This made me laugh, but it's true. Stain class can also be a mosaic hanging in a garden and embody an entirely different significance. I also think about how lighting in general is incredibly malleable. It can be used to highlight specific spaces within a room, set the mood by using different colors, to guide people through the space, etc.

The people occupying the building are able to participate in the design... interactive and unique to each group who occupies the space. Super interesting when you think of how architecture is usually stagnant despite who interacts with it, the weather, etc.

This concept seems to embody Bennington- the intersectionality of two extremely different interests (anatomy, zoology, and design). Really interesting.

Reflecting the female body and womb, this space seems to embrace the audience to the point of almost including them in the performance itself---> ultimately helping actors break the "fourth wall"

How does this pertain to the buildings designed on fault lines? Could part of the disastrous outcome of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 be attributed to the lack of environmental context within the city's architecture? Has the architectural design changed, in terms of integrating environmental context, since 1906 as the city moves further away from victorian houses?

This house kind of looks like one of those doll houses that are hinged on one side and can open at a cross-section.

They should make a spiral slide, tehehehe.

Thought about how it also tells us a lot about how we, as humans, organized ourselves in history. It reveals how our values, priorities, and cultures have evolved over time. Architecture is a great tool for studying sociology and anthropology.

Reminded me of the house Don showed us for his presentation: it was designed to fit in with the trees and rocky terrain.

I visited the Spanish Steps and was in awe of its power. It was able to host and reflect an integration of different cultures. It was also cool how steps are usually to help relocate people, but these steps were a location of their own; people came to sit, observe, and relax on the stairs just as much as they were used to climb up and down from the church to the fountain.

Architect= interpreter. Similar to a language translator, architects take words, deduce meaning, and transcribe it eloquently.

Never thought of architecture as being a means for physical and emotional inclusivity.

Interesting to think that functionality can be determined by the shape of the space, amount of natural light, or the specific type of materials used.

Interesting to use the word "relationship." Always thought of it as something passive like a reflection. Relationship insinuates that the plan is made up of an active interaction between surfaces and volumes.

Interesting because functionality can be reflected in what materials are used, the space's layout, the amount of natural light, etc.