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t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzlg66v | hzjydba | 1,646,586,611 | 1,646,553,711 | 2 | 0 | Swiss 721 light condensed has never failed me | Arial bold all the way | 1 | 32,900 | 2,000 | ||
t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzlg66v | hzkn9y7 | 1,646,586,611 | 1,646,573,073 | 2 | 1 | Swiss 721 light condensed has never failed me | I miss a solid architect block printing in upper and lower case ala Ching. | 1 | 13,538 | 2 | ||
t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzlg66v | hzkukzn | 1,646,586,611 | 1,646,577,132 | 2 | 1 | Swiss 721 light condensed has never failed me | Avenir I've always wanted to run our whole business on Courier, but can't get it past the executive leadership. | 1 | 9,479 | 2 | ||
t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzjydba | hzmg60o | 1,646,553,711 | 1,646,601,553 | 0 | 2 | Arial bold all the way | In my company, we use century Gothic with factors by 80/115 | 0 | 47,842 | 2,000 | ||
t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzkn9y7 | hzmg60o | 1,646,573,073 | 1,646,601,553 | 1 | 2 | I miss a solid architect block printing in upper and lower case ala Ching. | In my company, we use century Gothic with factors by 80/115 | 0 | 28,480 | 2 | ||
t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzkukzn | hzmg60o | 1,646,577,132 | 1,646,601,553 | 1 | 2 | Avenir I've always wanted to run our whole business on Courier, but can't get it past the executive leadership. | In my company, we use century Gothic with factors by 80/115 | 0 | 24,421 | 2 | ||
t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzjydba | hzkn9y7 | 1,646,553,711 | 1,646,573,073 | 0 | 1 | Arial bold all the way | I miss a solid architect block printing in upper and lower case ala Ching. | 0 | 19,362 | 1,000 | ||
t7r17o | architecture_train | 1 | Architects, what clean font do you usually use for your portfolios, panels and such? I have no idea where to get this knowledge | hzjydba | hzkukzn | 1,646,553,711 | 1,646,577,132 | 0 | 1 | Arial bold all the way | Avenir I've always wanted to run our whole business on Courier, but can't get it past the executive leadership. | 0 | 23,421 | 1,000 | ||
pu696h | architecture_train | 0.93 | Architects! When the door slams in your face, what do you do? Struggling... Hey guys, don´t know if I'm writing this to just vent, or if I'm looking for advice / similar experiences. (im an arch. student) Applied to a summer design competition/course earlier this year, got an interview (only 20 people did, 8 places available). Nailed the interview. Didn´t get the spot. My friends did. Happy for them, but that sucked. Had a summer internship at least. It was supposed to be unpaid at first but argued my way to being paid (praxis in my country is being paid). Just before signing a contract and starting working, the firm's biggest client draws out and they nearly go bankrupt. They had to let people go, which sucked. Of course, they could not have an intern anymore, unpaid or paid, they didn't have enough work to do. Applied for an exchange semester. Spent a week writing the motivational letter with my dad. Today the results came in. Discovered the university's exchange web-system never accepted my application, had written a phone number wrong. No one got to read my motivational letter. My classmates got the spots for the exchange. I know you are supposed to send out 1 million job applications and apply to all competitions, but I feel like every time I'm close to something, the door slams in my face. Im in my 4th year out of 5, and I have no experience what so ever. I know im good in school, my teachers give me really good feedback, but my architecture CV is empty. I know there's a pandemic and the possibilities for young architects have changed, but it feels impossible. Any recession-graduates out there? | he0wjos | he0z7ki | 1,632,438,985 | 1,632,440,236 | 8 | 12 | I’ve been there. And now we are just in a very tough time. For my first job I sent out probably close to 20 requests about openings (this was a year after the 2008 recession hit) and finally got a job, even if it was starting as a draftsman. Applying for grad school, I got back 8 rejection letters out of the 10 schools I wanted to go to. A lot of it in the moment can be disheartening, but keep rolling through. I would ask your professors if they have any opportunities to work with them. Some might have their own firm, or might have a “research project” that they might be looking for help with. | I know the feeling and you are definitely not alone. Graduated into a major recession. Worked at many toxic work environments. Had so many things fall through since they lost projects. Had COVID throw me completely off course as soon as I had things finally mapped out. Architecture is a fickle industry. It's going to be full of let downs. It takes so much hard work and dedication, so many nights and weekends that the let downs are going to hurt deeply. Keep your head up. Make sure you have a strong support structure, architecture can eat you up so it's important that you keep family and friends in sight. | 0 | 1,251 | 1.5 | ||
pu696h | architecture_train | 0.93 | Architects! When the door slams in your face, what do you do? Struggling... Hey guys, don´t know if I'm writing this to just vent, or if I'm looking for advice / similar experiences. (im an arch. student) Applied to a summer design competition/course earlier this year, got an interview (only 20 people did, 8 places available). Nailed the interview. Didn´t get the spot. My friends did. Happy for them, but that sucked. Had a summer internship at least. It was supposed to be unpaid at first but argued my way to being paid (praxis in my country is being paid). Just before signing a contract and starting working, the firm's biggest client draws out and they nearly go bankrupt. They had to let people go, which sucked. Of course, they could not have an intern anymore, unpaid or paid, they didn't have enough work to do. Applied for an exchange semester. Spent a week writing the motivational letter with my dad. Today the results came in. Discovered the university's exchange web-system never accepted my application, had written a phone number wrong. No one got to read my motivational letter. My classmates got the spots for the exchange. I know you are supposed to send out 1 million job applications and apply to all competitions, but I feel like every time I'm close to something, the door slams in my face. Im in my 4th year out of 5, and I have no experience what so ever. I know im good in school, my teachers give me really good feedback, but my architecture CV is empty. I know there's a pandemic and the possibilities for young architects have changed, but it feels impossible. Any recession-graduates out there? | he1nuyn | he1hi3l | 1,632,452,068 | 1,632,448,957 | 6 | 3 | OP, Dm me. I’m a career specialist in architecture and I can find a time to chat with you about what you have on paper and how you can try to get some work experience. | Every doors slammed in my face for a year until I bilateral moved doing virtual art in an IT firm, 50% salary increased and no more overnights | 1 | 3,111 | 2 | ||
