I thought yesterdays class was extremely interesting and that Dr. Casey’s presentation gave visuals of architecture that helped us connect better with the Jencks reading. I particularly enjoyed listening to how he described disharmonious harmony because when I was reading, I did not quite understand that concept but Dr. Casey’s analogy to music mash ups cleared up any of my previous confusion. My favorite slide that was shown was of Frank Lloyd Rights building located in my home state of
I think divergent signification was the topic that relates most to the things we have been talking about in class. The idea of using different things in order to signify certain function directly correlates to concept of architecture as a sign. I found Dr. Casey’s example of Le Centre Pompidou to be a great example of divergent signification. After several years of studying French culture, I have never been opened to see the art behind that building and the different kinds of functions the architect tried to relay, so this part of the presentation was extremely interesting.
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Unfortunately Thursday I was having car trouble, and was unable to attend Dr. Casey's lecture. From the posts left thus far, by looking at their examples of the Falling Water, and Experience Music Project, I am quite disappointed I was unable to make it. I did go on Google and look up the "Falling Water" and thought it was beautiful, like ttest said a true work of art. When I first looked at this home, I immediately thought that it blended so well with it's surrounding. The stone pillars look as if they are part of the actual rock formation, and the water fall looked as if it was coming out of the home. The colors of the home, especially in the pictures I looked at gave it that autumn feeling and matched the trees surrounding. This is a great use of multivalence as ttest said as well. I also looked up the, Experience Music Project on Google, this building is amazing. I read some people believed it to look like a “blob” or “hemorrhoids” or even was said to look like something had crawled out of the ocean and died. I agree with Dr. Casey and saying that from an areal view it does look like a smashed up electric guitar. I think this building is a great example for postmodern architecture. The website has it marked as modern, although I seem to think it is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
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