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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (ARC61303/ARC2224)
SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (AUGUST 2016) [10 MARKS]
NAME: FARAH AKMAL BINTI MOHD ZAMZURI ID: 0315884
LECTURER: MR. LAM SHEN FEI TUTORIAL TIME: 4PM – 6PM
SYNOPSIS NO: READER TITLE: LEARNING FROM LAS VEGAS
AUTHOR: ROBERT VENTURI, DENISE SCOTT BROWN AND STEVEN IZENOUR
The book ‘Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form’, an urbanistic
study published in 1972 by architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour,
addresses the idea of symbolism and communication before forms in space within urban realm.
Signs are a form of anti-spatial architecture that are used in Las Vegas as a communication
system. The author defines anti-spatial form as dominance of communication over space. When one
travels from the beginning of the Strip, one could maintain a sense of orientation in space by having
signs and symbols around rather than forms for guidance. As Venturi (1977) has pointed out "Complex
programs and settings require complex combinations of media beyond the purer architectural triad of
structure, form, and light at the service of space." (p. 9). Thus, signs are more important than the
architecture. For example, in Las Vegas, there are different types of buildings with different function
but most of them are covered by huge signs facing toward the highway.
Las Vegas is an example of architecture of persuasion where mostly the commercial
infrastructure lures you in by using signs. In contrast to the narrow vicinity of the bazaar where
communication works through proximity. Although signs occur, people depend more on the oral
persuasion of the market salesmen, the baker’s seduction through the smells or windows, sounds,
textures, images. I agree with the author because architecture of persuasion only works with slow pace
with narrow space where one can walk freely and feel the essence of the place.
In conclusion, it is in my opinion that symbolism is very important in our civilization. They
clearly show the value of symbolism in architecture of vast space and speed through the exploration
of the Strip, where architecture is seen as symbol in space rather than form in space.
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REFERENCE LIST
1. Venturi, R., Scott Brown, D., & Izenour, S. (1977). Learning from Las Vegas. Cambridge, Mass.:
MIT Press.
DATE: TOTAL MARK & GRADE
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ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Grades Marks Key points (2.5) Appropriateness of Terminologies (2.5)
Clarity in Opinions and Reactions (2.5)
Logical Progression (2.5)
A 1.8 - 2.5
Evidence of outstanding understanding of Key points through clear explanation
Appropriate use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories
Outstanding Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with strong Logical explanation
Outstanding Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
B 1.5 - 1.79
Evidence of understanding of Key points through reasonable explanation
Reasonable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Minor unfamiliarity
Reasonable clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Logical explanation
Reasonable Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
C 1.25 - 1.49
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through acceptable explanation
Acceptable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Noticeable unfamiliarity
Acceptable Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with satisfactory explanation
Acceptable Articulation of logical expressions ending with some ambiguous statements
D 1 - 1.24
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through not quite acceptable explanation
Evidence of Terminologies however poorly communicated in discussing The Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Weak Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Lengthy explanation
Poor Articulation of logical expressions ending with noticeable ambiguous statements
F 0 - 0.99
Insufficient Evidence of Understanding of Key points through weak explanation
Insufficient Evidence of Terminologies in discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Improper opinions and reactions. Not Matching the Issues/ Concepts/ Theories -Inadequate Reasons
Unable to Articulate / illogical expressions. Poorly written synopsis.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (ARC61303/ARC2224)
SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (AUGUST 2016) [10 MARKS]
NAME: FARAH AKMAL BINTI MOHD ZAMZURI ID: 0315884
LECTURER: MR. LAM SHEN FEI TUTORIAL TIME: 4PM – 6PM
SYNOPSIS NO: READER TITLE: SEMIOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE
AUTHOR: CHARLES JENCKS
In Charles Jencks’s Semiology and architecture, he discussed the most fundamental idea of
semiology and meaning in architecture which is the idea of any form in the environment is being
addressed by the community. As Jencks has pointed out (1970),” … the use of raincoat is to give
protection from the rain, but this cannot be dissociated from the very signs of an atmospheric situation.”
(p. 43). Jencks explained the idea by taking a different point of view of a raincoat, if the society were
to ignore its social use, it can be dissociated from its general definition. Therefore, a form without
meaning cannot be a form and vice versa. For example, when society sees a building or any place in
the Petaling Street, they will start filling in with their own perception. But when the place or building is
without the function, will it still be place? A building? Should it be considered as a sculpture? But even
sculpture has its own meaning.
According to Jencks (1970), “My poem means nothing; it just is. My painting is meaningless.”