pu696h | architecture_train | 0.93 | Architects! When the door slams in your face, what do you do? Struggling... Hey guys, don´t know if I'm writing this to just vent, or if I'm looking for advice / similar experiences. (im an arch. student) Applied to a summer design competition/course earlier this year, got an interview (only 20 people did, 8 places available). Nailed the interview. Didn´t get the spot. My friends did. Happy for them, but that sucked. Had a summer internship at least. It was supposed to be unpaid at first but argued my way to being paid (praxis in my country is being paid). Just before signing a contract and starting working, the firm's biggest client draws out and they nearly go bankrupt. They had to let people go, which sucked. Of course, they could not have an intern anymore, unpaid or paid, they didn't have enough work to do. Applied for an exchange semester. Spent a week writing the motivational letter with my dad. Today the results came in. Discovered the university's exchange web-system never accepted my application, had written a phone number wrong. No one got to read my motivational letter. My classmates got the spots for the exchange. I know you are supposed to send out 1 million job applications and apply to all competitions, but I feel like every time I'm close to something, the door slams in my face. Im in my 4th year out of 5, and I have no experience what so ever. I know im good in school, my teachers give me really good feedback, but my architecture CV is empty. I know there's a pandemic and the possibilities for young architects have changed, but it feels impossible. Any recession-graduates out there? | he1nuyn | he1kcpb | 1,632,452,068 | 1,632,450,330 | 6 | 2 | OP, Dm me. I’m a career specialist in architecture and I can find a time to chat with you about what you have on paper and how you can try to get some work experience. | It's tough but here's some good news: you're still young and not having experience in architecture won't necessarily be bad since you're just starting out. If you have other job experience, that can help you get an architecture job too. Think transferable skills and related fields. Getting a job at a construction office doing paperwork would be a plus because you see the contractor's side and you learn to work in a team and project based environment for example. All important things for an architecture job. You should check if there is work on campus that is related. Most campuses have an University Architect and they tend to hire interns. That is just one example. If you're really into rendering or something, maybe try a Fiverr or other freelance ways to offer services. That is job experience too and you can also put that down. Good luck! | 1 | 1,738 | 3 | ||
pu696h | architecture_train | 0.93 | Architects! When the door slams in your face, what do you do? Struggling... Hey guys, don´t know if I'm writing this to just vent, or if I'm looking for advice / similar experiences. (im an arch. student) Applied to a summer design competition/course earlier this year, got an interview (only 20 people did, 8 places available). Nailed the interview. Didn´t get the spot. My friends did. Happy for them, but that sucked. Had a summer internship at least. It was supposed to be unpaid at first but argued my way to being paid (praxis in my country is being paid). Just before signing a contract and starting working, the firm's biggest client draws out and they nearly go bankrupt. They had to let people go, which sucked. Of course, they could not have an intern anymore, unpaid or paid, they didn't have enough work to do. Applied for an exchange semester. Spent a week writing the motivational letter with my dad. Today the results came in. Discovered the university's exchange web-system never accepted my application, had written a phone number wrong. No one got to read my motivational letter. My classmates got the spots for the exchange. I know you are supposed to send out 1 million job applications and apply to all competitions, but I feel like every time I'm close to something, the door slams in my face. Im in my 4th year out of 5, and I have no experience what so ever. I know im good in school, my teachers give me really good feedback, but my architecture CV is empty. I know there's a pandemic and the possibilities for young architects have changed, but it feels impossible. Any recession-graduates out there? | he1kcpb | he2xxcz | 1,632,450,330 | 1,632,485,034 | 2 | 3 | It's tough but here's some good news: you're still young and not having experience in architecture won't necessarily be bad since you're just starting out. If you have other job experience, that can help you get an architecture job too. Think transferable skills and related fields. Getting a job at a construction office doing paperwork would be a plus because you see the contractor's side and you learn to work in a team and project based environment for example. All important things for an architecture job. You should check if there is work on campus that is related. Most campuses have an University Architect and they tend to hire interns. That is just one example. If you're really into rendering or something, maybe try a Fiverr or other freelance ways to offer services. That is job experience too and you can also put that down. Good luck! | This isn't a recession at all. It sounds like you're applying for some exclusive/precarious gigs (a whole 3 of them). I'd open up your search range and filter out anything with a whiff of 'unpaid' talk since it's not worth anyone's time. Even if you're able to argue your way out of indentured servitude it's still not gonna be a good gig. | 0 | 34,704 | 1.5 | ||
pu696h | architecture_train | 0.93 | Architects! When the door slams in your face, what do you do? Struggling... Hey guys, don´t know if I'm writing this to just vent, or if I'm looking for advice / similar experiences. (im an arch. student) Applied to a summer design competition/course earlier this year, got an interview (only 20 people did, 8 places available). Nailed the interview. Didn´t get the spot. My friends did. Happy for them, but that sucked. Had a summer internship at least. It was supposed to be unpaid at first but argued my way to being paid (praxis in my country is being paid). Just before signing a contract and starting working, the firm's biggest client draws out and they nearly go bankrupt. They had to let people go, which sucked. Of course, they could not have an intern anymore, unpaid or paid, they didn't have enough work to do. Applied for an exchange semester. Spent a week writing the motivational letter with my dad. Today the results came in. Discovered the university's exchange web-system never accepted my application, had written a phone number wrong. No one got to read my motivational letter. My classmates got the spots for the exchange. I know you are supposed to send out 1 million job applications and apply to all competitions, but I feel like every time I'm close to something, the door slams in my face. Im in my 4th year out of 5, and I have no experience what so ever. I know im good in school, my teachers give me really good feedback, but my architecture CV is empty. I know there's a pandemic and the possibilities for young architects have changed, but it feels impossible. Any recession-graduates out there? | he1vyv5 | he2xxcz | 1,632,456,476 | 1,632,485,034 | 2 | 3 | Sorry you can't find an internship where you are. Best advice otherwise is - get on a Construction crew. Massively helpful in practice, makes a huge difference on your resume, and your practical knowledge. Or, maybe a Revit course, maybe both. | This isn't a recession at all. It sounds like you're applying for some exclusive/precarious gigs (a whole 3 of them). I'd open up your search range and filter out anything with a whiff of 'unpaid' talk since it's not worth anyone's time. Even if you're able to argue your way out of indentured servitude it's still not gonna be a good gig. | 0 | 28,558 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2uy1h | hw2t69c | 1,644,326,956 | 1,644,326,047 | 49 | 37 | "It looks nice this way" In all seriousness though it's a bit like music. Sometimes you know something works but the client can't see it (no offence, but some people have zero spatial perception) and it's another word to describe what would be akin to rhythm in music. | So many