quondam @ archinect/79/7911z.htm
how should someone feel after visiting a museum?
vado retro 2005.04.02 10:40
a force may be defined as that which exerts motion, pressure or tension. in building construction we are concerned only with forces in equilibrium, forces at rest. if a force is at rest, it must be held so by some other force or forces. applied then applies now.
how should someone feel after visiting a museum?
Rita Novel 2005.04.02 11:35
...thus it's all the more avant garde when the design and execution of a museum is not concerned only with forces in equilibrium, forces a rest.
"It is useless to resist us (forces»»»)"
notes to self 2 April 1999 (no foolin’)
2005.04.01 16:17
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4.2.99
the saintly patronessing of woman architects
In an almost defeatist search [yesterday] to see if I could find out more as to whether Constantina, the daughter of Constantine, could be considered the true architect of early Christian churches, I quickly, through the Internet, checked up on all the links I have seen in the recent past. I was particularly interested in confirming the role of Constantina regarding the initial building over the tomb of St. Agnes. In the process, I actually found St. Helena, Constantine the Great's mother and Constantina's grandmother. It was actually St. Helena that began the early Christian church building campaign, most notable in Palestine itself.
Finding St. Helena as architect is no doubt one of my most satisfying discoveries, and the more confounding because I "found" Helena on Holy Thursday, and hence began to write about her on Good Friday, which is extremely and uncannily significant because St. Helena is most known for discovering the True Cross(!). Best of all, Helena's story is choke full of so many relevant issues pertaining to woman in design and building.
I am going to begin relating this narrative (hypothesis) within schizophrenia + architectures because of the (holy uncanny! holy?) coincidence that the picture of Otto in 0003.htm is a picture I took of Otto in 1975 as he posed outside St. Helena's Church in Olney, Philadelphia. The St. Helena connection was there from the beginning and I had no idea -- but I certainly have an idea now! I'm hoping to generate a large number of pages through this narrative, and it would be wonderful devoting all April to the relating of this story
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zeitgeist architectures
I have now decided to present zeitgeist architectures within the TPH [Timepiece of Humanity] portion of Quondam. This is exactly . . .
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not sure of anything
First of all, the last note was cut off at Otto's last doctor appointment. I think I still know where the idea was headed, and I'll finish the note in a subsequent note.
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