Here is one example of how to use prepositions to create or affect a design. What surprises will we come up with as the game unfolds? 1. Introduction of phrase. For this first example, let’s start with an overall structure and let it relate to the landscape in some way. For the program, we will… Continue reading Let’s Play the Preposition Game I
Next Steps
Prepositions Play out the game. It will likely need to be played at least four times, and each time will likely be around 750 words, so the total for the section will likely be around 3000 words. Here is how to break it out: Introduction of phrase. Examination of preposition use. Analyze preposition use. Develop… Continue reading Next Steps
Preposition Types IV
Prepositions of source show from where something or someone came. This preposition type describes the main object by its origin. The nature of the object is tethered to the other, although it or the viewer may not understand or define it through this relationship. However, when the elements are framed by the preposition of source… Continue reading Preposition Types IV
Preposition Types III
Prepositions of agent show something completed or acted through someone or some other thing. This type of preposition describes the author and the realm of the object, and it explains the means of the action or creation. These prepositions are shared with other preposition types, but the prepositions help describe the main object by the… Continue reading Preposition Types III
Layers and Folds
The building changed throughout the day with the varying conditions. The surface of the structure seemed to breath with expansion and contraction with the changing sun, temperature, windflow, and changing use. The individuals in the structure in early morning were different or doing different things than those in the afternoon and evening. What appeared to… Continue reading Layers and Folds
Notre Dame and New Architecture
The renovation and repairs of Notre Dame have provided a new skin to the structure and a new way to look at architecture. We are in the Twenty-first century, and it is time for our architecture to grow out of Modernism into what is appropriate for this age. The way we view the world and… Continue reading Notre Dame and New Architecture
Preposition Types II
source: https://www.basic-english-grammar.com/8-types-of-prepositions-in-english-grammar-with-examples.html/ Another type of preposition is a preposition of movement. This is the change in position over time, so there are overlaps between this type of preposition and the previous two. In any case, some examples include to, across, from, and round, and these describe motion. Most buildings try to avoid motion which would… Continue reading Preposition Types II
Preposition Types I
source: www.basic-english-grammar.com There are different types of prepositions, and each of these can be used in the design and description of space. These prepositional types are: time, place, movement, manner, agent of instrument, measure, source, and possession. Prepositions of time describe when something happened, relative to another word. Some of the most common examples of… Continue reading Preposition Types I
Preposition Game
Language is an incredible system that is able to encapsulate meaning through the use of words with a known meaning that is shared across the culture. As we learn in school there are eight parts of speech: articles, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions. Articles define the general or specific item; nouns describe… Continue reading Preposition Game
Things To Do:
Things To Do: It will be important to group the prepositions by type and define each type in relation to architecture, space, and time. In addition, I will need to collect four to six images of spaces that represent each of these. These images will likely be on the opposite page of the drawings, diagrams,… Continue reading Things To Do: