Module 7 Video Review

The Prairie Style (Frank Lloyd Wright):

No other architect in history was as influential as Frank Lloyd Wright in the way we live. He came up with the Prairie Style, for a more wide open method of living. This style was to blend buildings into their surroundings and not destroy them. He designed a lot of houses for the single family, a series and layering of horizontal bans. He tried to create a harmony between the client and the architecture. He wanted it to be natural. He opened up the spaces between the rooms in a house so they could connect with one another. The ceiling level is brought down to emphasize the horizontal aspect. I thought this video was informative. When it explained this type of living, I pictured many different houses to try to link them together. It adds depth because it explains a different type of architecture that I've never heard of, which is also why I chose this video. Everyone has different preferences when it comes to a house, such as the type of architecture they prefer. Some people like arches to be in their homes, connecting rooms together, while some people choose to have horizontal and level connections between rooms, which is what the video describes.

Architecture: The Science of Design:

The discovery of concrete and steel allowed for the construction of skyscrapers. The superstructure and the underground substructure are the basis for a skyscraper. The substructure holds the building's dead weight and living weight. Wind influences the buildings. Whirlwinds make buildings sway and heavy winds can make a 100 story building sway a meter in a different direction, which could damage the structure and cause faults within the buildings. Architects test the effects of wind on the buildings and know whether to put trees around it to help with the wind. This relates to the text by further explaining the creation of steel and concrete and how it works for the building. I like this video, I feel like this one is informative as well. I was not aware that architects measure how the wind could effect buildings and I was not aware that buildings could move that much just from the wind. I chose this video because I thought that it would be informative, as it was. Science imposes a lot of depth so I curious to know what the video talked about.