SI658 Class 5 - Architecture - Winter 2015

tecturearchitectureSI658 Winter 2015

1. (a / A) rchitecture2. Hats + Information Anxiety3. Group Time

Peter Merholz, product design lead at Jawbone

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2010004005/PP/

THE CLASSIC, PERVASIVE SEDUCTION TO DESIGNERS HAS BEEN TO FIND A SOLUTION

INSTEAD OF THE TRUTH1971

Julie Zhuow, designer at Facebook

architecture frames problems. design solves ‘em!

SELFthings

WORLD

SELFthings

WORLD

19th C

1973

PROBLEM

TRUTH

MERE BUILDING

WORK OF ARCHITECTURE

The reason to work with an architect is to make places, not just build spaces."

Places where structure is meaningful to ensure good fit between what you intend and how people experience it..

FIRMNESSSTRUCTURAL INTEGRITY

COMMODITYCOMMERCIAL VIABILITY

DELIGHTAESTHETIC CHARACTER

When circumstances defy order, order should bend or break: anomalies and uncertainties give validity to

architecture. Meaning can be enhanced by breaking the order; the exception points up to the rule.

Venturi & Scott Brown

1991

ARCHITECTING IS ABOUT WHAT THINGS MEAN

1960

DESIGNING IS ABOUT THE HOW

THINGS WORK

1960

Design development of Intellichoice Complete Car Buying Guide by Nathan Shedroff and Michael Everett, for RSW at The Understanding Business

1987

1997

THE EXISTENTIAL PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURE IS TO MAKE A SITE

BECOME A PLACE, THAT IS, TO UNCOVER MEANINGS

POTENTIALLY PRESENT IN THE GIVEN ENVIRONMENT

1997

2015

ORDERLY ≠

ORDER

1931

ARCHITECTUREIS A WAY

of RECONCILINGTHINGS

and MEANINGS

1084

ARCHITECTUREIS A WAY

of RECONCILINGTHINGS

and NOTHINGS

1960

1960

ARCHITECTUREIS RHETORICFOR SPACES

Andy Fitzgerald

Semantic Arguments:Sensemaking



Bates, Marcia J. “The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques for the Online Search Interface.” Online Information Review, 1989. - See more at: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2014/03/information-wayfinding-part-3-designing-for-wayfinding-1.php#sthash.FgziYjTZ.dpuf

Spatial Arguments:Sensemaking

A place is a space which has a distinct character. The place represents architecture’s share in truth. Christian Norberg-Schulz (1979)

Caliban illustration by Sir John Gilbert

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space and place - Richard Saul Wurman enhancing Lou Kahn

- Paul Dannels, WIAD 2014

2. Hats +InformationAnxiety

3. Group Breakouts Visual Explanation

Room Assignments Group 1: 2185NQ Group 2: 1243NQ Group 3: 1286NQ Group 4: Lecture Room