DAISY AMES

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February 20th, 2011

Architectural Terms… and what they really mean…

”Sense of Entry”

- The front door is big and far away.

“Human Scale”

- Less than 400 feet tall.

“Skewed Grid”

- The design looked too boring with a regular grid.

“Pedestrian-Oriented”

- Doesn’t have enough parking.

“Contextual”

- Is surrounded by a lot of other buildings the architect couldn’t tear down.

“Theoretical”

- Nobody in their right mind would ever consider building the crazy thing.

“Signature Building”

- You can’t afford it.

“Less Is More”

- The designer ran out of ideas.

“Classically Proportioned”

- Traced out of a book of Greek architecture.

“Postmodern”

- Traced out of a book of Roman architecture.

“International Style”

- No country will take responsibility for it.

“Deconstructivist”

- The backhoe ran into it during construction—and they liked it.

“Seismically Designed High Rise”

- In an earthquake, the structure will not collapse, but will drop all of its glass and stone panels into the street turning pedestrians into a stew-like mush of pureed flesh.

“Jury”

- Firing squad.

“Design Review Board”

- Failed architecture majors.

“Architecture Student”

- Egotistical masochist with no money.

(Much thanks to pintday.org for this one)

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master of architecture candidate at yale. athlete. builder. painter. habitually punctilious. occasionally insouciant.

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