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C.B. Systems Madrid Architecture

Homework.
Option 1. present 4 new phrasal verbs/common expressions.
Option 2. read your 150-200 word presentation on any topic.
Option 3. speak for 2 mins without interruption on any topic.
Vocabulary.
Take some time to read and understand the following:
Blossom - A flower or a mass of flowers
Toiling - Work extremely hard or incessantly.
Blithe - Showing a casual and improper cheerful indifference.
Drifting - Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Coursing - Move without obstruction.
Brooding - Deep thought that envokes sadness/anger/worry.
Prevading - Spread through every part of.
The BIG questions!
Do you know a lot about architecture? What is your favourite style?
Do you consider architecture to be a slow form of art?
Have there been any design disasters in Spain?
Who are the Spanish masters? Can you give examples of their designs?
Do you have the patience to build your own home?
Imagine and describe your dream home. Draw pictures to help.
What are some of the luxuries that you would have in your dream house?
Madrid is beautiful from the second floor up. Do you agree?
How would you compare Madrid to Barcelona architecturally?
How would you change Madrid of Barcelona city planning to improve the
enjoyment or practical use of the city?
C.B. Systems Madrid..notes go here!

Reading and Pronunciation.

Form follows function is a principle associated with modernist archi-
tecture and industrial design in the 20th century. The principle is that
the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its
intended function or purpose.
"Whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight, or the open apple-
Scenario.
Design your dream home. You will need to first list five ‘function above form’
blossom, the toiling work-horse, the blithe swan, the branching oak,
criterion and five ‘form above function’ criterion for the project.
the winding stream at its base, the drifting clouds, over all the cours-
Remember, a picture paints a thousand words, so draw some pictures to help.
ing sun, form ever follows function, and this is the law. Where func-
Would you have any unique design or function parameters?
tion does not change, form does not change. The granite rocks, the
Remember, write the brief before the design.
ever-brooding hills, remain for ages; the lightning lives, comes into
shape, and dies, in a twinkling.
It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all
Quote of the week!
things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the
superhuman, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the hap-
the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, that form ever pier for the other.
follows function. This is the law." Louis Sullivan. - Frank Lloyd Wright

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