Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth house Less is more Steel and Glass

Dulles Airport: Erro Sarrinen Concrete and glass Large span structure

Kofu Communications Center Kenzo Tange

Site, city, environment and ecology: Context of Architecture …class of 2010 -Sudarshan Raj Tiwari

Architecture: Site and its Nature A Building is built on a site and sits/stands on it. MANASARA: VASTUSASTRA The ground is the site for all dwellings, dwellings must dwell on site. – Manasara 3.5-6 Vastu = site, Vaastu = build on site The contour, the colour, the odour, the features, the sound, the taste, and the touch; examining these in order the site is ascertained for measurement. – Manasara 3.15-16 Definition: Site and its Nature

Acropolis of Athens, Parthenon Site, Mass, skyline Material

Nature & Building

Architecture: Site, Environment & Ecology Site: Spatial character, extent and form, content and elements > land form, water bodies, trees and vegetation Background and foreground, views and prospects What’s around it? Context/Environment. >>daily variation, seasonal/annual variation The Earth becomes the abode of all beings because of the sun. – Manasara 3.14 The Sun defines the Physical Environment: LAND - SUN, WIND, RAIN Site, Climate and Vegetation, hydrogeology Ecology

Nuristan Cliff site Building against the hill Props Rock-cut and Built mix

Frank Lloyd Wright: Falling Waters

Architecture: Site, Environment and Ecology The Site has a physical Dimension – spatial and environmental What is its extent, what is on it, what is beyond it, what is in front etc Finite space with boundaries > The contours, the greenery, the water bodies > The senses show it > eyes see it, ears hear it, noses smell it etc. What envelopes it? Air, Water, Land? Environment - the cover - Vatavarana The physical environment > Earth and the Sun, Wind, Rain > climate and seasons Definition: Natural Features, Environment, Ecology

Inuit making an Igloo with snow knife

Architecture: Site, City, Urban Environment Urban Dimension: Dense building City: a complex and dense socio-economic space City, Public space and Built Environment How much of Nature should there be in a city? Definition: Site, City, Urban Environment & Ecology

Architecture: City Ecology Natural landscape> physical, environmental, ecological (air, water, land + heat + sky???) Urban landscape > physical (form and stylistic context) social, cultural Streets, squares, greens, amenities, play spaces/entertainment Working (economic), Living (social), Rest (individual, physical health, recovery) and Recreation (individual and social recreation, mental rest? Recuperation? Architecture > cool, wet and green? Energy efficiency, local response (energy, material)> Disposability Inclusive architecture