CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE The horizontal elements are called by a variety

of names including lintel, header, architrave or

ART PRODUCTION
SIZE - relates the structure and its parts to the
human beings who occupy the space.
SCALE - relates to the proportion of an object or
space to all the other objects in it and also to the
human beings and other activities held in the
structure.
beam, and the supporting vertical elements
may be called columns, pillars, or posts. The
use of wider elements at the top of the post,
called capitals, to help spread the load, is
common to many traditions.

EMPHASIS - where the major and subordinate

elements are determined in the structural
design.

PATTERN AND ORNAMENT - give artistic

surfaces designated by the structural limits,
edges, and corners.
Architectural Materials - is a global leader in
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2. A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such
as a beam or a plate, anchored at only one end
to a (usually vertical) support from which it is
protruding; this could also be a perpendicular
connection to a flat vertical surface such as a
wall.

ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS
3. Truss Systems Inc. has been manufacturing
The classic materials used in architecture: high quality roof and floor trusses for residential,
- wood, stone, and brick/s commercial and agricultural since 1995.

The modern materials: An application of the geometric fact that no

angle of triangle can be changed without altering
- cast-iron, structural steel, and reinforced the dimensions of the sides.
concrete

CAST IRON - set the stage for steel- skeleton

construction in architecture.

It permits the construction of tall buildings

without prohibitively thick walls.

The technology of steel manufacture and

fabrication advanced the architecture through
tubular, extruded, and corrugated steel products,
which opened new possibilities.
Reinforced concrete or ferroconcrete is vastly
more efficient than stonemasonry piers and
arches.
STRUCTURAL DEVICES
4. Arch is a typically curved structural member
spanning an opening and serving as a support
(as for the wall or other weight above the
opening). -Something resembling an arch in
form or function; especially: either of two vaulted
portions of the bony structure of the foot that
impart elasticity to it.

