There are several trends that have been carried throughout the ages such as the elements of using circles, groves, and stacks. The idea of using a circle and a cross to mark a sacred place, with the sacred place being the center of the two, within a space. Theres elements are also used in architecture today and there are examples of this around UNCG campus today. Another design idea that has been passed on is the idea of having a courtyard in the center of the villa. For example, it was first seen in the villas in Pompeii and other parts of Italy and then it was later used in the plazzo medici during the Renaissance in Italy. The gothic and the baroque periods where the times when a lot of material, detail, and ornamentation were used.
I feel that overall the things that have been passed down the most and that are the most obvious are the use of the elements of circles, groves, and stacks. Also the idea of having a circle and a cross together and the center of the two marking a sacred place. I feel that these are elements that have been passed down through architecture and are still being passed down through the ages along with some other elements of architecture that have survived the test of time like the idea of having layers in a building such as the colosseum and the plazzo medici where you can distinctly see the separation of layers between the floors and see each floors significance.
In conclusion I feel that a lot of architectural ideas have been passed down through time but as they were passed down they were also built upon to make them better or they were transformed into something almost entirely different from what they once were but the originals were the inspiration for the new creations.
Most prevalent ideas still present throughout architectural history:
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| the use of circles, groves, and stacks |
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| the center of the circle with a cross in it marking a sacred place |
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| the importance of commodity, firmness, and delight and architecture that strives to contain all three |
Information from Roth and Ching textbooks and images from Google images
Overall good post. Your illustration has a lot going on it in. But it keeps the eye moving across the page. I guess it could be seen as a metaphor for the constant change of design.
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