Louis I Kahn's architecture & Jacques Tati's Playtime

From the film "Playtime", what I had seen on the screen were "universal elements" which include the way people dressed, modern buildings and environment of the city which could be judged as some city in USA. Although the elements in the film are universal in the way they look, each one has its own way to "specify" itself. For example, people specify themselves through their spoken languages, environment in the city has been specify though written language of iconic  element (Eiffel Tower in this case). What is unique in this film is that it was emphasized in terms of noise. Each object has been expressed its own "noise" while being used.

Another thing I could see was the way the things had been uniformed. Not only the people have been uniformed with western style clothes, but the architecture have been uniformed as well. For the exterior we can see box-shaped buildings with glass facade and we see  grids of uniformed office blocks. I think the idea of "uniform" can be linked to some of Louis I Kahn's works. In this case, I'd like to relate it to Salk Institute and Yale Art Galleries. These two buildings can be seen as formations of repeated uniform units. These buildings have been marked special by their openings as well as the lighting.

Visual Acoustics

A visual representation is an important thing to be shown in architecture. As an architecture student, I sometimes focus more on the drawings and perspective rendering. These things come before the buildings are actually built. From last class we have seen Mies van der Rohe's drawings which are nice representations. 

From "Visual Acoustics", I think the film itself has pointed out how important photography is as a way of architectural representation. The photographs express how the architecture really is. What we see in the photographs are real, unlike the drawings which are something artificial. The photographs don't show  only the architecture, but they also show the actual lifestyle of people and how the architecture has been used.

Le Corbusier's painting & architecture

In Le Corbusier's buildings, we normally see box-shaped buildings. These give sense of minimal and mass produced. If we look at mass produced creations; for example, industrial products, we'll see the repetition in terms of pattern and form. I think Le Corbusier had brought a creative way of making an individuality by connecting painting to architecture. 

The outline of Villa Stein looks quite simple and minimal, but in my opinion, the part that show the individuality is the interior composition. It doesn't only consist of rectangular shape components, but it also consists of curve. The way it was influenced by the painting has made the house become interesting and individual. I think the out line is like a frame of canvas where Corbusier composed the elements into. 

The influenced from painting can also be seen on the skin of the building; Unite d'Habitation. Although the building looks structurally repetitive and mass produced, the color and the arrangement of windows could help creating individuality for each block.