Architecture CodeX #76 St Paul's Cathedral London by Sir Christopher Wren

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024

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  • @89rackman
    @89rackman Год назад +1

    Fascinating. I do love Wren's restraint, which is even more evident in person. Sometimes a little garlic in the peas is a wonderful thing!

    • @architecturecodex9818
      @architecturecodex9818  Год назад

      Agreed. Except for desserts, I am for more garlic everywhere. But I am not British. Thanks for watching!

  • @liori3770
    @liori3770 Год назад +1

    I used to think that being an architect is a never-ending interdisciplinary journey of learning, and re-learning, everything that has to do with history, art, buildings, statics, environment, economics, people and aesthetics… but then I found out that you’re good to go with a basic 3D program and a designer’s will. Really glad to learn that this once complimented profession, has become so intuitive and simple to master! Go insects!

    • @architecturecodex9818
      @architecturecodex9818  Год назад +2

      That is my problem with many of today's architects. They think picturing the design is architecture. But knowing how to build it is a necessary discipline as it forces better design. Leaving others to work it out is lazy and ignorant, and an interruption of 5,000 years of the profession as master builder. This is why we have so many stupid junky famous buildings today. I rant about his regularly.

    • @liori3770
      @liori3770 Год назад +2

      @architecturecodex9818 Again, correct me if you think I'm wrong, but I get the notion that compared with today, even during high baroque there was less attention to the facade. I see countless of architectural works where the greatest emphasis and effort has been invested in the facade. There is hardly anything in the building, except for a well-thought and over-complicated facade. So is that the sole nature of our profession? If you care only for pretty faces, you will surely make a wiser decision becoming a cosmetic surgeon.
      But what do I know... I'm no starchitect.

    • @architecturecodex9818
      @architecturecodex9818  Год назад +1

      @@liori3770 This gets complicated. I think a good building is good every level: facade, plan, function, construction technology, or simply: firmitas, utilitas, venustas. But even great buildings usually only pioneer on one of these. Look for me, Michael Molinelli on Linked-in or Facebook and we can PM emails.

    • @sonjak8265
      @sonjak8265 Год назад

      @@architecturecodex9818 I checked your website and Facebook page, but they are not available at the moment. Great channel! Thank you!

  • @rosssmith9455
    @rosssmith9455 Год назад +1

    Thanks Michael :-)

  • @michaeldeierhoi4096
    @michaeldeierhoi4096 3 месяца назад +1

    This was a fascinating insight into Sir Christopher Wren. I have been to St Paul's Cathedral and was in awe at the grandeur and exceptional quality of the structure. For me it's beyond words to describe it.
    As an aside, if we are to interpret the quote at the end by Heinlein literally then all people in the present day are insects. But, I can't and won't interpret Heinlein's quote literally.
    This quote may be and probably is taken out of context and I would be more interested to know the context in which that quote was made. No one can be so versatile to be able to do all of those a human neing should be able to do as stated in the quote. Many people were highly competent in multiple areas in the past, but even then I think they were still the exception as opposed to the rule.

  • @liori3770
    @liori3770 Год назад +1

    Firey, but mostly peaceful! Michael, as always, your architectural analysis and depth is simply outstanding. Bravo, for yet another excellent video. One small comment - I find that true Baroque architecture in England is somewhat like true Modern architecture in rural USA; I am not completely sure it exists. In a nutshell, as I see it (and correct me if you disagree) - medieval churches put God’s divinity in the center, and so the architectural tendency is stretched and linear in both length (nave) and loft (spire). Renaissance churches, on the other hand, put a much greater emphasis on the God to Man relation. The result is seen in the strong horizontal emphasis, the human scale albeit the grandeur, and the proportions that remain within reach - and so the most prominent element of loft in these churches is the dome/circle. The baroque, I claim, is a step taken backwards from Renaissance peak of God to Man relation, and so, as God’s divinity becomes once more a prominent idea, you start noticing how the return to linear turns circular domes into ovals, as a merging of the two ideas. So I tend to completely agree with your take - St. Paul’s is more Renaissance in spirit than it is Baroque. The timeline simply doesn’t reveal the entire picture. To me, true baroque is San Carlino, and one certainly cannot assume that Wren and Borromini were enjoying the same Yorkshire pudding and rigatoni alla pecorara./ It is difficult and fatiguing to write these comments on a phone screen… / great video!

    • @architecturecodex9818
      @architecturecodex9818  Год назад +1

      You should make videos!

    • @liori3770
      @liori3770 Год назад +1

      @architecturecodex9818 The best I could do is probably Architecture Anthrax. / I'm not sure one may still climb onto the inner walkway of St. Paul's dome, I was there nearly three decades ago. However, I clearly remember the astonishing acoustics up there. One could whisper on one side of the dome, and have it heard clearly on the opposites end. Did you get to experience it?

    • @architecturecodex9818
      @architecturecodex9818  Год назад +1

      @@liori3770 I got there too late to climb the dome 43 years ago! But the acoustic thing is common along any curved surface. But tour guides are always touting it as a special unexplained phenomenon created by the architects for nefarious reasons.

    • @liori3770
      @liori3770 Год назад +1

      Haha. It's true, of course, but I remember how impressed I was with it. Actually, just as impressed as I was when I visited a science museum with my son, not too long ago - and whispering into one parabolic dish was very clearly heard in an opposite dish, some 50m away. Geometry is magical.