Designing for An Environment 4 1 Architecture and

Designing for An Environment 4. 1

Architecture and Environment is a unit about how buildings relate to their environments.

In the third lesson, you learned ways that some architects design buildings in harmony with their environments and you made an environment collage.

In this lesson you will learn to … • Design a building that harmonizes with a particular environment. • Design a building that harmonizes with clients’ needs

A sculpture that is attached to a background is called a relief sculpture.

Many people carry pieces of relief sculpture with them every day in their pockets or purses. These coins have relief sculptures of

These old tombstones are decorated with relief sculpture carved into the marble.

The willow tree, rose, lamb, and other details show up not because of outlines or colors, but because some parts of the marble are higher than the background.

The eagles and flowers are relief sculptures set back into the surface of this post office building.

This carved wooden relief sculpture from Honduras shows the Mayan corn god.

Relief decorations on metal, glass, and stone

This relief sculpture was not carved but was built up with layers of clay. It shows a Native American pueblo village.

Your task is to design a house that satisfies the needs and interests of your clients and harmonizes with the natural environment where it will be built.

When architects make proposals to clients they often make drawings and also three-dimensional models to help their clients visualize how the buildings will look after they are built. You will be making a relief

Start by cutting out large pieces of paper to show the general shape of your house. Position the papers on your

Cut out additional smaller pieces of paper to add details to your house.

Use small pieces of corrugated cardboard to raise nearer parts above parts that are farther back on the house.

Use chalk or pastels to add details to both your house and environment.

This is a completed house designed for a hills and plains environment. The close-up shows layers in the relief

This house was designed for a site near water. See how the architect folded some

The architect added some landscaping (a rock) for people to step on to enter this house built on stilts.

This relief sculpture shows a house designed for a site near water in a mountain environme The architect proposes nt. that it be built using local rock.

Now it’s time for you to design a house that harmonizes with your environment and also satisfies the needs and interests of your clients. Your relief collage will help your clients envision how