architects are simply full of themselves and their own bullsh't. Like anyone in a creative field trying to verbally explain their work, the words used are often flowery, ethereal and convoluted. That said, I would expect a "poetic" design to be one with a distinct rhythm or cadence in its massing and structural elements. One can envision use of light and atmosphere as poetic entities. Interplay with the environment can be construed as poetry... And all of these interpretations are elitist and aggrandizing. | 1 | 909 | 1.324324 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2rszn | hw2uy1h | 1,644,325,313 | 1,644,326,956 | 17 | 49 | Love the comments above! However there is a space for “poetic architecture” in the same was as the artist expression of a lot of poetry is not logical but purely emotive. Some people have an emotional response to architecture however not all work that is described as “poetic” deserves that description. Maybe great works can deliver this ephemeral emotive experience but if someone describes a very basic building as “poetic”, yep it bullshit. | "It looks nice this way" In all seriousness though it's a bit like music. Sometimes you know something works but the client can't see it (no offence, but some people have zero spatial perception) and it's another word to describe what would be akin to rhythm in music. | 0 | 1,643 | 2.882353 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2pkps | hw2uy1h | 1,644,324,076 | 1,644,326,956 | 11 | 49 | Hopefully an explanation of why they think this is included. Otherwise it’s part of the usual bullshit jargon. Hot take: it’s most likely the usual bullshit. | "It looks nice this way" In all seriousness though it's a bit like music. Sometimes you know something works but the client can't see it (no offence, but some people have zero spatial perception) and it's another word to describe what would be akin to rhythm in music. | 0 | 2,880 | 4.454545 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2uy1h | hw2p9ih | 1,644,326,956 | 1,644,323,896 | 49 | 1 | "It looks nice this way" In all seriousness though it's a bit like music. Sometimes you know something works but the client can't see it (no offence, but some people have zero spatial perception) and it's another word to describe what would be akin to rhythm in music. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 3,060 | 49 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2rszn | hw2t69c | 1,644,325,313 | 1,644,326,047 | 17 | 37 | Love the comments above! However there is a space for “poetic architecture” in the same was as the artist expression of a lot of poetry is not logical but purely emotive. Some people have an emotional response to architecture however not all work that is described as “poetic” deserves that description. Maybe great works can deliver this ephemeral emotive experience but if someone describes a very basic building as “poetic”, yep it bullshit. | So many architects are simply full of themselves and their own bullsh't. Like anyone in a creative field trying to verbally explain their work, the words used are often flowery, ethereal and convoluted. That said, I would expect a "poetic" design to be one with a distinct rhythm or cadence in its massing and structural elements. One can envision use of light and atmosphere as poetic entities. Interplay with the environment can be construed as poetry... And all of these interpretations are elitist and aggrandizing. | 0 | 734 | 2.176471 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2t69c | hw2pkps | 1,644,326,047 | 1,644,324,076 | 37 | 11 | So many architects are simply full of themselves and their own bullsh't. Like anyone in a creative field trying to verbally explain their work, the words used are often flowery, ethereal and convoluted. That said, I would expect a "poetic" design to be one with a distinct rhythm or cadence in its massing and structural elements. One can envision use of light and atmosphere as poetic entities. Interplay with the environment can be construed as poetry... And all of these interpretations are elitist and aggrandizing. | Hopefully an explanation of why they think this is included. Otherwise it’s part of the usual bullshit jargon. Hot take: it’s most likely the usual bullshit. | 1 | 1,971 | 3.363636 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2t69c | hw2p9ih | 1,644,326,047 | 1,644,323,896 | 37 | 1 | So many architects are simply full of themselves and their own bullsh't. Like anyone in a creative field trying to verbally explain their work, the words used are often flowery, ethereal and convoluted. That said, I would expect a "poetic" design to be one with a distinct rhythm or cadence in its massing and structural elements. One can envision use of light and atmosphere as poetic entities. Interplay with the environment can be construed as poetry... And all of these interpretations are elitist and aggrandizing. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 2,151 | 37 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2rszn | hw2pkps | 1,644,325,313 | 1,644,324,076 | 17 | 11 | Love the comments above! However there is a space for “poetic architecture” in the same was as the artist expression of a lot of poetry is not logical but purely emotive. Some people have an emotional response to architecture however not all work that is described as “poetic” deserves that description. Maybe great works can deliver this ephemeral emotive experience but if someone describes a very basic building as “poetic”, yep it bullshit. | Hopefully an explanation of why they think this is included. Otherwise it’s part of the usual bullshit jargon. Hot take: it’s most likely the usual bullshit. | 1 | 1,237 | 1.545455 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2rszn | hw2p9ih | 1,644,325,313 | 1,644,323,896 | 17 | 1 | Love the comments above! However there is a space for “poetic architecture” in the same was as the artist expression of a lot of poetry is not logical but purely emotive. Some people have an emotional response to architecture however not all work that is described as “poetic” deserves that description. Maybe great works can deliver this ephemeral emotive experience but if someone describes a very basic building as “poetic”, yep it bullshit. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 1,417 | 17 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2pkps | hw2p9ih | 1,644,324,076 | 1,644,323,896 | 11 | 1 | Hopefully an explanation of why they think this is included. Otherwise it’s part of the usual bullshit jargon. Hot take: it’s most likely the usual bullshit. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 180 | 11 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw31o62 | hw3kkhu | 1,644,330,133 | 1,644,337,703 | 7 | 10 | When people say that something is "poetic," they mean that it is a parsimonious but ingenious representation: mostly anyone can tell exactly what you mean, but no one else could represent it so completely yet concisely.