tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post403533833314535825..comments2023-07-05T11:48:14.973+01:00Comments on LOOSE AND LEAFY in DORSET: HOW NATURE CREEPS INTO ARCHITECTURELucy Corrander Now in Halifax!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-79719362243900600812011-10-26T19:22:01.031+01:002011-10-26T19:22:01.031+01:00Lovely, thought provoking post thank you! I think...Lovely, thought provoking post thank you! I think the fan structures also look like the leaves of Ginko biloba .. but perhaps that's because I've been studying arboriculture LoL!inhabiting_treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917001287515496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-84652385634433147702011-10-15T02:55:35.896+01:002011-10-15T02:55:35.896+01:00I think your observation about building styles fit...I think your observation about building styles fitting into different environments is exactly right!<br />The cloister is lovely (that's not the right word, but it's the best I can think of right now!) I can see how walking through it would feel like walking through a forest. Thank you for including it in your nature blog!Dimplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313315926201426600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-89477732650040694542011-10-09T10:48:59.530+01:002011-10-09T10:48:59.530+01:00Dear Lucy, I think this is a very creative post li...Dear Lucy, I think this is a very creative post linking two different spheres. There is something immensely appealing about Gothic art and architecture and it definitely resonates with forms in nature. Why don't people care about ceilings now? Too busy to look up? cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-58469348636213130432011-10-07T20:13:14.214+01:002011-10-07T20:13:14.214+01:00Fan vaulting does indeed look like the structure o...Fan vaulting does indeed look like the structure of fennel. I think one of the impressive things about Cathedrals is looking at these huge structures and reflecting that they were 'hand built' by craftsmen. Hard to envisage nowadays. <br />I do wish they could be restored with the painted walls, carvings, and all the colours that would have originally decorated them. I think the association with nature would become even more obvious. Unfortunately modern taste gets in the way.easygardenerhttp://greenforks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-60756203453759221672011-10-07T13:58:50.895+01:002011-10-07T13:58:50.895+01:00As soon as you pointed out the similarity between ...As soon as you pointed out the similarity between the fanning and the fennel, it all seemed so obvious. Perhaps that's part of the clever design - it just seems so natural, and maybe that accounts for their beauty too.<br /><br />Lovely post.colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02484411878651364981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-21489217088259701672011-10-06T19:02:30.922+01:002011-10-06T19:02:30.922+01:00I waited to read this post until I had the time to...I waited to read this post until I had the time to absorb it fully, and I am glad that I did. <br /><br />Shoddy? No way, interesting, and fascinating, how on earth...? But of course you would see the common lines, you look at things with eye for the unusual. Does that make sense. What a amazing correlation you have found, intense research or not.<br /><br />I love, love, love those shots, did you take them, and do you have more? Breathtaking....I am entranced seriously, I so wish that I had the opportunity to see this in person like you did. Canada is a young country, without generations and centuries of history like England.<br /><br />I for one am happy that you wrote this post.<br /><br />Jen @ Muddy Boot DreamsRURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-82410777399863004362011-10-05T19:46:57.731+01:002011-10-05T19:46:57.731+01:00and going to Hogwarts. Something about that cloist...and going to Hogwarts. Something about that cloister, makes me pause for a moment of wonder.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-27950536146094674902011-10-05T17:07:15.708+01:002011-10-05T17:07:15.708+01:00It's an awful American word :(
BUT it's n...It's an awful American word :(<br /><br />BUT it's not just about bringing plants in: it's also design using natural forms just like you've shown us. It's about squeezing nature into things in all kinds of ways...VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-14251378375009898062011-10-05T14:13:56.644+01:002011-10-05T14:13:56.644+01:00Hi VP - almost by definition, people who read this...Hi VP - almost by definition, people who read this blog will like nature and want to bring it into our cities - but how much is a matter of inclination and how much to do with human need?<br /><br />In this post though, I'm not so much talking about consciously bringing plants into cities but where nature has had an impact on how buildings are constructed and how we respond to buildings with or without these links. There isn't a leaf in sight in these cloisters - and I can't say I was specially impressed by the garden within the square. I did, none the less, feel I was walking through a light and airy and high-branched forest. It was lovely. If anyone were ever to bring vases of flowers and stick them around the place - the atmosphere would be destroyed.<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />P.S. I wish 'Biophilia' didn't sound so improper!Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-83464728074626657092011-10-05T13:34:00.153+01:002011-10-05T13:34:00.153+01:00PS there should be an etc. after outdoor spacesPS there should be an etc. after outdoor spacesVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-20581282954312504692011-10-05T13:33:02.083+01:002011-10-05T13:33:02.083+01:00There's quite a mouthful of a term for all of ...There's quite a mouthful of a term for all of this: Biophilia!<br /><br />It's all about bringing nature into our cities - architecture, outdoor spaces in as many different ways as possible.<br /><br />The argument is that if we do, everyone's a lot happier and healthier.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-90836179113545505762011-10-05T13:02:03.334+01:002011-10-05T13:02:03.334+01:00Hello Mark. I'd be interested to know your tho...Hello Mark. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the Gherkin for it perplexes me. I don't like it - but I'm out of touch with how London is nowadays (even though I lived there until I was fourteen / fifteen).<br /><br />I know it's very popular - maybe because it reminds people who have been brought up with science fiction films of city-scapes from the future. If so, it might bring them warm memories of childhood along with the excitement of finding themselves living in that very modern age. However, I suspect it's something to do with the name. I understand it was named hurriedly before any less polite names caught on. Whether that is so or no, we do have quite strong responses to what things are called. It would be hard to take against a building called, for instance, 'the potato' - whereas 'the tobacco tower' might never excite affection.<br /><br />In other words - I'm not sure it fits with the post at all! - Which doesn't bother me because I wouldn't presume to put my insight forward as principle from which no deviation is allowed, nor one which covers everything - but I think it holds enough truth in it to ring bells with readers - even they immediately think of exceptions.<br /><br />Perhaps the Gherkin is one of these . . . or maybe it's just that I don't see where it fits in . . . or maybe I am really am describing what is to my taste rather than applicable to human psychology in general.<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-77344933903178191462011-10-05T11:53:48.323+01:002011-10-05T11:53:48.323+01:00Very interesting! How about the "Gherkin"...Very interesting! How about the "Gherkin" building in London as a recent example of what you describe?<br />Love the door picture. You have captured the light effect so well.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.com