The Umbrella Diagram Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House
The Umbrella Diagram Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House
The Umbrella Diagram Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House
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Lecture 3: <strong>Ludwig</strong> <strong>Mies</strong> <strong>van</strong> <strong>der</strong> <strong>Rohe</strong>, <strong>Farnsworth</strong> <strong>House</strong>, Plano, Illinois 1946-51VitruviusCommodity = usefulnessFirmness = structural utilityDelight = beautyC.S. Pierce’s categories of signsIcon – visual and formal similitudeSymbol – cultural meaningIndex – prior activityHow do these two categorizations apply to architectural elements?Columns, Roofs, Plinths, etc?“Alberti said that all architecture is firmitas because all architecture must stand up,and suggests that Vitruvius was stressing firmitas not in reference to standing up, butIn reference to the appearance of standing up – in other words, as the sign of structure.”S. Hambright Drawing Canonical Ideas in Architecture UofA
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