\* Poetic art starts a dialogue, rather than bluntly telling you what is happening: the perceiving party, desperate to have more texture than they are being given, fills in all gaps with their own imagination. The Homeric epithet "rosy fingered dawn" is the first example that comes to mind: three words that conjure the entire image of the first of the sun's rays reaching over the horizon. Sargent's portraiture is so vivid it leaves you convinced you know the person - but you don't. So poetic architecture is is an ingenious and organic, yet practical, expression of the building's functions and surroundings. There has to be something unexpected about it, but not just for the sake of shock value. It needs to be exactly ornamented enough to hold your attention without being so overwrought as to bore or confuse you. And it needs to contribute more to its environment than it draws from it: your eye keeps returning to it because it is the lynchpin of the scene; not because it hogs your attention until you've devoured it and can move on to the next thing without every thinking about it again. Though frankly it sometimes seems to mean "contemporary and expensive." \*This isn't a universally accepted definition or even a common one; it's my own definition. There's no universal definition of anything in aesthetics. But I think many people, upon reading it, will decide that is mostly true. | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 7,570 | 1.428571 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2w55g | hw3kkhu | 1,644,327,550 | 1,644,337,703 | 4 | 10 | It means he’s performing the time honored tradition of **bullshitting**, paying homage to his/her years in college crits. | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 10,153 | 2.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2wgwn | hw3kkhu | 1,644,327,711 | 1,644,337,703 | 3 | 10 | In presentations it might be necessary to describe a building through it's "emotional" or abstract properties to give the audience a good impression of the building. Some people just can't imagine what a room feels like, just by looking at the floorplan. It should be a very subtle thing and not be overused, otherwise people will notice and think of it as weird, just as you did. | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 9,992 | 3.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw37g4i | hw3kkhu | 1,644,332,600 | 1,644,337,703 | 3 | 10 | Well it's a term hard to use with a specific definition, cause poetry doesn't have a definition either. It could mean a kind of architecture that is very emotional, that seeks to cause concern, angst or awe. For me that would be Coop Himmelb(l)au. In 1978 they wrote their manifesto, "Architecture must blaze" like some short of poem, accompanied by a design for a building in Vienna that would be equipped with gas tubes to spit flames at night. Their later projects also depict concepts like levitation, decay or aggression, so their architecture is very emotional. That could be called "poetic" in an architectural way. | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 5,103 | 3.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3evcx | hw3kkhu | 1,644,335,560 | 1,644,337,703 | 3 | 10 | It’s called marketing. | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 2,143 | 3.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3kkhu | hw31fon | 1,644,337,703 | 1,644,330,028 | 10 | 2 | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | 1 | 7,675 | 5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3gldm | hw3kkhu | 1,644,336,213 | 1,644,337,703 | 2 | 10 | Poetry has meaning, often subtle or beneath the surface, and may have different personal interpretations. Architecture or design that is poetic does the same. I can’t think of a lot of buildings I would consider poetic, but there are many memorials, like the 9/11 memorial, that one might call poetic. | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 1,490 | 5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3kkhu | hw2p9ih | 1,644,337,703 | 1,644,323,896 | 10 | 1 | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 13,807 | 10 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw38b51 | hw3kkhu | 1,644,332,959 | 1,644,337,703 | 1 | 10 | It's bullshit. The building should speak for itself, it doesn't need flowery descriptions to convince people of what it is | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 4,744 | 10 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3aiek | hw3kkhu | 1,644,333,851 | 1,644,337,703 | 1 | 10 | I use ‘poetic’ when I couldn’t find a solid concept to link my design to | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | 0 | 3,852 | 10 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3kkhu | hw3ggwr | 1,644,337,703 | 1,644,336,165 | 10 | 1 | Poetics of architecture is how our buildings are able to convey meaning and express culture. Today, so much of this meaning is not utilized so the word poetics really only refers to visceral expressions. Traditionally architecture was very legible and there exists a whole network of conversation and discourse across space and time that any architect can choose to tap into and participate in. In order to cultivate a collective discourse, shared meaning must be employed, and that requires architects choosing to work in tandem, via tradition. For a great intro on how meaning (poetics) in architecture and urbanism have traditionally been utilized, check out the EDx course, "The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City" Here is a youtube trailer | Means they don’t actually know what they’re talking about. | 1 | 1,538 | 10 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2w55g | hw31o62 | 1,644,327,550 | 1,644,330,133 | 4 | 7 | It means he’s performing the time honored tradition of **bullshitting**, paying homage to his/her years in college crits. | When people say that something is "poetic," they mean that it is a parsimonious but ingenious representation: mostly anyone can tell exactly what you mean, but no one else could represent it so completely yet concisely.\* Poetic art starts a dialogue, rather than bluntly telling you what is happening: the perceiving party, desperate to have more texture than they are being given, fills in all gaps with their own imagination. The Homeric epithet "rosy fingered dawn" is the first example that comes to mind: three words that conjure the entire image of the first of the sun's rays reaching over the horizon. Sargent's portraiture is so vivid it leaves you convinced you know the person - but you don't. So poetic architecture is is an ingenious and organic, yet practical, expression of the building's functions and surroundings. There has to be something unexpected about it, but not just for the sake of shock value. It needs to be exactly ornamented enough to hold your attention without being so overwrought as to bore or confuse you. And it needs to contribute more to its environment than it draws from it: your eye keeps returning to it because it is the lynchpin of the scene; not because it hogs your attention until you've devoured it and can move on to the next thing without every thinking about it again. Though frankly it sometimes seems to mean "contemporary and expensive." \*This isn't a universally accepted definition or even a common one; it's my own definition. There's no universal definition of anything in aesthetics. But I think many people, upon reading it, will decide that is mostly true. | 0 | 2,583 | 1.75 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2wgwn | hw31o62 | 1,644,327,711 | 1,644,330,133 | 3 | 7 | In presentations it might be necessary to describe a building through it's "emotional" or abstract properties to give the audience a good impression of the building. Some people just can't imagine what a room feels like, just by looking at the floorplan. It should be a very subtle thing and not be overused, otherwise people will notice and think of it as weird, just as you did. | When people say that something is "poetic," they mean that it is a parsimonious but ingenious representation: mostly anyone can tell exactly what you mean, but no one else could represent it so completely yet concisely.