7.4.USA-2-Horizontal-with-Figure

by Charlie Szoradi

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7.4.USA-2-Horizontal-with-Figure

Artist

Charlie Szoradi

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Drawing - Ink On Paper

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USA 2 Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design:

Perspective across continents counts.

Various barns in Idaho beg the question, "Why are roof shapes so different within a region and across different regions?" Dairy cows simply have different needs from horses. A barn is never just a barn but a structure designed for its occupants. The simple post gateway reminds me of a gate to a Japanese shrine in sketchbook Japan 6: Detail (a). This instinct to provide a gate is apparently global. A threshold provides something to walk through to distinguish one side from another. The gate itself does not change the land around it, but our perception of being "in" versus "out" becomes meaningful.

A house drawn with its walls folded out gives you a chance to look at the window "jamb" detail on a basement window and study the "shutter dogs" that hold a shutter against a wall. The jamb is the vertical section of the window that supports the frame. Old houses are often loaded with design innovations that come to life on close inspection.

Author and illustrator: Charlie Szoradi is an architect, inventor, and the CEO of Independence LED Lighting. He writes about many other topics related to shutter dogs, barns, and gates through his extensive travels around the world.

If you have found this posting online, it is an excerpt from Mr. Szoradi's book Learn from Looking that served as the inspiring seed content for this drawing share resource. For additional drawings and insights on shutter dogs, we hope that you enjoy exploring LearnfromLooking.com. You can search via general terms such as sustainability as well as narrower terms such as shutter dogs, barns, gate, and roof shapes.

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November 27th, 2016

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