Video Review

Prairie Style
1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
-Frank Lloyd Wright created  a new type of architecture called prairie style
-Prairie style architecture is characterized by:
-horizontal planes
-natural transitions into the natural environment
-low ceilings
-lots of windows
-covered porches/patios
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
This gave us a very deep perspective into a specific style of architecture created by Frank Lloyd Wright.  We were able to see examples of multiple homes he created and pretty much take virtual tours of the homes, also we heard the opinions of other experts and architects as well as those living in homes he's created.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture?
I like the films, I think I was able to learn a lot more about architecture than in the reading because of what I could see.  It wasn't just hearing people say that Wright used horizontal banding or built to emphasize the environment not separate from it, but I was able to see these examples.


Architecture: The Science of Design
1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
-skyscrapers are not only built up, but they also have extensive underground structure (foundations)
-skyscrapers actually move due to wind, their movement is limited and measured yes, but even the best built skyscrapers sway

-computers are being placed in homes to control electrical settings
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
 In this case the video definitely added a shock factor, and alot more interest to what we learned in the text.  Showing the information via video is more interesting and easier to pay attention to than text and on top of that showing things like how skyscrapers sway gets viewers interested and I know it definitely stayed in my interest longer.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture?
I liked seeing the actual wind tunnel testing on skyscraper models take place, that is something that even if you read about you would definitely not have the same understanding or appreciation for it without seeing it.


Classical Architecture
1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
characteristics of classical architecture:
-harmony
-balance
-proportion
-columns
-domes
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The video enables us to see what it is the text is telling us about.  It is (obviously) very visual and seeing examples of what we learn about gives us another perspective.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture?
This film showed how classical architecture has been around throughout the ages, used by the Greeks and Romans thousands of years ago and still used for monuments and important buildings today.


Last Call for Plant Earth: Sustainable Development and Architecture
1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
The way we have been building in recent years has not been energy efficient and can be modified in many ways such as:
-ventilation
-underfloor heating and cooling

-using ambient light
-better insulation
-using passive sunlight

-living roofs

-reusing materials/old building instead of building entirely new ones

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The video went into a lot more depth about this subject than the book did, I think this is because it is a relatively new discipline.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture?
This film was particularly interesting to me because it shows how dynamic architecture is and how it is changing as our world is changing.  People are seeing in the environment that there is a need for change and now changes are being researched, developed and implemented.