\* Poetic art starts a dialogue, rather than bluntly telling you what is happening: the perceiving party, desperate to have more texture than they are being given, fills in all gaps with their own imagination. The Homeric epithet "rosy fingered dawn" is the first example that comes to mind: three words that conjure the entire image of the first of the sun's rays reaching over the horizon. Sargent's portraiture is so vivid it leaves you convinced you know the person - but you don't. So poetic architecture is is an ingenious and organic, yet practical, expression of the building's functions and surroundings. There has to be something unexpected about it, but not just for the sake of shock value. It needs to be exactly ornamented enough to hold your attention without being so overwrought as to bore or confuse you. And it needs to contribute more to its environment than it draws from it: your eye keeps returning to it because it is the lynchpin of the scene; not because it hogs your attention until you've devoured it and can move on to the next thing without every thinking about it again. Though frankly it sometimes seems to mean "contemporary and expensive." \*This isn't a universally accepted definition or even a common one; it's my own definition. There's no universal definition of anything in aesthetics. But I think many people, upon reading it, will decide that is mostly true. | 0 | 2,422 | 2.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw31o62 | hw31fon | 1,644,330,133 | 1,644,330,028 | 7 | 2 | When people say that something is "poetic," they mean that it is a parsimonious but ingenious representation: mostly anyone can tell exactly what you mean, but no one else could represent it so completely yet concisely.\* Poetic art starts a dialogue, rather than bluntly telling you what is happening: the perceiving party, desperate to have more texture than they are being given, fills in all gaps with their own imagination. The Homeric epithet "rosy fingered dawn" is the first example that comes to mind: three words that conjure the entire image of the first of the sun's rays reaching over the horizon. Sargent's portraiture is so vivid it leaves you convinced you know the person - but you don't. So poetic architecture is is an ingenious and organic, yet practical, expression of the building's functions and surroundings. There has to be something unexpected about it, but not just for the sake of shock value. It needs to be exactly ornamented enough to hold your attention without being so overwrought as to bore or confuse you. And it needs to contribute more to its environment than it draws from it: your eye keeps returning to it because it is the lynchpin of the scene; not because it hogs your attention until you've devoured it and can move on to the next thing without every thinking about it again. Though frankly it sometimes seems to mean "contemporary and expensive." \*This isn't a universally accepted definition or even a common one; it's my own definition. There's no universal definition of anything in aesthetics. But I think many people, upon reading it, will decide that is mostly true. | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | 1 | 105 | 3.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw31o62 | hw2p9ih | 1,644,330,133 | 1,644,323,896 | 7 | 1 | When people say that something is "poetic," they mean that it is a parsimonious but ingenious representation: mostly anyone can tell exactly what you mean, but no one else could represent it so completely yet concisely.\* Poetic art starts a dialogue, rather than bluntly telling you what is happening: the perceiving party, desperate to have more texture than they are being given, fills in all gaps with their own imagination. The Homeric epithet "rosy fingered dawn" is the first example that comes to mind: three words that conjure the entire image of the first of the sun's rays reaching over the horizon. Sargent's portraiture is so vivid it leaves you convinced you know the person - but you don't. So poetic architecture is is an ingenious and organic, yet practical, expression of the building's functions and surroundings. There has to be something unexpected about it, but not just for the sake of shock value. It needs to be exactly ornamented enough to hold your attention without being so overwrought as to bore or confuse you. And it needs to contribute more to its environment than it draws from it: your eye keeps returning to it because it is the lynchpin of the scene; not because it hogs your attention until you've devoured it and can move on to the next thing without every thinking about it again. Though frankly it sometimes seems to mean "contemporary and expensive." \*This isn't a universally accepted definition or even a common one; it's my own definition. There's no universal definition of anything in aesthetics. But I think many people, upon reading it, will decide that is mostly true. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 6,237 | 7 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2w55g | hw2p9ih | 1,644,327,550 | 1,644,323,896 | 4 | 1 | It means he’s performing the time honored tradition of **bullshitting**, paying homage to his/her years in college crits. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 3,654 | 4 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw7lt5u | hw2wgwn | 1,644,404,789 | 1,644,327,711 | 4 | 3 | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | In presentations it might be necessary to describe a building through it's "emotional" or abstract properties to give the audience a good impression of the building. Some people just can't imagine what a room feels like, just by looking at the floorplan. It should be a very subtle thing and not be overused, otherwise people will notice and think of it as weird, just as you did. | 1 | 77,078 | 1.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw37g4i | hw7lt5u | 1,644,332,600 | 1,644,404,789 | 3 | 4 | Well it's a term hard to use with a specific definition, cause poetry doesn't have a definition either. It could mean a kind of architecture that is very emotional, that seeks to cause concern, angst or awe. For me that would be Coop Himmelb(l)au. In 1978 they wrote their manifesto, "Architecture must blaze" like some short of poem, accompanied by a design for a building in Vienna that would be equipped with gas tubes to spit flames at night. Their later projects also depict concepts like levitation, decay or aggression, so their architecture is very emotional. That could be called "poetic" in an architectural way. | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | 0 | 72,189 | 1.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw7lt5u | hw3evcx | 1,644,404,789 | 1,644,335,560 | 4 | 3 | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | It’s called marketing. | 1 | 69,229 | 1.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw7lt5u | hw5n7fu | 1,644,404,789 | 1,644,365,681 | 4 | 3 | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | 1 | 39,108 | 1.333333 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw31fon | hw7lt5u | 1,644,330,028 | 1,644,404,789 | 2 | 4 | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | 0 | 74,761 | 2 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3gldm | hw7lt5u | 1,644,336,213 | 1,644,404,789 | 2 | 4 | Poetry has meaning, often subtle or beneath the surface, and may have different personal interpretations. Architecture or design that is poetic does the same. I can’t think of a lot of buildings I would consider poetic, but there are many memorials, like the 9/11 memorial, that one might call poetic. | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | 0 | 68,576 | 2 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw7lt5u | hw5heqo | 1,644,404,789 | 1,644,363,243 | 4 | 2 | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | If it's the designer describing their own work, then it's a nonsense word... And since it's subjective, it may not be "poetic" to anyone else. If someone else describes it as such, then I would say it's a compliment that the design has a positive emotional effect. | 1 | 41,546 | 2 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw7lt5u | hw5mdt8 | 