Architecture

Frank Gehry: Architecture in Art
   - In Gehry's view, architecture is in art. Gehry tried to make buildings that would express feeling within the people associated with them, just like art does. He wanted his buildings to give emotional responses, not like ordinary buildings that are lifeless and cold. He changed up his dynamics when building, his theory; buildings evolve over time. When he was building his own home, we was more experimental than he could be when building for other people. Architecture varies from city to city, which then varies from country to country. Gehry wants to form connections between buildings, culture and art history. In my opinion, I would have never thought that buildings have this deep of meaning between individuals.  This video contains a ton of visuals, real and animated which helped me learn a lot about the different types of architecture. Some key aspects I learned that are contained in architecture are geometry, dynamics, design, creativity, etc. These aspects combined form buildings with aesthetics in the cities in which they were made, they give the city personality. For Gehry to make a building, he has to feel a connection with the city, fall in love with the people. If there is no bond or chemistry, he will not be able to preform the task.

Architecture: The Science of Design
   - This video is in more correlation with technology, the advancing of homes and building of skyscrapers. For the science aspect, structure is a huge part of architecture. The wind has a huge effect on the structures of skyscrapers. In high winds of 100 story high buildings, the buildings can actually sway. These buildings swaying can cause motion sickness to the people inside them and a ton of damage structure. I did not know wind had such a big effect on skyscrapers, 50 story building compared to 100 story buildings. Some homes now have so much technology embedded in them. The computer installed controls the start of the coffee process, temperature of the house, the lights in the house, and almost every appliance you want to be programmed. This is crazy. The computer responds to the human voice by training or voice command. The elements of concrete are even interesting to learn about. There are many different types and uses. Concrete is constantly changing.

Relation of reading to the films:
   - The book goes in depth on how different ancient buildings were built. I always wondered how people were able to build these buildings with the domes as roofs and circular ceilings. Ancient buildings are so cool. Both the videos and the reading talked about the process of architecture, which was what I expected but they all explained it in there own unique way. Frank Gehry talked about his own view of architecture and the art of it. The science of architecture video described how science effects the building of skyscrapers and the technology used. The book gives an example of the building and describes how it was built with a different type of architecture.

Opinion of the films:
   - Frank Gehry: Architecture in Art
I liked this video a lot due to the visuals. This video was focused on one person: Frank Gehry and his architectural art work. The focus only being on one person deepened my understanding of agriculture. He was able to tell his story and show the audience of what architecture means to him. In my opinion, it is always best to have real-life examples instead of definitions and fake scenarios, it makes learning more fun. Clearly, the meaning of architecture will differ from person to person, so it was interesting learning about Gehry's point of view. He is a very known architect with a unique sense of style.

   - Architecture: The Science of Design
The video was very informative. This video talked about the technology advances in architecture. Which is becoming more and more popular. The video had much detail about computerizing your house: how it works, what appliances it works with, how it is programmed, etc. Other than this statement, the law of physics when designing buildings is really interesting.

Reasoning for why I chose these videos:
   - I chose Frank Gehry: Architecture in Art because the title of the video caught my eye. I liked that architecture was compared to art. After about five minutes of watching the video, I realized that the focus of the video was Frank Gehry and what architecture means to him. I knew this video would deepen my understanding of architecture and provide many real-life examples, which is key to learning for me.

   -I chose Architecture: The Science of Design to learn about the science view of architecture, compared to the artistic view. The science view of architecture is beyond what I can comprehend. It was intersting comparing art to science but it was fun to learn about.