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Lesson4 Art and Architecture
Practice1 Listen to part of a lecture in Architecture Class.
Listening Script
Narrator
Listen to part of a lecture in an Architecture Class.
Professor
Today, we are taking a little the ground styles of public architecture we’ve been studying to look at in the United States. Since this is something we can all , I think it will help us see the relationship between the function of a structure and its style or form. This has been an in our discussions, and we will be getting back to it in just a moment. But before we get started, I want you to take a moment to think: does anyone know what the single most popular style for a house in the United States is today? Bob?
Student 1
I bet it is the house.
Professor
Well, in this area, probably. But are we typical? Yes, Sue.
Student 2
How about the kind of house my grandparents live in? They call it a Cape Cod.
Professor
That’s the one. Here is a drawing of what we consider of a classic Cape Cod house. These days, you see this style all over the United States. But it first showed up in the . northeast, in the New England region, around the late 1600s. For those of you who don't know the northeast
Cape Cod is a that juts out into the Atlantic, and so many houses in this particular style were built on Cape Cod, that the name of the place became the name of the style. Now why did the Cape Cod style house e so popular in the northeast? Well, one reason is that it's a great example of form following function. We’ve talked about this design a lot about . And what did we say and meant? Someone give me an of this principle. What is this concept that form should follow function? How would it be housing design?
Student 2
Well, if it means that the design of a building should be based on the needs of the people who use it, then, well, the architect has to be very think about the people who actually be living in the house or working in the office building, whatever, so for the architect, it