Theory of Architecture
Please answer to these questions from the texts and slides that I uploaded. Please keep the answers short, like two or three lines. Please keep the language simple. Also, please write the question in the paper as well. Study questions for quiz M5 Where does the phrase such as This will kill that comes from? What did the author mean? Explain Henry Labroustes design of the Library of Ste. Genevieve. How do you understand the concept such as architecture parlante? Explain Umberto Ecos notion of architectural denotations and architectural connotations Explain Venturi and Scott-Browns concept of the decorated sign and the duck. How does Charles Sanders Peirces theory of semiotics helps to differentiate art from prosaic forms of communication? How does the concept of unmotivated signs contributes to a better understanding of the neo-avant-garde? Explain the concept of the landscraper. Give example of architectural projects (ancient and contemporary) where architecture and landscape are especially intertwined. Explain the notion of the smooth and the striated. How does Aaron Betsky explains his notion of the Queer Space?