Architecture is Engage in Experience

Architecture can directly engage with the inner experience of people because all of our experience has an emotion that can be seen to it and that emotion is one of the factors that we are using in designing. That emotion which we are holding on is sometime our basis in designing because in design you can’t stop remembering some experiences especially if your design shows some symbols that where you had that experience. During those times when our experiences just flashback in our mind, is the time that we don’t regret because aside from recalling those memorable situations sometimes it’s the one who can help us in our work. And that work should be proud of because it’s not only came from our ideas but also came from our heart that is full of secrets.

Those styles of designing are sometimes asked by the clients of architect because clients wanted their structure to be unique and mysterious. Unique in a way that his or her structure will only be one in this fantastic world and also mysterious in a way that all people who will see his structure will have a question in their minds, that question is where that designed of structure came from. Maybe if some architects had a chance to hear those lines could be proud of their selves because their works are being talked by many people. And those situations can help the architects to improve their design if they needed to because it would them to know where their errors are.

As the time goes by with this process, architecture at this point in time is now amazing and can now be proud of. May that improvement also affect the meaning of arts for other people because art is not just simple; to do is not just a simple task. Art is by expressing your emotion and ideas; if you can’t do it then you are not entitled as an artist.

Everything we see are all has a content of arts, either universal or spiritual. Art has a universal content because where ever you put an artwork in one place or area that artwork will still be an art because artwork is beautiful in our eyes. Beautiful in a way that we can give an opinion in each artwork that was made by an artist or an architect. Art is not just a material that is beautiful in our eyes; it may also be able to be ugly but beautiful in being unique. It’s also universal because any kind of materials that you combine can also be an art. I can say all this things because I was given a chance to know further more about the creation of God. My education can help me a lot in my every single task. That’s why I have a source in every single word that come to my mind. The things that are universal to this world is the nature because it was made by God. Anything that you combine by using the nature is best art or architectural that will ever see in this world. Architecture is also an art that combines nature to a structure. Architects give flow and rhythm to their structure. They do this entire thing so that their structure will be not out of place. Out of place in a way that people will find it boring because the architect who design it has no focus in his or her work. And that is what they keep avoiding. To remove to the mind of people that architect now a day is not slow in thinking of ideas and concepts as their basis of design.

After analyzing that art in a presence of architecture has a universal content, architecture also has a spiritual content, in a way that art has an ability of to go in the flow of emotion being expressed by the people or the viewer. As what I have said art is being done with the presence of emotion being expressed by the artist.

Art is everything whether it’s a naturally or manmade object. And where done with all the things we need to know about art in a presence of architecture. I am sure that the best architectural design that will be design by all licensed architect now a day is by expressing who day really are so that they can be known by people in a way that they have a trust in their self. Architecture is one of the artwork we people should be proud of because architect makes object to be part of history and to emphasis the purpose and meaning of it.

That’s why as a viewer we should turn around and look at the beauty of nature being done by our God and also the things being done by our artist.

"Ways of Seeing" by John Berger

We are asked by our professor to watch the “Ways of Seeing” in advance so that we can have an idea what do it really talks about. Aside from just watching it, I also read some articles about it so that I can clearly understand the stories behind it.

“Ways of seeing” is written by John Berger it was divided in four part television series in just thirty minutes. This book was contributed to the culture of feminist that has the idea on depictions of women in advertisements and oil paintings. It focuses on aesthetic properties and art history approach.

The first episode of the book is all about the painting. It talks about what painting means and also the idea behind it. Also talks about on how reproduction possible by the camera and thus it change the meaning of art. This episode has a very interesting idea that probably talks about reproduction in different way possible. The first thing is that he tried to reproduce works of arts in poster, newspaper, book, postcards and screen. And it means that art is experienced in a context way.

Before knowing all this things, I find time to view art works by the materials used on it and how it was made, and the skills that was applied on it.

I agree with John Berger’s Theory because once you reproduce a art it makes a lot of changes specially in the colour of it. Youwill see the difference of it from the original one that can give it lots of meaning and ideas.

My example is the painting of “Venus of Urbino by Titian“ the two kinds of image I got from my research is that they both give a different meanings and ideas because they are different in colour and how the wag it was reproduce. The one who reproduce this painting as an image find time to show that this kind of painting is already old and make it colour more yellowish. Two people may have different idea about these two pictures with different style because John Berger was right. When you reproduce a painting or any kind of art, it gave us more ideas on how we see it. These example that I chose change my way of seeing it just proven that if you focus on the original picture of the painting and compare it from the reproduce one, you can say that art has a lot of meaning and style.

