SCHOOL of APPLIED COMPUTING and ENGINEERING SCIENCES

SHERIDAN INSTITUTE SCHOOL of APPLIED COMPUTING and ENGINEERING SCIENCES ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY

COURSE: Arch 31452 ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO 5

METAPHOR AND ARCHITECTURE

If ART is an expression, a communication of a thought or an idea...then if architecture is an art-form and not just construction, it too must be expressive. How can a form hold meaning?

METAPHOR: a symbol that transfers meaning from an original object to another object by means of implicit comparison, analogy, parable or allegory.

Khufu's pyramid at Giza, Egypt

The great pyramids of Giza have stood for more than 4,000 years. They have become a metaphor for strength and endurance. http://www.eyelid.co.uk/pyramid3.htm

Reminiscent of robotics and advanced technology this building becomes a symbol of progress and industry.

1 5/31/18 Artists often draw inspiration from the human form… Below – Metaphor:

Richard Meier's HANDS

World Trade Center design competition entry by the Richard Meier Partnership with multiple exit routes from the image of hands to a symbol of a fearful nation?

Planetarium in the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia Spain by Santiago Calatrava... Is a metaphor for an eye on the universe..

2 5/31/18 Artists often draw inspiration from nature...

The crystals in the permanent collection inspired the form for Daniel Libeskind's competition winning entry for the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Ontario 2002

The Michael Lee Chin Crystal at the ROM in a revised design 2004. After receiving the commission the design continues to evolve.

Artists often draw inspiration from other objects...

Garden of the Exiles at the Jewish Museum in Berlin by Daniel Libeskind ...the lost souls in the void...Jewish Museum in Berlin "The displacement of the spirit is made visible through the straight line of the Void which cuts the ensemble as a whole, connecting the museum exhibition spaces to each other via bridges. The Void is the impenetrable emptiness across which the absence of Berlin's Jewish citizens is made apparent to the visitor..." Daniel Libeskind http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/projects/pro.html?ID=2#more

3 5/31/18 ...art is making the invisible....visible...

Samples of student one evening design concepts

Rebirth Resurrection Commemoration Designed and drawn by Pzem Myszkowski

Strength and protection Designed and drawn by Amy Lishman

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