Scale

Place

Building

Space

Object

Buildings are designed based upon their location and also their purpose. Every buildings location is very important because the size of the location depicts what the building will look like and how it will be designed. The interior of the design is solely based upon the way that the building is built. Lastly, what goes into the interior of the building is based upon the space provided in the building. 

Scale is universal and it affects just about everything. Throughout Unit 2 we learned about different buildings and places and did activities that went along with that topic. Most of the activities were hands on and visual and this helped me understand how scale exactly works. For example after watching the Powers of 10 video everyone created a rendered square and as we put them together we learned that if the squares weren't the right scale then the composition as a whole is a failure. In class we also constructed a model of a Palladio Village out of boxes. During this project we also learned that scale is very important because if objects were too tall or too short they didn't fit in right. In review I learned that scale is very important and it affects absolutely everything that is man made. 

  

Palladio in Western Architecture

PALLADIO IN WESTERN ARCHITECTURE

http://www.civita.it/servizio/news_civita/palladio_500_anni_dopo

         Andrea Palladio has influenced European architecture like no one else in European architecture. Even in the 17th century Andrea Palladio was looked at as superior as well as classical because of his literature as well as architecture. Palladio also influenced architecture all the way in England, Germany, Northern Europe, and the United States. Palladio created many villas in Venetian Republic and many were inspired by the design of them as well as his literature because it referenced the Renaissance period.