Venus of Urbino by Titian

PLEASANTVILLE

In school, we are given a chance to watch a film entitled “Pleasantville”. It was a story of a person who changes the beliefs of other people in viewing colours. They helped people to analyze what do really arts all about by showing them that behind artworks there is a joy and stories behind it. And here we are we start.

For a viewer, black represents darkness that can make you feel that you are alone or you are in a wrong path way of your life. There are no ways that you can put life in a black space because life is full of colours,colours that aremade by God. Black can also symbolizeemotional because for us dark space is the right placewe can show all or emotions. Black makes us feel alone. And white represents space that can give a big impact to man’s life. In a white space,you can do anything like putting a different colour on it that can make your space livelier. Colours can make our life more interesting and historic because playing in a different colour can give you stories that you can treasure in your life. Colours make your everyday life more joyful and also give new things about you. From a film Pleasantville, black and white colours turned into a colouredonce because as they see new thing that can probably since in a modern time there black and white colours change into a coloured once. The ideas of modern time that brought in a classic time give a big impact in their own realization of what do things really mean was howto make love in a place that they called Lover’s Lane. Lover’s Lane is place where do lovers stay and have some talk. It’s a place where you can feel that love is in the air and the place full of love and romance. This place is described as a romantic and loving place to stay in. Having some ideas in a love during classic time can make your time faster than what you just expected.Youwill just be shocked of what is happening or the effect of it into your way of living.These changes continued while David and Jennifer are inthe classic time that suppose to be in modern time. David and Jennifer are the persons who brought changes in a classic time and brought stories. While they are in a classic time and continuing in showing the life in the future with a presence of love, they give an impact to the time and beliefs of those persons who really lives in classic time. They continue these changes until the end of their stay in the classic time because they knew that they are enjoying what do they are doing and the changes that they brought. Aside from love as the source of their changes in colour, there is a book that also brought an impact to their ways of analyzing pictures and texts. The book gave an idea about the usage of colours in different ways. This book gave more colours to the surroundings. Until these changes appear, freedom to once self has improved because as the time goes by they are learning to express or show their love to other people. And these changes make their lives more joyful and happy. Behind thesebig changes is a girl who has a big confident of showing her feelings for a boy and this girl is named Jennifer. When she came to the classictime with David, she became strong and confident but in reality she is not confident to express her love for other people. Jennifer is shy of what she feels to others. Aside from arts was brought love and joy to others. Arts also gave destructions to other because they think that this kind of work is not belonging to them that are why some people who don’t want it, they keep destroying all the kinds of artworks painted in glass and walls. That’s why if you combine the two kinds of person, there will bea big misunderstanding what do really arts mean. All people have an opinion in any kinds of artwork because it’s their own understanding about it. We cannot control them and the things need to do if just to understand them because all people have a freedom to choose. By choosing what you want can make your life easier. This kind of situation can be seen until now a days, in our present time because arts is everywhere and you cannot throw them away or just forget the ideas or the history of it. May for some people they can because they are thinking that things have no role in the way of their living. But as what I am saying arts are everywhere, everything we see is arts. That’s why in our field of architecture, arts is very important because we one of the person here in the world who makes an art, a work that can be proud of. In architecture, we are studying colour theory so that we can have an idea where and how to use colours in everything we do and in everything we see. By analyzing each importance of colours can make a big impact in your way of own idea in everything you see because colours has a purpose. Architect inspires their clients presenting their designs with colour theory so that their client has a wide idea about his or her future structure. That is the connection of the film Pleasantville to our real world. Arts can be simple but has a purpose. That’s how do art changes the ideas of people, they keep on giving us a unique design and they keep trying us to understand them so that we can see an inspiration that may lead to new and brighter future. We must keep in our minds that arts has a value and not just an object.

MY ARCHITECTURAL PLATES ^^

This plate was drawn during our trip in Corregidor.

De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde

Light House in Corregidor Island

Color proposal for One Rockwell - East Tower

De La Salle University - Manila

It was drawn when we visited CCP Theater.

We are asked to get a photo of a sports in a news paper.

7th floor, School of Design and Arts