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temple for apollo

sungodess

so I'm in a digital design studio this semester and we have to design a contemporary temple for the greek god apollo. i have no ideas despite doing some research on apollo! any ideas on where to get some inspiration?
im thinking music because apollo was also known as the god of music and im thinking of using repetitive elements in my design, but thats all i got right now! i need to be driven so i can my creative juices flowing...!

 
Feb 13, 08 4:46 pm
garpike

Careful. He's not the true god of songs.

Feb 13, 08 4:50 pm  · 
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garpike

I'd be more interested in studying a certain path of a certain celestial body that sustains our life. Hint hint.

Feb 13, 08 4:52 pm  · 
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vado retro

listen to leonard cohen's tower of song one hundred times.

Feb 13, 08 4:58 pm  · 
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ether

how's the sun tan, sheri25?

Feb 13, 08 5:14 pm  · 
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mdler

Feb 13, 08 5:37 pm  · 
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mdler

if your project sucks, you will be dragged out of your crit by a guy dressed like a clown

Feb 13, 08 5:38 pm  · 
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simples

not only read up on apollo, but also the Greek Temples to Apollo, and how their temples related to their culture, to the deity, to their religion, and to their ceremonies; how do they relate to our times, society, culture...how do they relate to the site (if you have one)?! i would try not to focus too much on any specific architectural language, but focus on the spirit of the building, and its relation to the function...


ahhh...i miss school...


Feb 13, 08 5:45 pm  · 
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sungodess

thanks for the input. i appreciate it all. I am stuck as to where i derive my form from. our site is in greece and our prfo modeled it for us in viz so we have to think of the approach to this "contemporary temple" and simply express our creative spark through 3d viz. i was told i had a basic concept and that i should have fun with it and design something breath taking so i dunno...

Feb 13, 08 6:03 pm  · 
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mdler

form is overrated

Feb 13, 08 6:07 pm  · 
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sungodess

lol...i agree but i need to do some shit so i can show my prof some animations come friday!

Feb 13, 08 6:09 pm  · 
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mdler

make a kick ass parapet flashing detail and animate the water not leaking into the wall cavity

Feb 13, 08 7:21 pm  · 
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pvbeeber

Wow. A contemporary temple to Apollo. I can't imagine a more relevant assignment. No wonder nobody takes us seriously.

Feb 14, 08 9:37 am  · 
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mfrech

perhaps it's a contemporary temple to a contemporary Apollo...who is the god of music and light and poetry etc., etc., to us, in our own time? maybe this project can be made relevant with that in mind.

or maybe it is apollo creed, after all!

Feb 14, 08 11:33 am  · 
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vado retro

why not a temple to hephaestus? he's much more complicated programmatically.

Feb 14, 08 11:38 am  · 
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MADianito

hahaha my eyes are fooling me, first glance i read the title of this thread "template for portfolio" haHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Feb 14, 08 11:47 am  · 
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John Cline

silly silly

Feb 14, 08 12:10 pm  · 
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sungodess
lol@MAD...u

r insane! hahahha!!!! good one!
mfrech thanx for opening up my eyes to that one! now i have something to think about and maybe design by tonight so i can start my animations! im glad u have me thinking about a contemporary apollo....in our time and yes thats kinda bold but we have so many apollos..LOL...
britney spears!
michael jackson
obama

all these people we worship and follow daily be it in the news (relevant) or in gossip columns! and who is to say it has to be a man or woman?

i was also thinking about the ideal of beauty in our eyes coz we have this standardized idea of what beauty is and since apollo was also in a sense a beauty symbol as a young man, i can translate that into architecture and do the opposite: design an ugly building and call it beautiful. what is beauty???

vado: the assignment cannot be changed. its a temple for apollo. stick with the program.

pv: hahahaha i know right?

Feb 14, 08 12:27 pm  · 
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blah

What's really interesting is the story of the German grad student who discovered the first Greek architectural drawings at an unfinished Temple of Apollo in Turkey. I'd find that story and run with it...

Feb 14, 08 12:30 pm  · 
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Vince Vulgar

If you design a temple for the Vince, I will make you my concumbine and give you many babies.

Feb 14, 08 12:34 pm  · 
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sungodess

hahahahahahahaha I will. happy valentines day!

Feb 14, 08 12:37 pm  · 
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garpike

path. sun. hint.

Feb 14, 08 12:41 pm  · 
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mdler

vado is the god of music and poetry in my book

Feb 14, 08 12:42 pm  · 
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Vince Vulgar

Please make sure it has a sacrificing altar and a garage out back to park my '69 Airstream Overlander. The Vince cannot do without these two things.

Feb 14, 08 12:44 pm  · 
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sungodess

LOL

get back to serious thinking man! my canvas is blank!!!!

Feb 14, 08 1:02 pm  · 
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vado retro

its a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll.

Feb 14, 08 1:09 pm  · 
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sungodess

i concur! this is just a blank phase. it shall pass. will keep u posted on my progress!

Feb 14, 08 11:37 pm  · 
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induct

No, thats okay.

Feb 15, 08 12:47 am  · 
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sungodess

induct! be nice

Feb 15, 08 10:39 am  · 
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like mdler/garpike have mentioned this project shouldn't be about a physical manifestation of a temple - apollo in a contemporary ideology no longer exists, but is rather a keep sake of our sub conscious history. As such I see this project being about a process - what or who is apollo.

Feb 15, 08 10:49 am  · 
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pvbeeber

Just make something that looks cool. You can rationalize it after the fact like the rest of us do.

Feb 15, 08 3:42 pm  · 
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