Architecture and Music PDF
Architecture and Music PDF
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Issues in Architectural History and Theory
Essay
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Question N3
Architecture has been influenced by alternate disciplines such as film,
art, engineering etc.
Sometimes this influence, on the surface, seems simplistic. Taking one
example from an alternate discipline explore the possible connections
of the work to architectural practice and architectural design. This essay
should go beyond the obvious and will require that the author has a
good knowledge of the theoretical position of the alternate discipline.
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INTRODUCTION
Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of
the church and all its decoration; it is the Churchs greatest ornament. Igor Stravinsky
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Figure 7: Achievement
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THE PROJECT
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All the dramatic tones, illustrated up and down, exist in both designs interior and exterior. The most
important task is to try to avoid the symmetry as
the tones are extremely different from one another.
They are absolutely individual and powerful as
ones. The right angles and the plane surfaces are
avoided as they would break the harmony and the
synchronisation of the building.
Music chapel is a project where human imagination goes beyond the visible and breaks the
clichs in both architecture and music. This time
the architecture becomes music without implied
sound. The illustration of music is the shape of a
building which gives universal definition of music
in a stoned form. The rhythm is the light; the base
is the concrete and the tone is the human being.
They navigate the motion and the frequency of the
sound.
(Material x Sound)/Time = (Material x Light)/
(Space ) [3] (Elizabeth Martin, 1994)
This revised study by Steven Holl is extremely
useful for defining materiality and light to the
design. The first part of the equation is defined
and the second part requires understanding and
practice of the first one and then translation to the
spatial one. However, the chosen material is concrete as concrete is the best material for expressing strong dramatic emotions. Having thousands
of examples of concrete influence Daniel Liebeskinds Jewish museum interior, Peter Eisenmanns
Jewish memorial, David Chipperfields extension
to San Michele all these precedent studies give
confidence in the chosen material. Concrete is the
perfect translation of a powerful expression.
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INDEX
1 Beranek, Leo L. (1962). Music, acoustics and architecture. New York London: John Wiley and sons, inc.. p13.
2 Kanach, Sharon (2008). Music and architecture by Iannis Xenakis. New York: Pendragon Press. p46
3Martin, Elizabeth (1994). Architecture as a translation of music. New York: Princeton Architectural press. p56.
BOOK REFERENCE
Beranek, Leo L. (1962). Music, acoustics and architecture. New York London: John Wiley and sons, inc. p1-11, p3160, p393-433.
Bright, Michael (1984). Cities built to music. Ohio : Ohio State university press: Columbus. p71-89.
Gerace, Gloria (2003). Syphony:Frank Gherys walt disney concert hall. Canada: Blanchette Press. p115-144.
Kanach, Sharon (2008). Music and architecture by Iannis Xenakis. New York: Pendragon Press. p3-158.
LaBelle, Brandon (2006). Background noise perspectives on sound art. New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc. p47-85, p108-120, p167-192, p295-298.
Littlefield, David and Lewis, Sasika (2007). Architectural voices. Great Britain: Wiley-academy. p17-47, p86-97,
p120-123.
Martin, Elizabeth (1994). Architecture as a translation of music. New York: Princeton Architectural press. p8-35,
p41-53, p56-59, p64-67.
Murray, Peter (2004). The saga of Sydney Opera House . London, New York: Spon Press. p1-22, p92-114.
Sacks, Oliver (1989). Seeing Voices. London: Pan Books Ltd. p84-100.
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MUSIC SCORES
Hinant, Guy Mark. (2001). An anthology of noise and electronic music/first a-chronology 1921-2001. Brussels: SUB ROSA
WEBSITES
Floyd, Pink. (2006). Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall. Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvTDGcWw. Last accessed 10th May 2011.
Floyd, Pink. (2006). Pink Floyd The Wall - Is There Anybody Out There?. Available: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Pr-JoqFVC5E. Last accessed 10th May 2011.
Xenakis, Iannis. (2006). Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis. Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZazYFchLRI.
Last accessed 10th May 2011.
IMAGES
All the images, provided for this work, are personal archive from design development of Music chapel.