Stream of Consciousness 1.30.24
Interestingly, a topic I discussed in last weeks topic of interest presentation appeared in a theory reading about general relationships made between nature and architecture overtime, the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful (1757, Edmund Burke). It spoke of the origins of the sublime, and how creation of effects expressed through architecture were intended to produce specific sensations. Additionally, it was the role of the architect to do so in the way natural objects can elicit the same responses. It made me think about how initially, all three of my topics of interest, skyscraper identity, monumental architecture, and more or less the everyday megastructures of recent and modern urban infrastructure, too elicit similar feelings that one may feel from a natural object. Of course, I think Burke is referencing something sublime like a mountain range, which is actually one thought I had when I was thinking about finding local identities in skyscrapers. More specifically...