(p.43). These statements show that the word ‘nothing’ and ‘meaningless’ themselves means
something meaningful to them. They express their thought from a different point of view and at the
same time their statements are paradoxical or self-contradicting. In their denial of meaning, they create
the values or the meaning of it. Back to the statement that he has pointed out earlier “The minute a
new form is invented it will acquire, inevitably, a meaning.” (p. 43). When something is created, it
should have a meaning behind it. The same goes the poem and the painting.
I disagree with Jencks opinion about the meaning of a foam derives from the environment. The
foam comes with meaning thus it cannot be define by those related or unrelated to them. In conclusion,
we should consider the effort behind it before we put any judgment and understand how the others
think. The original meaning should explain it better than us being judgmental.
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Key points (2.5)
REFERENCE LIST
1. Jencks, C. & Baird, G. (1970). Meaning in architecture. New York: G. Braziller.
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DATE: TOTAL MARK & GRADE
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ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Grades Marks Key points (2.5) Appropriateness of Terminologies (2.5)
Clarity in Opinions and Reactions (2.5)
Logical Progression (2.5)
A 1.8 - 2.5
Evidence of outstanding understanding of Key points through clear explanation
Appropriate use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories
Outstanding Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with strong Logical explanation
Outstanding Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
B 1.5 - 1.79
Evidence of understanding of Key points through reasonable explanation
Reasonable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Minor unfamiliarity
Reasonable clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Logical explanation
Reasonable Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
C 1.25 - 1.49
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through acceptable explanation
Acceptable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Noticeable unfamiliarity
Acceptable Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with satisfactory explanation
Acceptable Articulation of logical expressions ending with some ambiguous statements
D 1 - 1.24
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through not quite acceptable explanation
Evidence of Terminologies however poorly communicated in discussing The Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Weak Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Lengthy explanation
Poor Articulation of logical expressions ending with noticeable ambiguous statements
F 0 - 0.99
Insufficient Evidence of Understanding of Key points through weak explanation
Insufficient Evidence of Terminologies in discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Improper opinions and reactions. Not Matching the Issues/ Concepts/ Theories -Inadequate Reasons
Unable to Articulate / illogical expressions. Poorly written synopsis.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (ARC61303/ARC2224)
SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (AUGUST 2016) [10 MARKS]
NAME: FARAH AKMAL BT MOHD ZAMZURI ID: 0315884
LECTURER: MR. LAM SHEN FEI TUTORIAL TIME: 4PM – 6PM
SYNOPSIS NO: 3 READER TITLE: THE GEOMETRY OF FEELING
AUTHOR: JUHANI PALLASMAA
In Juhani Pallasmaa’s The Geometry of Feeling, he discussed the way we perceived architecture. It
must be from the perspective of an architect who designs it for the sake of people who will live in it
rather than just a mere play of forms. As Juhani Pallasmaa has pointed out “Why do so very few
modern buildings appeal to our feelings when almost any anonymous house in an old town or the most
unpretentious farm outbuilding gives us a sense of familiarity and pleasure? The buildings of our own
time may arouse our curiosity with their daring or inventiveness, but they hardly give us any sense of
the meaning off our world or our existence.”. It is because an image was portrayed by the building,
thus provoking the feelings of the people living in it. I agree with Pallasma that nowadays there are so
few of modern buildings that appeal to our feelings, they hardly give us any sense of familiarity or
comfort us the way the buildings before did.
Back in my hometown, I used to sit on a small bench beside my grandma’s house. In front, there’s an
empty land with greenery in the surrounding. There used to be my great-grandma’s house on the
empty land. I used to play hide in seek in the small house with all my cousins. By sitting on the bench
with some shades provoke my feelings and reminds me of the old day. I assume those are the
architecture of memory mentioned by Pallasmaa. I agree with her we can’t remember our memory just
with single doors or windows, it needs to be from somewhere and someplace where we have a memory
of something.
In conclusion, I think that the sense should be stimulated together by the design and the visual
stimulus. Not just by one thing, which is the visual like that many buildings are doing today. The
architects can create a journey throughout the building by using the entire stimuli. In addition, using
different materials with different textures and colours can create a feel that no geometry can create.
Thus, creates a memory in which time is a constant without losing the sight of the place. But the
building should fulfil the basic conditions formulated to it in order to influence the emotional feelings
linked to our souls with the images the building creates.
