Architecture Merit Badge Week 1 Counselor Mr John

Architecture Merit Badge Week 1 Counselor: Mr. John F. Kennedy Email: jfkennedy@fuse. net Phone: 513. 631. 5528 1

Requirements 1 A. Tour your community and list the different building types you see. Try to identify buildings that can be associated with a specific period of history or style of architecture. Make a sketch of the building you most admire. 1 B. Select an architectural achievement that has had a major impact on society. Using resources such as the Internet (with your parent's permission), books, and magazines, find out how this achievement has influenced the world today. Tell your counselor what you learned.

What is Architecture? Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as • cultural symbols • political symbols and as • works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.

Are these “Architecture”?

Common Architectural functions • Religious • Civic / Sports • Commercial • Residential

Religious • Churches • Temples • Synagogue • Mosques • Funerary

Civic / Sports - Ancient

Civic / Sports - Modern

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Any similarity to “modern” monuments or buildings?

Modern Interpretations of the Seven Wonders?

Wonders of the Modern World

Modern Wonders of the World Burj Khalifa, Dubai 2721 Ft.

Cultural Architectural Categories • Neolithic • Pre-Columbian - Mayan - Aztec - Incan • Eastern / Asian Civilizations - Chinese - Japanese - Thai - Indian - Islamic / Hindu • Western Civilizations - Classical - European - American

Neolithic Stonehenge Serpent Mound City Adena Mound Cahokia Mounds

Pre-Columbian - Mayan Tikal El Castillo at Chichen Itza

Pre-Columbian - Aztec Model of Tenochtitlan

Pre-Columbian - Incan Machu Picchu

Eastern / Asian Civilizations • Chinese • Japanese • Thai • Indian

Eastern / Asian Civilizations - Chinese Temple of Heaven

Eastern / Asian Civilizations - Japanese Himeji Castle

Eastern / Asian Civilizations - Thai

Eastern / Asian Civilizations - Indian Islamic & Hindu

Western Civilizations Early & Classical Medieval European • Mesopotamian - Assyrian - Babylonian • Medieval Modern European and American • Neoclassicism • Gothic • Egyptian • Romanesque • Greek • Renaissance • Roman • Baroque • Art & Crafts - Art Nouveau - Prairie Style - Four Square • Modern - Art Deco - Streamline - International • Post Modern