>Answers to Tsuchiya
>
>> why are doors the size they are? What size are they? Seems that they have
>no size and a thoroughly scalable.
You seem to be missing the point. Doors may vary in size, but no door that
is one foot wide is going to win any awards or make anybody over the age of
2 happy. And while the great west doors in a cathedral may look as though
they were built for godzilla, their function is to act as a monumental
entrance to a monumental space. The form IS guided by the function.
>> why are they located where they are? Such as und%rneath my computer rigt
> now.
Apples and oranges. Your "door" is now a table.
>> why does the roof as a form exist? To have something over our heads.
Exactly the point. We need something over our heads, therefore we have roofs.
>> why are sloped roofs sloped? People love wasted space, especially in
>California.
I agree that the sloped roof is inappropriate in certain areas, but again,
its form was the result of a necessary function.
>> why are windows located where they are? I've often wondered that myself
>as I stare out at the blank wall of the next building.
This is obviously an example of bad design. Perhaps Sullivan should have
said, "Form SHOULD follow function"
>> why are stairs proportioned the way they are? Ah, the Medici Staircase
>by Michealangelo. Every one is different.
Same as I said before. The Medici staircase serves a very different
function than the staircase I use to get to my room.
>> why are corridors the sizes they are? Because the builder was to cheap to
> make
>them bigger.
>> why are ceilings the heights they are? Because the builder was to cheap to
>make them higheer.
More examples of where form should have followed function but it doesn't,
through no fault of architectural theory.
>
>Get the point? People are the most flexible thing in any system. They can
>figure out a way to use anything. Given th3 opportunity they can even use
>buildings.
>
>Ray Lauzzana
Yes, people are flexible and can make some use out of other people's
mistakes, but isn't it better not to have made the mistakes in the first
place? When a building is designed with its function as a guide, time and
energy is not wasted later in trying to alter the building's form or the
users' needs.
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* Trinity College Hartford, CT 06114 *
* matthew.burfeind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *
* "The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt" -Shakespeare *
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>
>> why are doors the size they are? What size are they? Seems that they have
>no size and a thoroughly scalable.
You seem to be missing the point. Doors may vary in size, but no door that
is one foot wide is going to win any awards or make anybody over the age of
2 happy. And while the great west doors in a cathedral may look as though
they were built for godzilla, their function is to act as a monumental
entrance to a monumental space. The form IS guided by the function.
>> why are they located where they are? Such as und%rneath my computer rigt
> now.
Apples and oranges. Your "door" is now a table.
>> why does the roof as a form exist? To have something over our heads.
Exactly the point. We need something over our heads, therefore we have roofs.
>> why are sloped roofs sloped? People love wasted space, especially in
>California.
I agree that the sloped roof is inappropriate in certain areas, but again,
its form was the result of a necessary function.
>> why are windows located where they are? I've often wondered that myself
>as I stare out at the blank wall of the next building.
This is obviously an example of bad design. Perhaps Sullivan should have
said, "Form SHOULD follow function"
>> why are stairs proportioned the way they are? Ah, the Medici Staircase
>by Michealangelo. Every one is different.
Same as I said before. The Medici staircase serves a very different
function than the staircase I use to get to my room.
>> why are corridors the sizes they are? Because the builder was to cheap to
> make
>them bigger.
>> why are ceilings the heights they are? Because the builder was to cheap to
>make them higheer.
More examples of where form should have followed function but it doesn't,
through no fault of architectural theory.
>
>Get the point? People are the most flexible thing in any system. They can
>figure out a way to use anything. Given th3 opportunity they can even use
>buildings.
>
>Ray Lauzzana
Yes, people are flexible and can make some use out of other people's
mistakes, but isn't it better not to have made the mistakes in the first
place? When a building is designed with its function as a guide, time and
energy is not wasted later in trying to alter the building's form or the
users' needs.
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* Matthew S Burfeind ---- Trinity College Writing Center *
* Trinity College Hartford, CT 06114 *
* matthew.burfeind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *
* "The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt" -Shakespeare *
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