Sayre BP14 IARC 221

OBJECT: The DAR Molded Plastic Chair, by Charles and Ray Eames.

I love this chair and plan to purchase a few as soon as I start making more than minimum wage ha-ha. Its great design and the bold and complete uniform shapes and colors offer a simplicity yet complexity with the R-wire bottoms. They also look extremely comfortable. The modern look these chairs exume offers a playful yet professional idea of design.

SPACE: National Mall

Last summer i got to finally visit DC and see what i would think is sort of an equivalent to the Forum Romanum and since i haven't been there i'd say this is a pretty cool space.

The idea is that these buildings were all created in order to show the greatness of the capitol, the triumps and failures, the history and the honoring of those who passed in order for us to live the way we do. It's one of the few places that are obviously constructed in representation of these ideas and thats what makes it a special place. The purpose of these buildings are like the old honorary Roman columns, Triumphant Archways or Temples that honored things which were important for the Roman people. I find that this is definitely represented in the National Mall.

Building: The Villa Savoye

It's redundant I know, but I love this building. Everything about it is jus so completely ahead of its time when looking at other buildings in the Roth textbook. The ability for an open space plan and the long distance views inside the house are just phenomonal examples of a design language that I really enjoy. The ribbon windows surrounding the house and the outdoor terrace and roof garden bring all aspects of the outdoors really within the building. The playful curve of the roof garden wall allows the building to have some assymetry to it while the rest of the outside of the building seems to be the same.

Place: Pittsburgh

Well, this was already said by Dr. Lucas, but I'm from Swissvale, P.A. which is about 15 minutes out of Pittsburgh. Generally I tell people I'm from Pitt just to simplify things but even in the surrounding suburbs of the area you can see the effect the hills have on buildings. Many of them allow for basements to be dug in the side of hills (which is something that I don't see very much of in North Carolina) which adds to the floors, because in pittsburgh many buildings have 4 floors due to the high urban population. The three rivers that run through downtown really set the stage for great lighting to occur (and great fireworks) at nighttime as its reflected. The valley of buildings stretch out for as far as you can see when you ride the Incline up some of the hills. For me, this is my San Diego, with less history for the rest of the world, but a world of history for me.