1,644,404,789 | 1,644,365,331 | 4 | 2 | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | It usually means they like it a lot, but don't want to explain exactly why. | 1 | 39,458 | 2 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw6bwg5 | hw7lt5u | 1,644,376,168 | 1,644,404,789 | 2 | 4 | There was a book called ”the poetics of space” that most architects over the age of 50 probably read in school. If it’s in “print” or digital, might be worth researching the roots in the use of the term. Many professors would know it, but then many Universities have gone to shit since the 90’s. :) heh. (Colleges always have, but more and more, graduated people that say things like “bullshit” and “jargon”. These people are typically not long for the profession, or insignificant.) | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | 0 | 28,621 | 2 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw7lt5u | hw2p9ih | 1,644,404,789 | 1,644,323,896 | 4 | 1 | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 80,893 | 4 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw38b51 | hw7lt5u | 1,644,332,959 | 1,644,404,789 | 1 | 4 | It's bullshit. The building should speak for itself, it doesn't need flowery descriptions to convince people of what it is | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | 0 | 71,830 | 4 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3aiek | hw7lt5u | 1,644,333,851 | 1,644,404,789 | 1 | 4 | I use ‘poetic’ when I couldn’t find a solid concept to link my design to | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | 0 | 70,938 | 4 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3ggwr | hw7lt5u | 1,644,336,165 | 1,644,404,789 | 1 | 4 | Means they don’t actually know what they’re talking about. | You will find it is usually used by architects who are insecure about their ability in translating function and feeling into tangible qualities. It is lazy and designed to make the person saying it sound more articulate than they really are. E.g calling a room refreshing because of the good volume of natural light after coming out of a dark corridor or due to the cool prevailing winds being caught by a well positioned louvre is understandable, it changes how you feel, and that description explains why. But calling the same experience poetic, just means the architect cannot explain why the feeling on entering the room is the way it is. They cannot articulate exactly why you would feel different entering the room. So there fore it is poetic, or a testament, or rich in emotion... Etc.. | 0 | 68,624 | 4 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2wgwn | hw2p9ih | 1,644,327,711 | 1,644,323,896 | 3 | 1 | In presentations it might be necessary to describe a building through it's "emotional" or abstract properties to give the audience a good impression of the building. Some people just can't imagine what a room feels like, just by looking at the floorplan. It should be a very subtle thing and not be overused, otherwise people will notice and think of it as weird, just as you did. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 3,815 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw37g4i | hw31fon | 1,644,332,600 | 1,644,330,028 | 3 | 2 | Well it's a term hard to use with a specific definition, cause poetry doesn't have a definition either. It could mean a kind of architecture that is very emotional, that seeks to cause concern, angst or awe. For me that would be Coop Himmelb(l)au. In 1978 they wrote their manifesto, "Architecture must blaze" like some short of poem, accompanied by a design for a building in Vienna that would be equipped with gas tubes to spit flames at night. Their later projects also depict concepts like levitation, decay or aggression, so their architecture is very emotional. That could be called "poetic" in an architectural way. | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | 1 | 2,572 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw37g4i | hw2p9ih | 1,644,332,600 | 1,644,323,896 | 3 | 1 | Well it's a term hard to use with a specific definition, cause poetry doesn't have a definition either. It could mean a kind of architecture that is very emotional, that seeks to cause concern, angst or awe. For me that would be Coop Himmelb(l)au. In 1978 they wrote their manifesto, "Architecture must blaze" like some short of poem, accompanied by a design for a building in Vienna that would be equipped with gas tubes to spit flames at night. Their later projects also depict concepts like levitation, decay or aggression, so their architecture is very emotional. That could be called "poetic" in an architectural way. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 8,704 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3evcx | hw31fon | 1,644,335,560 | 1,644,330,028 | 3 | 2 | It’s called marketing. | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | 1 | 5,532 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2p9ih | hw3evcx | 1,644,323,896 | 1,644,335,560 | 1 | 3 | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | It’s called marketing. | 0 | 11,664 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3evcx | hw38b51 | 1,644,335,560 | 1,644,332,959 | 3 | 1 | It’s called marketing. | It's bullshit. The building should speak for itself, it doesn't need flowery descriptions to convince people of what it is | 1 | 2,601 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3evcx | hw3aiek | 1,644,335,560 | 1,644,333,851 | 3 | 1 | It’s called marketing. | I use ‘poetic’ when I couldn’t find a solid concept to link my design to | 1 | 1,709 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw31fon | hw5n7fu | 1,644,330,028 | 1,644,365,681 | 2 | 3 | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | 0 | 35,653 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5n7fu | hw3gldm | 1,644,365,681 | 1,644,336,213 | 3 | 2 | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | Poetry has meaning, often subtle or beneath the surface, and may have different personal interpretations. Architecture or design that is poetic does the same. I can’t think of a lot of buildings I would consider poetic, but there are many memorials, like the 9/11 memorial, that one might call poetic. | 1 | 29,468 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5heqo | hw5n7fu | 1,644,363,243 | 1,644,365,681 | 2 | 3 | If it's the designer describing their own work, then it's a nonsense word... And since it's subjective, it may not be "poetic" to anyone else. If someone else describes it as such, then I would say it's a compliment that the design has a positive emotional effect. | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | 0 | 2,438 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5n7fu | hw5mdt8 | 1,644,365,681 | 1,644,365,331 | 3 | 2 | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | It usually means they like it a lot, but don't want to explain exactly why. | 1 | 350 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw2p9ih | hw5n7fu | 1,644,323,896 | 1,644,365,681 | 1 | 3 | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | 0 | 41,785 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw38b51 | hw5n7fu | 1,644,332,959 | 1,644,365,681 | 1 | 3 | It's bullshit. The building should speak for itself, it doesn't need flowery descriptions to convince people of what it is | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | 0 | 32,722 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3aiek | hw5n7fu | 1,644,333,851 | 1,644,365,681 | 1 | 3 | I use ‘poetic’ when I couldn’t find a solid concept to link my design to | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | 0 | 31,830 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5n7fu | hw3ggwr | 1,644,365,681 | 1,644,336,165 | 3 | 1 | From what I learned, there's a concept that breaks