OSPMadrid 21. patriomonio construido de Espane. John Kunz Week 7: 22 February

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1 OSPMadrid 21 patriomonio construido de Espane John Kunz Week 7: 22 February

2 Big Idea We can apply methods of this class to understand our visit to Extremadura The home has a long and changed patrimony Week 7: 22 February 2 2/24/2010 2

3 Today: In groups of 2-3 Self actualization Aesthetic satisfaction Social satisfaction Physiological Consider (at least one) example of each type of Patrimonio i Español that you experienced in Extremadura Built immobile (construido immeuble) Built movable (construido meuble) Cultural Natural Shelter safety Create a simple formal symbolic (function form behavior) model and identify Major relationships, e.g., A enables B Role of multi-generational preservation Relationships to Maslow needs Imagine your life living in each at its prime at your current age 2/24/2010 3

4 Agenda Extremadura: what we saw and experienced Patterns Changes (Ss) Sustainability Q5 Reading Pratt: Houses are history...places are history, too Rybczynski Home: a short History of an Idea Patterns Week 7: 22 February 4 2/24/2010 4

5 Patterns 19. Web of shopping* 21. Four story limit ** 26. Life cycle* 30.Activity nodes** 31. Promenade** 40. Old people everywhere** 54. Road crossing 55. Raised walk* 56. Bike paths and racks* 57. Children in the city 58. Carnival 59. Quiet backs* 60. Accessible green** 61. Small public squares** 62. High places* 66. Holy Ground* 67. Common land** 69. Public outdoor room** 77. house for couple* 88. Street café** 92. Bus stop* 90. Ceiling height variety ** 94. Sleeping in public 95. Building complex 96. Number of stories* 111. Half hidden garden* 117. Sheltering roof ** 119. Arcades** 125. Stair seats* 129. Common areas at the heart** 141. Room of one s own** 159. Light on two sides of every room** 179. Alcoves** 180. Window place** 163. Outdoor room** 191. The (rectangular) shape of indoor space** 205. Structure follows social specifications ** 207. Good materials** 250. Warm colors** Week 6: 15 February 5

6 Jargon Emergence: the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions... nature, built environment, art Our sense of Spain emerges from the interactions of the fixed and movable built environments plus the cultural and natural environments Week 7: 22 February 2/24/2010 6

7 Pratt houses are history Week 7: 22 February 2/24/2010 7

limestone (coquina) Separate kitchen, shown,

8 Ximenez Fatio house, St. Augustine, FL Circa 1798 Built flush on (original) street Overhanging balcony Outside stairway in rear Walls of native, soft limestone (coquina) Separate kitchen, shown, in rear with oven Week 7: 22 February 8 2/24/2010 8

9 Ximenez Fatio house, St. Augustine, FL Room for families Multiple beds Mosquito netting necessary (Dry) washstand dirty water from the bowl poured into a slop jar next to stand Week 7: 22 February 2/24/2010 9

10 Ximenez Fatio house, St. Augustine, FL Porches (galleries) inviting place to sit in good weather and enjoy gardens. porch slopes downward d to allow the rain to run off into the garden Week 7: 22 February 2/24/

11 Ximenez Fatio house, St. Augustine, FL detached kitchen building wide fireplace to boil water, cook stews Big space required to feed a large family, guests and servants. Kitchen detached from house to eliminate danger of fires, keep away the heat of cooking and pests Flycatcher on table: sugar water inside attracts flies where then trapped Beehive oven used to bake pies, bread,... Logs burned in oven; coals raked out, food baked on hot bricks. Dry sink w/o running water; water ran into yard. White sugar came in a cone, brown sugar in a brick. special snipers to cut chunks of (hard!) sugar; chunks ground to powder Week 7: 22 February 2/24/

12 Octagon house, San Francisco Octagon House built shortly after 1849 Gold Rush. family residence until late 1920s Octagonal shape exterior essentially original Interior extensively modified for use as California Society headquarters Week 7: 22 February 2/24/

13 15 th C room: St. Jerome, per Durer Houses full of people: parents, children, servants, apprentices, relatives Privacy, sanitation unknown Room served multiple functions: eat, work, sleep, prepare food, talk, Services primitive: candles, fireplace only in main room Amenities simple Little furniture, e.g., table, benches used for multiple functions No book case or trash can never throw away paper highlights/highlight_objects/pd/a/albrec 2/24/2010 ht_d%c3%bcrer,_st_jerome_in_h.aspx 13

