've attached a zinc nail, copper nail, and connect them to the plug with a copper wire so that when they come in contact with the acid from the tangerine a circuit is created.

Rhinoceros: Small Works - Portrait/Propaganda

Obama

 

 

Museum Visit: Beatriz Santiago Muñoz: A Universe of Fragile Mirrors at PAMM

Muñoz’s film work is a refresh view of the Caribbean, mainly Haiti and Puerto Rico, compared to what we typically see in the media. With her way of filming – at least from what I saw in the video filmed in Haiti – really puts you into the environment that’s being filmed. I can see what was meant by “Making the camera another character…” in the description of the exhibit. While at the exhibit, I didn’t understand how the mirror pieces fit with most of the other works but having read the title of the exhibit again and having a better understanding of the videos I now see how they correlate. I understood the videos being presented in a dimly lit room but I found it fascinating that the mirrors pieces and film prints were also in a dimly lit setting. I would definitely say that for me the exhibit did simulate a cinematic experience.