Voices

Presence is defined as the state or fact of existing, occuring, or being present in a place or thing.

Precedent is important in our history class as well as as all of our classes combined because it acts as a guide for future designs. Defined as an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

A Moment can be anything related to a picture, drawing or building that gives off a certain feeling. More often than not, designers capture moments, rather than an entire environment as a whole so as to capture a specific feeling.




Duality is representative of something that may appeal unique from anything else, but in reality is similar in many ways. Its when two things seem to have nothing in common, but are really related to each other in ways that make them almost seem uniform.

Metric is defined as a system of measurement. We are constantly measuring in Stoel's drafting class because precision is very important when it comes to making plans of a building. This is a rough sketch of the crit room that we had to measure, then later draw a scale plan. In Roth (332), the Roman cathedrals "pushed masonry technology to its limits" in the way that the architects added oversize windows and flying buttresses; all of which were unique to the "normal" world of design at the time. Metric is extremely important to get an object exactly to scale, but it is sometimes necessary to play around with various measurements to get a plan that will suit.