Parts : Whole

Archetype/Prototype/Hybrid

The archetype is the main source that a product or an idea is derived from. When beginning there has to be something that one can go back to and receive inspiration from. The prototypes are then derived around that product. The temple is an example of an Archetype/Prototype/Hybrid. The temple started about “1050 B.C.E., a wooden structure with upright columns completely in the central chamber… It is believed that the temple, with its surrounding colonnade was an attempt to recreate the sacred grove.” (Roth 231) The Greeks took the archetype from nature the groves that they used for sacrifice to the gods. They then built the temple of Hera I out of wood, and slowly over time reconstructed with all stone. The temple of Hera I is the prototype of the ideal Doric temple column. The Greeks put one row of columns in the middle and rows on the outside. Hera II was the next temple that used the Doric columns. This one spread out the columns into two rows instead of just one row in the middle. That temple was the prototype for the Temple of Athena or the Parthenon. The Greeks took out the row from the middle and moved them just to the porch of the temple. The building was made out of white marble and used Doric columns on the outside and Ionic columns on the inside. The Roman Temple “Based on Etruscan prototypes, was similar to the Greek temple and eventually was embellished with Greek orders and architectural details” (Roth 250). The Romans changed the temple to fit their needs and was on an axis instead of just made into the land. Furthermore, instead of it being able to be viewed from all sides it was viewed from only the front. All these elements make the Roman temple a Hybrid of the past and present. All the architecture in US Legislature is a hybrid of the past and present.

Source

Source like archetype is where an idea or product originates. When designing something we must look at other sources, whether it is nature or another’s design. The Greeks, as mentioned before received inspiration from nature. They looked at the groves and came up with a temple that embodied natures form, but also achieved its commodity. The Romans then used the Greeks as an example of what their temple looked like. It was not an exact copy, but embodied the technology that the Greeks used.

Order

The Greeks used Orders to decorate the interior and exterior of different buildings. They are classified by the capitals which are Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. Each one came in a different chronological order, in which each capital changed each time. As time went on, the Greeks technology advanced to enable them to create different looks each time. These ancient orders are still around today, as explained by Blakemore when she says “Future periods of design were influenced by the characteristics observed in classical Greek and Roman architecture these are reflected in space planning, interior architecture, and furniture.” (Blakemore 30) It goes to show how History influences design every day.

Entourage

An entourage can be described as a grouping. There are ways in which that can be taken in different ways. Rome was shaped by its entourage according to Blakemore “Foremost among these influences were geographic position, conquests, technology, priorities in social life, and religion” (Blakemore, 45). Rome was, because of the way they shaped the land to fit them and also how they used Etruscan and Greek ideas and made them into their own hybrid. Entourage can also be a grouping of items. They wanted to show power and wealth in what they did, and did this by taking others ideas and shaping them into a amazing technological piece. Furthermore, In Suzanne’s class we had to draw 12 thumbnails of a building. Those pictures made-up the entire building and gave a feel of what went on at that building. As designers we put together an Entourage of pictures and ideas just like the Romans, in order to design a space.

Hierarchy

Hierarchy is entourage within a group, or a group within another group. Hierarchy may be social status, like the Wu-Wu, where men wanted to show social status by having the largest and widest structure in the middle of a forum. It showed that they were the highest ranking man and others were inferior. The size of buildings also correlated with hierarchy. In the acropolis each building connected back to the Parthenon making it the main focus in the town. When someone enters through the gate they are guided to see just that. The other buildings in the Acropolis are positioned to draw the eye straight back to the Parthenon. This shows the viewer that this building is the most important; hence, Athena is the main attraction.

Reflection

The archetype/ prototype/ hybrid are all ways of funneling out ideas to create just one main outcome. All designers must start out with some sort of source to make their work unique, but also embody what the client wants. Furthermore, if a piece deserves special attention, we give it hierarchy to draw the eye straight there, and have everything else come back to that artifact. That compilation of pieces creates an entourage of work that over all makes the entire design come together. Each of these parts creates the whole in design. Without one the other will not function.