In a message dated 5/8/2009 11:22:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
(2) Most engineered constructs like highway bridges and tourist towers are usually occupied by humans, while many engineered constructs like hydro dams and electric pylons are not, but to exclude some of these engineered constructs as architecture only because they fail to usually be occupied would seem to be a somewhat arbitrary determination. Human occupation is not essential for it to be architecture. For example a "garden folly": _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly) also from examples sent previously, a zoo - penguin enclosure designed in the 1930's by an architect for the benefit/stimulation of penguins - no doubt to be viewed and found stimulating by humans as well. Hydroelectric dams can be architecture: Hoover Dam's original design was criticized for being too plain for such an important structure and consequently an architect, Gordon B. Kaufmann was commissioned to redesign the exterior. _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam) Electric pylons in Iceland designed by architects: _http://greenidealab.com/green-buildings/electricity-pylons-inspired-nature_ (http://greenidealab.com/green-buildings/electricity-pylons-inspired-nature) You can without a doubt remove human habitation/shelter as a fundamental requirement of architecture. Luis Fontanills Architect Miami/Dade Counties, Florida **************Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)