architecture into 3 schools of thought: civic narrative, technics, and poetics. Civics responds to the human aspects of the culture and history of the place in which the structure is sited. Technics is concerned with the craft, materiality and construction. Poetics seeks to create phenomenological responses from the occupants. | Means they don’t actually know what they’re talking about. | 1 | 29,516 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwa4fg9 | hw31fon | 1,644,442,735 | 1,644,330,028 | 3 | 2 | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | 1 | 112,707 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwa4fg9 | hw3gldm | 1,644,442,735 | 1,644,336,213 | 3 | 2 | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | Poetry has meaning, often subtle or beneath the surface, and may have different personal interpretations. Architecture or design that is poetic does the same. I can’t think of a lot of buildings I would consider poetic, but there are many memorials, like the 9/11 memorial, that one might call poetic. | 1 | 106,522 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5heqo | hwa4fg9 | 1,644,363,243 | 1,644,442,735 | 2 | 3 | If it's the designer describing their own work, then it's a nonsense word... And since it's subjective, it may not be "poetic" to anyone else. If someone else describes it as such, then I would say it's a compliment that the design has a positive emotional effect. | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | 0 | 79,492 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5mdt8 | hwa4fg9 | 1,644,365,331 | 1,644,442,735 | 2 | 3 | It usually means they like it a lot, but don't want to explain exactly why. | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | 0 | 77,404 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw6bwg5 | hwa4fg9 | 1,644,376,168 | 1,644,442,735 | 2 | 3 | There was a book called ”the poetics of space” that most architects over the age of 50 probably read in school. If it’s in “print” or digital, might be worth researching the roots in the use of the term. Many professors would know it, but then many Universities have gone to shit since the 90’s. :) heh. (Colleges always have, but more and more, graduated people that say things like “bullshit” and “jargon”. These people are typically not long for the profession, or insignificant.) | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | 0 | 66,567 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwa4fg9 | hw2p9ih | 1,644,442,735 | 1,644,323,896 | 3 | 1 | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 118,839 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw38b51 | hwa4fg9 | 1,644,332,959 | 1,644,442,735 | 1 | 3 | It's bullshit. The building should speak for itself, it doesn't need flowery descriptions to convince people of what it is | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | 0 | 109,776 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3aiek | hwa4fg9 | 1,644,333,851 | 1,644,442,735 | 1 | 3 | I use ‘poetic’ when I couldn’t find a solid concept to link my design to | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | 0 | 108,884 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3ggwr | hwa4fg9 | 1,644,336,165 | 1,644,442,735 | 1 | 3 | Means they don’t actually know what they’re talking about. | Would be interesting to correlate the redditor reactions explaining « poetic » vs « bullshit » with previous post of « architect » vs « non-architect ». | 0 | 106,570 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwao2kf | hw31fon | 1,644,450,415 | 1,644,330,028 | 3 | 2 | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | 1 | 120,387 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwao2kf | hw3gldm | 1,644,450,415 | 1,644,336,213 | 3 | 2 | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | Poetry has meaning, often subtle or beneath the surface, and may have different personal interpretations. Architecture or design that is poetic does the same. I can’t think of a lot of buildings I would consider poetic, but there are many memorials, like the 9/11 memorial, that one might call poetic. | 1 | 114,202 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwao2kf | hw5heqo | 1,644,450,415 | 1,644,363,243 | 3 | 2 | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | If it's the designer describing their own work, then it's a nonsense word... And since it's subjective, it may not be "poetic" to anyone else. If someone else describes it as such, then I would say it's a compliment that the design has a positive emotional effect. | 1 | 87,172 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5mdt8 | hwao2kf | 1,644,365,331 | 1,644,450,415 | 2 | 3 | It usually means they like it a lot, but don't want to explain exactly why. | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | 0 | 85,084 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwao2kf | hw6bwg5 | 1,644,450,415 | 1,644,376,168 | 3 | 2 | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | There was a book called ”the poetics of space” that most architects over the age of 50 probably read in school. If it’s in “print” or digital, might be worth researching the roots in the use of the term. Many professors would know it, but then many Universities have gone to shit since the 90’s. :) heh. (Colleges always have, but more and more, graduated people that say things like “bullshit” and “jargon”. These people are typically not long for the profession, or insignificant.) | 1 | 74,247 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwa4q2c | hwao2kf | 1,644,442,842 | 1,644,450,415 | 2 | 3 | We need a little more poetic in everything. Especially when it stays discreet. | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | 0 | 7,573 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwao2kf | hw2p9ih | 1,644,450,415 | 1,644,323,896 | 3 | 1 | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 126,519 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw38b51 | hwao2kf | 1,644,332,959 | 1,644,450,415 | 1 | 3 | It's bullshit. The building should speak for itself, it doesn't need flowery descriptions to convince people of what it is | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | 0 | 117,456 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwao2kf | hw3aiek | 1,644,450,415 | 1,644,333,851 | 3 | 1 | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | I use ‘poetic’ when I couldn’t find a solid concept to link my design to | 1 | 116,564 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwao2kf | hw3ggwr | 1,644,450,415 | 1,644,336,165 | 3 | 1 | It means they see rhymes and rhythm in architectural forms. | Means they don’t actually know what they’re talking about. | 1 | 114,250 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwteaid | hw31fon | 1,644,781,597 | 1,644,330,028 | 3 | 2 | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | 1 | 451,569 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwteaid | hw3gldm | 1,644,781,597 | 1,644,336,213 | 3 | 2 | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | Poetry has meaning, often subtle or beneath the surface, and may have different personal interpretations. Architecture or design that is poetic does the same. I can’t think of a lot of buildings I would consider poetic, but there are many memorials, like the 9/11 memorial, that one might call poetic. | 1 | 445,384 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5heqo | hwteaid | 1,644,363,243 | 1,644,781,597 | 2 | 3 | If it's the designer describing their own work, then it's a nonsense word... And since it's subjective, it may not be "poetic" to anyone else. If someone else describes it as such, then I would say it's a compliment that the design has a positive emotional effect. | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | 0 | 418,354 