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ARCH 111 – ARCHITECTONICS
Professors Tamar Zinguer, Anthony Titus, and Georg Windeck
THE GARDEN
THE ELEMENTS
As architectural constructs continue to define a concrete physical connection to the ground, they also continue to define our environment through their relationship with other elements—light, wind and water. They are all addressed in the basic form of a constructed environment: a garden.
First, a “Garden” was to be created in the space of one cubic foot, as a spatial creation based on a poemor prose poem, such as Homer’s “The Garden of Alcinous,” Coleridge’s “Kubla Kahn” or Baudelaire’s “The Enemy.” Second, a “Vessel” that captured light, held water or caught the wind was to be designed on a prototypical site—such as an orchard, a cliff or a slope. Lastly an elemental landscape, a built garden, was to be designed on a circular, rectangular, or square shaped area. The required programwas a place in which one could rest, read and observe the surroundings. The architectonic pieces situated on the areas were chosen from the year’s previous works. The gardens were inspired by and situated in Central Park.
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