14 Language etymology Comfortare (Latin): strengthen or console, e.g., provide comfort to your mother comfortable as ample, not luxurious, e.g., income First use of comfort in context of home (18 th C) physical well-being, enjoyment Meuble = movable (Spanish, French) refers to functional property of furniture More equipment than personal possessions Appropriate for small spaces w/many people self confidence, emerge as words since 18 th C Internal world of the self and family Heima (Old norse) home, hejm -- refer to place plus abstract state of being Word not found in Latin languages, g including Spanish. 2/24/

15 Medieval homes (pre-18 th C): Sense of meaning austerity of medieval homes Primitive + refined: Rich tapestries, poor heat Luxurious clothing, plain benches Medieval concept of function (Inseparable) support of cultural mores and utility Attributes have symbolic meaning, e.g., colors, shape leave unchanged the features of a seat, e.g., shape and comfort: lacks meaning (reality), or when it does, to preserve cultural traditions Meaning comes from relationship to external (divinely ordered) world, not personal No room of one one s own; comfort not needed 2/24/

Medieval homes: Sense of meaning austerity of medieval homes 16 th C: Domestic arrangements start to change Parents share bed w/infants Older children stay home, go to school (do not go away to

16 Medieval homes: Sense of meaning austerity of medieval homes 16 th C: Domestic arrangements start to change Parents share bed w/infants Older children stay home, go to school (do not go away to apprentice) have separate room in family house Emergence of privacy, intimacy 18 th C: fixed function furniture emerges, e.g., table, side chair, bed Household technologies: water supply, (stove) heat 2/24/

17 First modern homes Holland, post 1609 separation from Spain Wealthy (relatively) Townspeople: merchants, factory, shipping business Freedom from traditional culture modern home, with its Physical house Surroundings: garden, street, community Neighbors Satisfaction and contentment from all together Separated public and private (bedroom) spaces Domesticity: set of emotions, from family, intimacy, devotion to home, sense that home embodies emotions Feminine achievement (Lukacs) 2/24/

18 American contribution to modern homes Comfort in both leisure and work to the people who worked there women Catherine Beecher Treatise on Domestic Economy React to male concept of house as preserve (for men) to relax Build on idea of home as a dynamic place where people work and live Focus of home drawing room kitchen Fixed furniture w/purpose: shelves, cabinets, book case, sideboard, windows, drain board, sink, refrigerator First bathroom with toilet + tub, American, /24/

19 Q6: Home Photo, sketch of the inside of your host home.. Formal symbolic model; Using comments and arrows as appropriate, add brief description of meaningful relationships; legend Grounded Theory field notes (transcript, coding and memos) re your respective homes (in Spain). Personal vignette: Theoretical Interpretation - Rybczynski in the Home reading. Theoretical Interpretation - Pattern language that you create to describe your host home. five patterns of Alexander; two additional patterns that you find relevant that Alexander does not mention. Compare host home with one that you know or knew well in the US, Compare your host home with one that was first built and occupied in another century, Plus/Delta about functions, forms and behaviors you find in your host home consider relationship you see in your assessments with respect to the Design Psychology framework of Israel, considering self-place connection, attachment (i.e., affection, transcendence, ambivalence, realization). 2/24/

20 Q7: Final Project Photos of class project. Formal symbolic model; comments and arrows; relate to Maslow needs; bi brief fdescription of meaningful relationships; legend Patriomonio: relationship of your project to fixed and movable built environments, cultural and natural environments Comment on cultural, economic, global issues, political science, psychology and sociology Sketch Plus/Delta about functions, forms and behaviors Personal vignette: Architectural t critic review Changes over time Brand Ss Theoretical Interpretation - Rybczynski in Home/City. Theoretical interpretation Flessig Smart Growth Theoretical Interpretation - Pattern language Compare vs. another country Compare vs. another century, Grounded Theory field notes (transcript, coding and memos) 2/24/

OSPMadrid 21. patriomonio construido de Espane. John Kunz Week 2: 18 January

OSPMadrid 21. patriomonio construido de Espane. John Kunz Week 2: 18 January OSPMadrid 21 patriomonio construido de Espane John Kunz Week 2: 18 January Big Idea Buildings and their surroundings, which constitute the built environment, live in time: they evolve more or less easily