TB1-Diversity & Homogenity

 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.

-Traditional Aboriginal shelter - built on stilts to encourage ventilation and the use of local found materials , they also have long roof overhangs for solar shading.

-The forbidden city in Beijing,China - Large roof hangs that provide shelter - inspiration for the design of the Sydney opera house by John Utzon and the inspired by the idea of platforms in ancient cultures.

-Alhambra Palace represents a transcultural architecture, this is where one cultures architecture is taken to another place - manifestation of North African architecture in Southern Spain.