Annie Palone April 29, 2013
measuring the
poetic
Forests spread Brooks plunge Rocks persist Mist diffuses Meadows wait Springs well Winds dwell Blessing muses Martin Heidegger, The Thinker As Poet
poetics from
poeisis ancient Greek:“composition, poetry,”
literally “a making, fabrication” from poein, poiein,“to make or compose”
responsiveness to something : an opening realization discovery opening up oneirism
...the responding in which man authentically listens to the appeal of language is that which speaks in the element of poetry. The more poetic a poet is ... the greater is the purity with which he submits what he says to an ever more painstaking listening...
...Poetically Man Dwells...
poetry
brings to light that which is unseen
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“poetry first causes dwelling to be dwelling. Poetry is what really lets us dwell. But through what do we attain to a dwelling? Through building. Poetic creation, which lets us dwell, is a kind of building.� Martin Heidegger . ...Poetically Man Dwells...
measure
compares human to earth
quantitative
“dimension obtained by measuring” (circa 1756); a comparison of something against a scientifically accepted standard
“calculative” thinking
qualitative*
descriptive, quality-driven, observational, atmospheric, oriented toward remembrance
“meditative,” or poetic, thinking
Four Dimensions of the Poetic in Building Materiality what we can see as means of expression; materials capable of expressing the poetic
Context conscious expression of locale, acknowledgment of place the way a poetic work finds expression;
Temporality consciousness of effects of time on materials: expression of time: aging, weathering, patina, rust
Geoality reflection on how we are on earth; expression of work’s being of the earth; Heideggerian “releasement toward things”
Materiality what we can see as means of expression; materials capable of expressing the poetic
Context conscious expression of locale, acknowledgment of place the way a poetic work finds expression;
Temporality consciousness of effects of time on materials: expression of time: aging, weathering, patina, rust
Geoality reflection on how we are on earth; expression of work’s being of the earth; Heideggerian “releasement toward things”
Educational Seating Area Wetland Education Center, University of Texas Marine Science Institute Port Aransas, Texas
designing
poetically four conceptual drivers
emergence embeddedness experience encounter
context, dynamism, complex adaptive systems
emergence
embeddedness
experience space of enhanced experience, meditative space “pinch point” threshold
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“When a dreamer can reconstruct the world from an object that he transforms magically through his care of it, we become convinced that everything in the life of a poet is germinal...� Gaston Bachelard . The Poetics of Space
taking
measure poetically
designing
poetically
evidence-based research
process + reflection
from
concept . to detail
“With a single poetic detail, the imagination confronts us with a new world. From then on, the imagination takes precedence over the panorama, and a simple image, if it is new, will open up an entire world.� Gaston Bachelard . The Poetics of Space
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