Space Architecture

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Rebecca Meyer

On Monday, I spoke with a woman who works for NASA and we got on the topic of my major, architecture. I didn’t really think that architecture and outer space has any relationship but after speaking with her I realized that they actually have a lot in common. Architecture is not just about building walls from the ground up; rather, it’s about defining spaces and designing to meet the needs of the client. Space architecture is something new to me as well as a lot of other architecture majors. I found an article about building a habitat for four astronauts for a 60 day mission that I found to be really interesting.

http://www.archdaily.com/336844/architecture-in-space-nasa-seeks-architects-opinion-on-habitat-design-for-astronauts/

Downtown Houston

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Rebecca Meyer

On the way to our hotel in Houston we stopped downtown for about 15 minutes to observe the city. I originally had no idea that downtown Houston was so vibrant and lively. A common theme I noticed was the use of color as well as reflectivity. The larger buildings shared a reflective facade while the smaller scale buildings tended to use a lot of color. Normally I wouldn’t think these two realms could be done so close together, but I realized that they could and they actually complemented each other. Here are a few photos from the trip of downtown Houston.

Roanoke

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Rebecca Meyer

Our recent trip to Roanoke and the Taubman Museum have really made me start to focus on the design of a city rather than solely the individual design of each building. I used to overlook how a city fits together until we explored Roanoke. Roanoke is such an ecclectic mix of buildings and design but somehow it all fits together. I now look at the interaction of building materials, proportion, scale, pattern, etc of buildings near each other as well as of the city as a whole.