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The study of vernacular architecture has been around long enough, however, to have achieved some stability, patterns, and conventions, and our interest here is to highlight some of these commonalities in a way that presents a fairly unified, declarative statement of what the field is all abou
With more research adding on to the research already done, we can inquire new ideas and new meanings about that specific architecture.
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people who left no other kinds with material culture because there isevidence is crucial is in recovering the stories of records. As mentioned, archaeologists deal little if any written documentation for early periods
Since there is little to no information left behind a certain building, it makes the research less valuable? Would this also make others believe that it is a biased research if put into effect?
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does it represent a contin nation of older ideas or the introduction of new ones? Is it unique, or are there others like it in the community?
Becoming familiar with the world of buildings, you have to have guidance. Looking back and seeing if there were other similar buildings like it can provide what the community was like. For instance, MARTA has "six transit-oriented developments near MARTA train stations". Shamma, Tasnim. "MARTA Breaks Ground On First Transit-Development Project." WABE 90.1 FM. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017.
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if you have systematically built up a reliable body of data, and if you have applied proper theories of analysis, t
Deciding what a building is all about cannot include your own intrinsic truth which means you can not solely base your thoughts on what may be the reason for the building. Building up sources and data will make it more accurate and concise. It will also make more sense to others and become more believable.
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but we still have not studied the materiality of the building— its fabric, plan, and stylistic features— for what that may say about human behavior.
I think the material of an older object should not be an objective of human behavior. Just because this piece of fabric or material was used, it may have been the only material available to them at that moment so it was used. Around the MARTA a Arts projects was in the process of being built but got delayed because of lack of funds. Shamma, Tasnim. "MARTA Breaks Ground On First Transit-Development Project." WABE 90.1 FM. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017.
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Written documents such as books, journals, and court records are used when and where they are available to augment the architectural record.
Since there are records of old spaces, I wonder what the architectural record would be for the grounds of the MARTA?
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Building separate, detached houses that are spaced far apart in the countryside or separated by just a few feet in urban neighborhoods (fig. 1) would be another way this spirit of individuation is advanced through architectur
The idea of building houses far apart brings me to concluding that the reason for this is to provide more space for the people. Eric Konberg envisioned building a traffic circle in order to "to ease expected congestion in the area." Since there is new apartments and the MARTA station, they figured something else needs to be put into place to provide more space as well. to ease expected congestion in the area.
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1 We need to remember that the everyday objects we see all around us are indicators of our cultural values. The material world we construct around us is the world that the study of material culture reveals.
Here the text is reminding us of how the objects around us will most likely have a meaning behind it. In the supplemental text, it is mentioned how Eric Konberg has been working with others to redevelop the neighborhood. New apartment complexes now accompanies around the MARTA station which will bring in more riders of course.
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people need things— objects, artifacts, however they are referred to— to live in the world, and we make those things, not randomly or by chance, but systematically and intentionally through our culture.
In my supplemental text, there is similar concepts of logic in architecture. The MARTA's general manager Keith Parker feels that as gas prices increase, more people will turn to "transit ridership". You can compare the two ideas because it both shows the reason why certain objects are made are because "people need things" to live in this world. Shamma, Tasnim. "MARTA Breaks Ground On First Transit-Development Project." WABE 90.1 FM. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017.
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Invitation to Vernacular Architecture was written as a guide to the study of older ordinary buildings and landscapes.The authors, Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Cromley digs deeper into the history by providing analysis of the architecture of buildings using information collected over the course of many years. This study, known as vernacular architecture, is apart of material culture studies. Material culture studies is basically the study of physical environments in which the researchers find the purpose of that specific building according to "culturally dictated plans". This text indicates that artifacts, specifically older buildings, were built for a reason. Culture is tied into these ordinary buildings as well as human behavior which makes it worth while interpreting the meaning behind such objects.<br> Lanier, Gabrielle M. "Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes." Historical Archaeology 41.2 (2007): 165-66. Web. 2 Feb. 2017.
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