WORD COUNT 395 WORDS
Key points (2.5)
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DATE: TOTAL MARK & GRADE
ASSSESSED BY:
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ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Grades Marks Key points (2.5) Appropriateness of Terminologies (2.5)
Clarity in Opinions and Reactions (2.5)
Logical Progression (2.5)
A 1.8 - 2.5
Evidence of outstanding understanding of Key points through clear explanation
Appropriate use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories
Outstanding Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with strong Logical explanation
Outstanding Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
B 1.5 - 1.79
Evidence of understanding of Key points through reasonable explanation
Reasonable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Minor unfamiliarity
Reasonable clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Logical explanation
Reasonable Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
C 1.25 - 1.49
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through acceptable explanation
Acceptable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Noticeable unfamiliarity
Acceptable Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with satisfactory explanation
Acceptable Articulation of logical expressions ending with some ambiguous statements
D 1 - 1.24
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through not quite acceptable explanation
Evidence of Terminologies however poorly communicated in discussing The Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Weak Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Lengthy explanation
Poor Articulation of logical expressions ending with noticeable ambiguous statements
F 0 - 0.99
Insufficient Evidence of Understanding of Key points through weak explanation
Insufficient Evidence of Terminologies in discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Improper opinions and reactions. Not Matching the Issues/ Concepts/ Theories -Inadequate Reasons
Unable to Articulate / illogical expressions. Poorly written synopsis.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (ARC61303/ARC2224)
SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (AUGUST 2016) [10 MARKS]
NAME: FARAH AKMAL BT MOHD ZAMZURI ID: 0315884
LECTURER: MR. LAM SHEN FEI TUTORIAL TIME: 4PM – 6PM
SYNOPSIS NO: 4 READER TITLE: FROM “TOWARDS A CRITICAL REGIONALISM”
AUTHOR: KENNETH FRAMPTON
In Kenneth Frampton’s Towards a Critical Regionalism, he has proposed six points of resistance
towards the phenomenon of universalization.
Under the fifth point “Culture vs Nature”, he mentions about the self-evident that the tabula rasa
tendency of modernization favors to clear and flatten the site. Thus, it’s also makes way for rational
layout building. According to Frampton, K (1981), “The bulldozing of an irregular topography into a flat
site is clearly a technocratic gesture which aspires to a condition of absolute placelessness, whereas
the terracing of the same site to receive the stepped form of a building is an engagement in the act of
cultivating the site”. He described the removal of topography as a gesture of the universal technique
resulting placelessness. As a manifestation of regions geologic and agricultural, critical regionalism
would embrace the topography then transform it into the form of any building set into the terracing
contours of the land.
Under the sixth point “The Visual vs The Tactile”, he mentions about the priority of the
tectonic over the scenography. He mentions that “The main route leading to the second-floor council
chamber is ultimately orchestrated in terms which are as much tactile as they are visual. Not only is
the principal access stair lined in raked brickwork, but the threads and risers are also finished in brick.”
From the example of Aalto's SŠynatsalo Town Hall of 1952 given in the text, he describes the use a
tactile surface's ability to make legible architecture.
In conclusion, I feel that critical regionalism brings all senses in human perception. The loss of
nearness is caused by the sight which suppresses the senses. As for tactile, it physically oppose the
visual of reality, so it have the sense of nearness to the space. I agreed with him on this matter because
the sight is visually seen thus creates distance in translating the space but not for tactile as we can
feel it in the space.
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Key points (2.5)
Appropriateness of
Terminologies (2.5)
Clarity in Opinions and
Reactions (2.5)
Logical Progression (2.5)
DATE: TOTAL MARK & GRADE
ASSSESSED BY:
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Grades Marks Key points (2.5) Appropriateness of Terminologies (2.5)
Clarity in Opinions and Reactions (2.5)
Logical Progression (2.5)
A 1.8 - 2.5
Evidence of outstanding understanding of Key points through clear explanation
Appropriate use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories
Outstanding Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with strong Logical explanation
Outstanding Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
B 1.5 - 1.79
Evidence of understanding of Key points through reasonable explanation
Reasonable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Minor unfamiliarity
Reasonable clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Logical explanation
Reasonable Articulation of logical expressions ending with well-developed paragraphs
C 1.25 - 1.49
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through acceptable explanation
Acceptable use of Terminologies In discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories with Noticeable unfamiliarity
Acceptable Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with satisfactory explanation
Acceptable Articulation of logical expressions ending with some ambiguous statements
D 1 - 1.24
Evidence of Some Understanding of Key points through not quite acceptable explanation
Evidence of Terminologies however poorly communicated in discussing The Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Weak Clarity in opinions and reactions - Supported with Lengthy explanation
Poor Articulation of logical expressions ending with noticeable ambiguous statements
F 0 - 0.99
Insufficient Evidence of Understanding of Key points through weak explanation
Insufficient Evidence of Terminologies in discussing the Issues/ Concepts/Theories With
Improper opinions and reactions. Not Matching the Issues/ Concepts/ Theories -Inadequate Reasons
Unable to Articulate / illogical expressions. Poorly written synopsis.
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