1. Post-and-Lintel

In architecture, post and lintel (also called prop

and lintel or a trabeated system) is a building
system where strong horizontal elements are
held up by strong vertical elements with large
spaces between them.
5. Vault is a succession of identical arches in file
order, one behind the other.
6. A dome (from Latin: domus) is an
architectural element that resembles the hollow
upper half of a sphere.
The precise definition has been a matter of
controversy. There are also a wide variety of
forms and specialized terms to describe them.
A dome can rest upon arotunda or drum, and
can be supported by columns or piers that
transition to the dome through squinches or
pendentives. A lantern may cover an oculus
and may itself have another dome.
The Dome of St. Peter’s
Basilica in Rome
6. Solar panels absorb the sunlight as a source
of energy to generate electricity or heat.
A photovoltaic (PV)
module is a packaged,
connect assembly of
typically 6x10 photovoltaic
solar cells.
9. A shell is a type of structural element which is
characterized by its geometry, being a three-
dimensional solid whose thickness is very small
when compared with other dimensions, and in
structural terms, by the stress resultants
calculated in the middle plane displaying
components which are both coplanar and
normal to the surface.
STYLE IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
1. BIOMORPHIC ARCHITECTURE
Is designed with patterns or shapes inspired by
living organisms, such as tress. It combines new
materials and devices such as collapsible
domes with curved metal hemispheres, shell
structure made of concrete sprayed over inflated
balloons; or ribbed ceilings looking like dinosaur
skeletons.
San Miguel Corporation by Francisco Manosa
St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Makati
by Leandro V. Locsin
2. ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY
ARCHITECTURE
Artist promote environmental awareness through
their creative work. To create environment-
friendly structures, architect consider factors
such as energy, efficiency, the use of
sustainable, natural and recycled materials.
They also consider the connection between
outdoor landscape and the Indoor environment.
3. ECO-ART
Is a kind of art that promotes environmental
awareness and protection by either depicting
nature or using it as means to reflect the beauty
of the environment and the importance of its
preservation.
Green Canyon Resort in Clark, Pampanga
by Felino Palafox Jr.
4. FOUNTAINS
Fountains are usually located outside a building
but in contemporary art, architects and
engineers hace devised ways of installing indoor
fountains, enhanced with lights and sounds.
5. SKYSCRAPERS
Are immensely tall buildings found in densely
populated cities all over the globe.
In Manila, there is a growing number of
skyscrapers that serve as residences and
business offices.
ART PRODUCTION
> Every art making process is dictated by the
artist's style. Style has many meanings.
> It can mean the art produced in a particular art
period.
> It can also refer to the art of a nation or a
region within a country.
> The growth of a single artist's way of working
can be referred to as "the evolution of style."
Stylistic tendencies that are manifested in
artwork.
Stylistic changes are apparent in stylistic
tendencies, which are attributed to the creative
inventions of artists working at certain times and
its specific places.
PACITA ABAD
 She was born in Batanes and learned art-
making in New York. >1980's, Pacita Abad
was in Boston, Massachusetts, she
developed trapunto painting.
 1983, she made more than 110 Wayang
paintings in Indonesia. Then she travelled to
Papua New Guinea and made 15 large
masks in tribal colors.
 1985,she showed her "political expression"
paintings in Manila. 1986, she exhibited 35
Oriental abstraction paintings in Hongkong.
 In the following year, she held exhibition of
24 large canvas collages in Washington. She
continued to paint, often alternating or
combining all of the styles that we have cited
until she passed away in 2004.
Painting is the technique used by Pacita Abad
where her canvases are padded, sewn, and
often filled with sequins, beads, shells, buttons,
tiny mirrors, bits of glass, rickrack, swatches of
precious textiles and other things that she picks
up from her travels and journey.
Texture is a fascinating thing and can go
beautifully with painting.
Painting is no longer confined to canvas hung
on the wall.
They can also be found on cellings and floors.
Singapore Artbridge by Pacita Abad
FOUR STYLES THAT ARE BASED ON
STYLISTIC TENDENCIES
a. Objective accuracy b. Formal order
c. Emotion d. Fantasy
A. THE STYLE OF OBJECTIVE ACCURACY
> Many contemporary artists face the problem of
creating an impression of reality through a
selective use of visual facts.
Sometimes, artist combine their representational
skill to create a psychological impact.
> The representation becomes an interpretation
of reality which does not necessarily have
objective accuracy.
THE ARTIST AS DETACHED OBSERVER
One characteristic of objective accuracy is the
use of technique by the artists where the artwork
seems to have been made by a reporter who is
observing a subject or a photography using
candid camera.
The artist here represents himself/herself as
somebody who selects, arranges and represents
reality without his/her identity revealed.
Ballet Dancer
by Edgar Degas
THE ARTIST AS SELECTIVE EYE
The "illusion of reality" is created by
elimination of details that eye might see.
There can be "direct piling up of detail to create
an impression of the complexity of the object" or
"the suppression of detail without the loss of
essential traits cannot succeed unless the artist
has observed his/her subject very carefully.
The Laughter
by Felix Catarata
Devices for Objective Accuracy
1. Correct drawing - is the most common
device.
It takes mastery acquired through formal studies
and serious practice to make beautiful artworks.
Remembering Past Mistakes by Mavin Natural
2. The artist's control and handling of
illumination help in creating realistic images.
The amount of light an object receives, the
shapes of its shadows, the transition from light
to shadow, the source of light-these the artist
learns to observe and control in the medium that
he/she uses.
Katuparan ng Hiling ni Elena by Jericho
Vamentra
3. Focus-is achieved through sharpness or
softness, distinctness or vagueness of form and
contour
Carnivores of Session Road by Santiago Bose
4. Color is a powerful instrument.
It is mainly connected with the description of the
objects.
➤ The color of the objects varies depending on
the amount and source of light they receive and
on their location in space.
Panimula by Imelda Cajipe Endaya
C. THE STYLE OF EMOTION
Themes of emotion, feeling, romance are
common features in painting.
Romanticism and emotion are used painting
when the artist wishes to disclose personal
feelings in relation to love.
Anxiety and despair in painting express
disappointment, bitterness, disturbance, or
uncomfortable feelings and often look dark and
chaotic.
Joy and celebration are displayed through
vigorous, uncomplicated approach such as
depiction of movement and energy with the
visual representation of the sun, sky air water
and mountains.
D. THE STYLE OF FANTASY
Illusionism is used in contemporary art to
create fantastic images or substitute real objects
for the illusionistic treatment of reality,
The representation may be surrealistic,
mechanical- biological and reassembling parts
of automobile to create a context or meaning.
Sarimanok by Abdulmari Asia Imao

5. Perspective the pictorial device that relates

to the artist's ability to create the illusion of deep
space within the painting.
Mga Pangandoy by Palmy Pe-Tudtud’s

B. THE STYLE OF FORMAL ORDER

Formal order in contemporary art is associated
with stability and permanence.
Formal order is exhibited by its qualities:
(a) intellectual order (b) biomorphic order
(c) aesthetic order
Rich Fulfillment
by Romeo-Gutierrez