Quattro Libri dell’Architerrura Illustrate a close relationship of the text and image and together they convey a broader understanding for the people who are visualizing the book. The book also acts as an academic references for architects, it demonstrate architect’s work with text and image produced by woodcuts for printing, it explains each procedure very thoroughly. Is almost like a fantasy- like fairytales that seems like a science fiction, which is very inspirational to read.

I think it has proven wrong that the book does not “kill” the architecture because it legitimize the architect’s work and it functions as a way of their expression in various ideas and experience they have been through. I definitely agree with Alan Power that books are a great resource for one to gain knowledge yet it’s been challenge and compare with the digital media but I still think books are more evident and it will always has it’s value. For me, I personally I will always enjoy reading a book and getting information from it whether is academic or not, is more personal and heartrending.

Last year I came across the controversial book S, M,L,XL by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau, I enjoyed the process of reading it, the illustration and pages that was in different size was amazing thought out, it illustrate a lot of graphic designs that shows wonderful aesthetic which is very pleasing for the reader. I felt like I was reading a magazine, because there are so many things I can look at, the changes of the typography was brilliant, over all the aesthetics of the book and the content together makes it a awe-inspiring book. I agree and support that the cover or the pages inside the book should demonstrate and make some sort of connection to the content of the book, because I think the general public now would enjoy being able to see illustration of the content.

This photograph was taken in centre pompidou in Paris. Tout va bien meaning all is well in french. These letters on the wall occurs to the people as a literal greeting, it suggest a fresh and welcoming attiude.

But what this really was, a poster of a documentation film by John luc godar.
From extracts of the film “tout va bien”, the directior wanted to make focuse on the employer and employees working relationship. he wanted to point “at the service of” the employees in the working space. It goes back over the importance to ask questions on the manner to the working class their important in the socitey and show to those that are watching the film.

The poster itself signify the idea of this film, under the quote tout va bien, there are brackets that needed to be fill in, suggesting the feelings and meaning of those working class, and underneath are legs of women and men that suggest the employees. It makes communication to the people that was walking by and arouse them discover what this was about.

Architecture connotes a lot of emotions and connotation. Not necessarily on the elements but it aroused different feelings through the aesthetic of the architecture, the materials that use to build in, the style, and the spatial arena that was build around in the environment.

Adrian Forty talks about how architecture function as a language that suggest communication. Long ago, Aristotle had pointed out that a language of consistent words suggests meaning of their combination into a large and meaningful structure. Later on, many writers argue with theories and opinions how architecture speak and define themselves with space, surface into mass, volume, line.etc. Many of this controversy, there are certain rules how constructions should be. There is a physical aspect with how talk the roof should be to be able to support the wall and columns. More so Durand, suggest that how architecture should have it’s own formal language. Although architecture can function as a language with literally words. Most important is that it presents meanings through the eye, that people can understand the design of a built structure.

Forty stated there have been claims from fashion, music and film that suggest the relationship between architecture and language. He pointed out historians like Victor Hugo felt that buildings could be read as texts and Gothic architecture and form of social record. It is definite that language is not the only metaphor use to address architecture. In the human language, there are static mechanics that is use to describe architecture, words like equilibrium, centripetal and shear. Etc. As Forty points out, “Even if architecture is not a language, it does not lessen the value of language as a metaphor for talking about architecture” (2000, p.84)

Architecture simply have it’s own explanation that does not serve as a metaphor in the sense of form and structure. However, having this metaphors are useful tools that help us to understand architecture serves in multiple meaning, so we could connect those concepts with other disciplines.

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