“What was your source of inspiration?” This is a question asked of many design students. The source of the Roman style of architecture was from the Greek but instead of using the designs to do the identical they improved upon and created their own style with the architecture. “Greek prototypes of the Hellenistic period for their inspiration.” (Blakemore 61) The Greek used the classical orders as structural supports while the Romans used them for some support but mostly decoration. They thought that it was only necessary to have the “porch” of buildings to be attractive while the rest of the building is there to simply serve its purpose. The Coliseum in Rome shows how the orders were used as decoration. Each level of the Coliseum has a different style of column; Doric on the first levels, Ionic on the second, and Corinthian on the third and forth levels. I have personally used source in my own design process though the beginning assignment of reading a fairytale and using that inspirational source to create artifacts, thumbnails, and scale models that are all intertwined and all build off of one another. All together they create archetype, prototype, and hybrids.
Archetype, Prototype, and Hybrid
Archetype, prototype, and hybrid refer so to the evolution of design involving the original design, the final product, and the designs in between. The classical orders and basilicas are examples that show the transition between the beginning of the design process to the end product. The archetype of the orders is the Tuscan followed by Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian as the hybrids and Composite as the prototype. The progression is obvious when looking at the columns and is very apparent in the Composite (made of separate parts) which looks like a combination of the Ionic and Corinthian columns. Basilicas are also examples of this by looking at the Basilica at Pompeii as the archetype and St. Peter’s Basilica as the hybrid or prototype. Over time the designs have allowed for the evolution of structural integrity and the commodity of the building. This Is also apparent when we create sketch models and redo iterations to come out with the prototype.
Theology and Spacial Arts
Entourage
Entourage in architecture is the landscape and other nearby features around a building. This definition brings to mind the Greek and Roman cities but most noticeably the Acropolis. All of the buildings were places strategically to give the most visually appealing and civil structure. When first entering the city you enter though the porch and come out into the court where you see the Maidens and follow their gaze to look at the Temple which represents the hearth. The portion of the city inside the gates is built on the land while the part that is outside of the gates is built into the sides of the hill that the city stands on.
Hierarchy
A strong example of hierarchy is the main pyramid surrounded by the smaller pyramids at Giza. All of the pyramids together show hierarchy by pointing up to the sky showing the importance of the heavens and gods to the people. “A range of social and economic classes were inhabitants of Pompeii; its houses represented largely middle to upper-class residents.” (Blakemore 47) Hierarchy is apparent in many more places than just architecture and the two can go hand in hand. The grander the building can show the higher social class of a person. The upper and middle class citizens of a city would have larger buildings and the furnishing would be more lavish while the lower class would have smaller home and fewer things.
Order
"...columnar types, or orders were adapted by the Romans, who added more ornate variations of their own, and the orders became part of the basic architectural language..." (Roth30) Order is the deposition of things following one another. Again, the Classical Orders are an obvious example of this and is probably why they are called the “Orders.” The repetition of the columns thought a structure show order as well as how they came along chronologically.
Summery
This week has been filled with archetypes, prototypes, and hybrids. We have created many different designs and used the design and thumbnails beforehand to use as sources for our next designs. We incorporated hierarchy with these models and considered hot these models would be the entourage around the people using it. Order can be seen though the progression of these models.
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