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwteaid | hw5mdt8 | 1,644,781,597 | 1,644,365,331 | 3 | 2 | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | It usually means they like it a lot, but don't want to explain exactly why. | 1 | 416,266 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwteaid | hw6bwg5 | 1,644,781,597 | 1,644,376,168 | 3 | 2 | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | There was a book called ”the poetics of space” that most architects over the age of 50 probably read in school. If it’s in “print” or digital, might be worth researching the roots in the use of the term. Many professors would know it, but then many Universities have gone to shit since the 90’s. :) heh. (Colleges always have, but more and more, graduated people that say things like “bullshit” and “jargon”. These people are typically not long for the profession, or insignificant.) | 1 | 405,429 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwa4q2c | hwteaid | 1,644,442,842 | 1,644,781,597 | 2 | 3 | We need a little more poetic in everything. Especially when it stays discreet. | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | 0 | 338,755 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwteaid | hw2p9ih | 1,644,781,597 | 1,644,323,896 | 3 | 1 | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | I would be interested in knowing too. Personally I thinks it's just a way for them to say I don't know to describe it, without saying they don't know. | 1 | 457,701 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw38b51 | hwteaid | 1,644,332,959 | 1,644,781,597 | 1 | 3 | It's bullshit. The building should speak for itself, it doesn't need flowery descriptions to convince people of what it is | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | 0 | 448,638 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwteaid | hw3aiek | 1,644,781,597 | 1,644,333,851 | 3 | 1 | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | I use ‘poetic’ when I couldn’t find a solid concept to link my design to | 1 | 447,746 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw3ggwr | hwteaid | 1,644,336,165 | 1,644,781,597 | 1 | 3 | Means they don’t actually know what they’re talking about. | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | 0 | 445,432 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwteaid | hwe5bad | 1,644,781,597 | 1,644,514,452 | 3 | 1 | "Architecture is a language. And I think you have to have a grammar, in order to have a language. And if you are good at that, you can speak in wonderful prose. And if you are *really* good at that, you can be a poet!" Source - Mies Van Der Rohe. The comparison of architecture and poetry is very intentional. Everyone uses words, but there's *some* sort of quality that will at times make words something more. It makes words into poetry. I don't know if there's a complete list of what does this - I think the list changes over time and by the person. Some things that I think apply to both poetry and poetic architecture is: - Intent - Artistry - the ability to have unique or clever ideas - Craft - the ability to execute those ideas - Emotion - it needs to connect with people - Culture - it needs to connect to the larger dialogue of society The language of architecture is different than written/spoken language. It's made of physical objects like columns and walls, but also ephemeral ones like space, pressure, etc. and things like light, things that change over time or decay, and even memories/impressions. Peter Zumthor has a few writings on that last one - check out his "Atmospheres" lecture, or "Thinking Architecture" for reference. However, with architecture, the requirement to almost always be pragmatic and create a practical physical presence can be much more limiting than the freedom of words. On the other hand, art is often born of restrictions rather than freedom. The kind of poetry Mies seemed most interested in was ideas of rhythm, structural expression, openness and potential, proportions, etc. A column is a word. A colonnade is a sentence. A colonnade perfectly placed in its surroundings so that you experience euphoria when you're in it is poetry. This also requires work on the part of the viewer. As with linguistic poetry, if you approach it with cynicism it will be dead and ash before it speaks. If you approach it with openness, then it can show you things and help you grow. Poetry of any kind offers us the opportunity to grow, but no one can MAKE you grow. You have to be willing and open to it. Without that, there is no poetry. Lastly, to circle back to Mies' quote - he isn't claiming (and no architect should) that all buildings or even architecture *are* poetry. A building not designed is a lorem ipsum. It may have the familiar elements but it doesn't mean anything. To be architecture, someone needs to intentionally understand and utilize the words and grammar of architecture. Grammar is a set of rules we use to help us communicate, to define how our common language is supposed to be structured and ordered. A good author understands these rules and can work within them for beautiful result. A great poet understands these rules and can properly utilize them or throw them out the window to do more than just inform. | Poetic - idiotic | 1 | 267,145 | 3 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw31fon | hwtjsr3 | 1,644,330,028 | 1,644,783,790 | 2 | 3 | A lot of BS to be honest...... But the use of the "poetic" term actually refers to put into simple words something that has not been vocalized.....is a way to communicate a significant using a medium "words" or "shape" so it can be understood by anyone. | It's about meaning and phenomenology. Poetic in architecture can suggest that there is a meaning that the architect wanted to convey and it is subject to change depending on the observer. It counts for any design, but in architecture it is also related to form and how the building appears. | 0 | 453,762 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hwtjsr3 | hw3gldm | 1,644,783,790 | 1,644,336,213 | 3 | 2 | It's about meaning and phenomenology. Poetic in architecture can suggest that there is a meaning that the architect wanted to convey and it is subject to change depending on the observer. It counts for any design, but in architecture it is also related to form and how the building appears. | Poetry has meaning, often subtle or beneath the surface, and may have different personal interpretations. Architecture or design that is poetic does the same. I can’t think of a lot of buildings I would consider poetic, but there are many memorials, like the 9/11 memorial, that one might call poetic. | 1 | 447,577 | 1.5 | ||
snj535 | architecture_train | 0.96 | What does it mean when an architect uses the word "poetic" to describe the form of a building? I often noticed some architects using the word "poetic" to describe the motive behind their design but oftentimes I find it exaggerating and sometimes just pure nonsense. It would be nice to hear your thoughts about this (or maybe an example where there is a succesful attempt in emanating such word). | hw5heqo | hwtjsr3 | 1,644,363,243 | 1,644,783,790 | 2 | 3 | If it's the designer describing their own work, then it's a nonsense word... And since it's subjective, it may not be "poetic" to anyone else. If someone else describes it as such, then I would say it's a compliment that the design has a positive emotional effect. | It's about meaning and phenomenology. Poetic in architecture can suggest that there is a meaning that the architect wanted to convey and it is subject to change depending on the observer. It counts for any design, but in architecture it is also related to form and how the building appears. | 0 | 420,547 | 1.5 |
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