| What are theme parks? | They are a idealised version of reality that we carry in our heads and is then translated into built form |
| Name, date and notes | Disney Land, Anaheim, California -USA, 1955
-space of consumption, typology: theme-park
-castle is the essential building of this theme-park
-long corridor, vistas- all lead you in
-interior: they resemble the medieval period: org arch, trefoil.. |
| Explain | Aerial view of Disneyland Anaheim USA
-central and organisation to move and attract people |
| Name | The Venetian, Los Vegas-USA, 1999 |
| Name | Circus Circus Hotel, Los Vegas-USA, 1968 |
| Explain the affect of colonisation on sustainability | Colonisation affected sustainability as it did not look at: local people and culture, local needs, and local environment |
| Explain industrial revolution | Industrial revolution (1750-1850)
-some consider this the start of un-sustainability
-began in Britain then spread across the west
-major technical shifts
-beginning of mass production and mass consumption
-beginning of capitalism (economic system based on constant growth)
-urbanisation- movement from rural areas to cities |
| explain consumerism | Consumerism started to define western civilisations.
-advertising started and design was being used to sell products |
| explain planned obsolescence | It is a design strategy that boost consumption that also resulted in major environmental and human disasters
-invented in 1920's to face great depression after stock market crash
-psychical obsolescence: when products reach their end life they are no longer functional or repairable
-psychological obsolescence: its the mechanism of changing a products style as a way to manipulate consumers into repetitive buying
-promotes the idea that new is better
-technological obsolescence: due to technological innovations |
| Name, date and notes | McDonalds Drive in Restaurant, 1950's
-use of neon to attract people in
-drive through culture because of the use of cars
-dinners became a trend after world wars. |
| Name and explain | Levittown, New York, 1950's
-suburbia
-most significant suburb for this time
-very homogenous (white and young families) |
| Name and explain | 357 Blacksmith Road, Levittown, NY, 1950's
-most is easy to manufacture and cheap
-hearth of the home was the kitchen |
| Name, date and explain | Gillender building in NY, built 1897 and demolished 1910 |
| Name, date and explain | Longchamp store, NY, 2004, Thomas Heatherwick
-due to the steel like wave structure which is not only functional as it is used as stairs, but by using magnetic rods, the store display can be changed |
| Name, date and notes | Round Barn, Hancock Village
-only curved form; while all other building in this time were rectangluar
-was vernacular |
| Name and explain | Meeting House, Hancock Village
-very English inspired: gamble roof, white flat board wooden siding |
| What are design strategies for sustainable design? | 1-exposure of the unsustainable- using design to expose unsustainability
2-interrogative design-asking critical questions to generate ideas
3-speculative design-making speculations are designing towards them
4- Pre-figuration- anticipating future issues and designing towards them to prevent them
5-slow design- designing at a slowed pace
6-biomimicry- learning at nature for sustainability |
| Name, date and notes | Neville Bonner Build, Brisbane, built 1999, demolished 2017
-vernacular architecture
-uses concrete fins on the windows for energy efficiency |
