Week 2 Three Museums +1

JOURNAL - 2

Tim Elrick

There are many characteristics that define architects for who they are. This consists of everything from materiality, to the synchronization of space, to how circulation flows about an area. For example, with one of the museums we studied in The Harvard Art Museums, Architect Renzo Piano is able to successfully simulate new and old properties through the utilization of a central courtyard. None of this would be possible, however, without the concrete process of sketching, drawing, modeling, site visits, drawing again, and repeating these steps. Piano describes drawing as, “Drawing and making is like having a quiet sort of game and that game is played through drawing”. There is a constant juxtaposition between art and context, and being able to successfully incorporate each one’s strengths within the museums is a challenge that all of the architects we discussed conquered.