HISTORIES THEORIES AND MATTERS OF CONCERN

 Lecture1:Sacred Geometry Pertains to certain truths of mathematical  and geometric constructs that are rooted in deep meaning both at microcosmic and microcosmic scales The forms were: Cube (Earth) Pyramid (Fire) Icosahedron (Water) Octahedron (Air) Dodecahedron (Ether) Pythagoras influenced Plato and was the first to define 5 climatic zones on earth We can find these geometric artefacts in diverse cultures, they are curved stones that are found at Scarboro in the Orkney and thought to be  Neolithic carvings. Gerta suggested that geometry is frozen music and can find these elements in nature like snowflakes, beehives, shells. Proportion systems have been used for centuries in art - Leonardo Da Vinci, last supper. Moreover geometry has been long used in Architecture to generate plan, section and elevation - Glastonbury Abbey - plan generation. In conclusion sacred geometry allows us to conjoin the cosmos with the tiniest building blocks of matter, and allows us to conjoin...

Lecture 1:Dominion  In the bible it is said that humans in other words have dominance over all things  Everything around us is designed to service us Aboriginal people held a symbolic relationship with their environment - didn't seek to conquer the environment but to live empethetically within it,  they also believe the earth hold mythical and spiritual qualities  The industrial revolution transformed the world forever however the consequences were significant:   -Mass urbanisation - New means of transport - Child labour  - Mass production - Employment  - Pollution/waste - Greater need for raw materials - Change in social order Industrialisation and globalisation has had the consequences of drastically raising levels of pollution, waste, diminished air quality, climate change. Dominion is at the centre of this crisis as us humans exploit the earth and seem to think that everything is here for us to use. To make change we need to reflect upon  the ...

 Lecture 1: -Thermal baths in Switzerland combines the outdoors environment like mountains into the design and the materials that are used. -Le Corbusier villas savour in France in 1931-He drew inspiration from antiquity but also from modernity  -Wawasan 2020 Malaysia - The idea that there had to be symbolism which could be recognised by international agencies outside of Malaysia - adopted a way of making place as a way of being recognised as a developed nation across the world -London - most victorian houses are made from bricks that were made out of clay bits that run alongside and under the themes - local use of materials  Lecture 2 - Making place around the world: How different places & cultures make place around the world 3 fundamental conditions for making place: Retreat, Prospect, Reason - universal equality  -Pergolas, south France - locals provide shading for themselves and others which characterises the nature of places in these kind of climates. -Tradi...

Alvar Aalto - The sophisticated shaman The territory we now recognise as Finland, was occupied by Russia in the Swedish-Russian war in 1808-1809. The period between 1863-1898 saw an increasing establishment of the Finnish identity - the adoption of the Finnish language as national language On December 6th 1917, Finland declared independence following the Russian October revolution in 1918 Finland was declared a republic after the defeat of Germany in the First World War Aalto's formative context was clearly within a period of political and economic flux with Finlands national identity emerging  Jorn Utzon - The theoroi He travelled consistently to lands and cultures that were not his own with the intention of understanding - he observed what he found and speculated upon it  Utzon primarily travelled to places of what he might term 'cultural identity' - from going to Mexico, high Atlas mountains of Morocco, to ancient temples in china and Japan - each precedent he discovered...

 Maggie centre Locations:  Aberdeen                 -  Swansea             London                    -  West London Cambridge               -  Taunton Cardiff                     -  Wirral Cheltenham             -  Yorkshire Coventry                  -  The Royal Free Hospital Dundee                    -  The Royal Marsden              Edinburgh                -  Barcelona - Benedetta Tagliabue / interior- Patrica Urquiola Fife                          -  Hong Kong - desi...

  Ethnicity - Pay gaps White and ethnic minority employees has narrowed  to it's smallest level since 2012 in England and Wales Ethnic minorities earn less than white British employees - in 2019 Chinese, white Irish, white Asian and Indian's all earned a higher pay than white British employee's Pay gap is larger for men than women  The size of the ethnicity pay gap for those 30 and over is larger then those aged 16 to 29 years old Higher education - Covid impacts A minority(9%) of students said they had not been vaccinated against Covid19 - 5% of those said they were fairly or very unlikely to take the vaccine if offered - 28% said they were likely to take the vaccine if offered 90% of students said they wold get the vaccine if they developed covid symptoms  The proportion of students feelings lonely often or always is 17% - Higher than those 16-19 with being at 9% Three in ten(30%) students reported that their mental health and well-being had worsened  since th...

 Science of global warming Solar radiation in the form of lightwaves passes through the atmosphere - heats up the earth  Most of the radiation is absorbed by the earth and warms it - some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the form of infrared waves Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earths atmosphere and warms it, this is a good thing because it keeps the earths temperature under certain boundaries Thin layer of atmosphere is being thickened by all the global warming and pollution that is being put there.  The thickness of the layer makes the infrared trapped which means the earth will be heated up more worldwide  - global warming   Roger Revelle - first person to propose measuring Carbon Dioxide in the earths atmosphere Kilimanjaro, Africa 1970-2000 In 2000 lonnie took a picture with one of the last glaciers  Within the decade there will be no more snow on Kilimanjaro Columbia glacier,Alaska - year by year  the...