scholarly journals Doors and Chords: Explorations from Music to Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Harrison Platt
Keyword(s):  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
New Town ◽  
Singular Event ◽  
Christ Church ◽  
To Come ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Creative Forces ◽  
Architecture And Music

<p>Architecture and music have a long intertwining history.These respective creative forces many times have collaborated into monumental place, harboured rich occasion, been catalyst for cultural movement and defined generations. Together they transcend their respective identities. From dinky local church to monstrous national stadia, together they are an intense concentration, a powerfully addictive dosage where architecture is the place, music is the faith, and people are the reason.  Music is a programme that architecture often celebrates in poetic and grand fashion; a superficial excuse to symbolise their creative parallels. But their relationship is much richer and holds more value than just the opportunity to attempt architectural metaphor.While music will always overshadow the architecture in the sense of a singular event, architecture is like the soundman behind the mixing desk. It’s not the star front and centre grabbing your attention, but is responsible for framing the star. It is the foundational backdrop, a critical pillar. Great architecture can help make great music. In this sense music is a communication of architecture, it is the ultimate creative function.  Christchurch, New Zealand, is a city whose story changed in an instant. The seismic events of 2010 and 2011 have become the overriding subject of its historical narrative, as it will be for years to come. Disaster redefines place (the town of Napier, struck by an earthquake in 1931, exemplifies this). There is no quantifiable justification for an exploration of architecture and music within the context of Christchurch. The Town Hall, one of New Zealand’s most architecturally significant buildings, is under repair. The Christ Church Cathedral will more than likely be rebuilt to some degree of its former self. But these are echoes of the city that Christchurch was.They are saved because they are artefact. Evidence of history.This thesis makes the argument for the new, the better than before, and for the making of opportunity from disaster, by proposing a ‘new’ town hall, conceived from the sound of old.</p>

scholarly journals Doors and Chords: Explorations from Music to Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Harrison Platt
Keyword(s):  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
New Town ◽  
Singular Event ◽  
Christ Church ◽  
To Come ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Creative Forces ◽  
Architecture And Music

<p>Architecture and music have a long intertwining history.These respective creative forces many times have collaborated into monumental place, harboured rich occasion, been catalyst for cultural movement and defined generations. Together they transcend their respective identities. From dinky local church to monstrous national stadia, together they are an intense concentration, a powerfully addictive dosage where architecture is the place, music is the faith, and people are the reason.  Music is a programme that architecture often celebrates in poetic and grand fashion; a superficial excuse to symbolise their creative parallels. But their relationship is much richer and holds more value than just the opportunity to attempt architectural metaphor.While music will always overshadow the architecture in the sense of a singular event, architecture is like the soundman behind the mixing desk. It’s not the star front and centre grabbing your attention, but is responsible for framing the star. It is the foundational backdrop, a critical pillar. Great architecture can help make great music. In this sense music is a communication of architecture, it is the ultimate creative function.  Christchurch, New Zealand, is a city whose story changed in an instant. The seismic events of 2010 and 2011 have become the overriding subject of its historical narrative, as it will be for years to come. Disaster redefines place (the town of Napier, struck by an earthquake in 1931, exemplifies this). There is no quantifiable justification for an exploration of architecture and music within the context of Christchurch. The Town Hall, one of New Zealand’s most architecturally significant buildings, is under repair. The Christ Church Cathedral will more than likely be rebuilt to some degree of its former self. But these are echoes of the city that Christchurch was.They are saved because they are artefact. Evidence of history.This thesis makes the argument for the new, the better than before, and for the making of opportunity from disaster, by proposing a ‘new’ town hall, conceived from the sound of old.</p>

Territorial Integrity

Near Abroad ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Toal
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Air Force ◽  
The Self ◽  
Territorial Integrity ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
To Come ◽  
Russian Military ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

On the Evening of August 7, 2008, Inal Pliyev was working late at his office in the center of Tskhinval(i). A former journalist, Pliyev was head of communications for the self-declared South Ossetian Republic. Earlier in the evening, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili had declared a unilateral ceasefire after days of skirmishes between Georgian forces and South Ossetian militias. Pliyev, however, was still in the office because of information about increasing Georgian artillery and armor concentrations near the town. “First we heard what sounded like grenade launchers—after the years of conflict everyone here knows what sound is made by which weapon. I did not pay much attention to that.” But when he heard the first sounds of Grad missiles, Pliyev turned off his computer and ran for his life. “All parts of the city came under fire simultaneously. It was so intense, that you couldn’t even register a fraction of time between explosions, there were multiple explosions every second. The fire was non-stop. Electricity and gas supplies were cut off during the first minute of the shelling, and for the most part phone service was also cut off.” One shell fell next to the government building where Pliyev and his colleagues huddled. “The building shook so much that part of the ceiling bent down, and we ran into an underground bunker in a nearby non-government building. Explosions were becoming louder and even more frequent. We could not leave our hideout, and everyone was getting ready to die. Even more we feared being taken prisoner by Georgian soldiers. It was especially terrifying when we heard machine gun fire. Our only thought was to avoid being taken prisoner at any cost. Our only hope was for the Russian air force, we were waiting for it to come, so that Georgians would leave our city. But it wasn’t coming.” Pliyev had his mobile phone, and as its battery ran out he spoke to various Russian media outlets pleading for Russian military help.

Manchester Black and Blue

2012 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-291
Author(s):  
Andrew Crompton
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Coal Gas ◽  
Canal Street ◽  
Burning Coal ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

In living memory, Manchester was black from air pollution caused by burning coal. Today only fragments of that blackness remain, although its former presence can be inferred from precautions taken at the time to protect buildings from soot. At Canal Street in Miles Platting the colouring caused by consuming coal was blue, the result of contamination with a by-product of the purification of coal-gas. It is argued that because the blue street can be seen as beautiful then so can the black walls, which should be treated as an authentic part of the city. The most significant remains are 22 Lever Street and the inner courtyards of the Town Hall, which ought to be preserved in their dirty state.

scholarly journals Medieval Socialist Artefacts: Architecture and Discourses of National Identity in Provincial Poland, 1945–1960

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
José M. Faraldo
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
German State ◽  
Public Building ◽  
New Town ◽  
Regional Characteristics ◽  
The Town ◽  
Second World

Many things allow us to recognize that the Poles have a greater and fuller affinity with the Poznań Land than the Germans, even today. It is interesting, for example, with what confidence Polish architects, in contrast to their German counterparts, incorporate historical and regional characteristics in their designs.Moritz JafféThe Archive of the Town Curator of Monuments in the Polish city Poznań contains material about streets, monuments, Old Town Square, the cathedral, and other valuable constructions there. A folder labeled Nowy Ratusz (New Town Hall) attracted my attention, because I knew nothing about such a building. The folder contained photographs of a large neo-Gothic building. It looked like a typical Prussian public building, similar to hundreds of other postal, school, and government offices throughout the Prussian/German state. But what of this building? Had it been another casualty of the Second World War? The postwar images showed, that although seriously damaged, the building still stood in the ruins of the Old Town Square.

scholarly journals Da fortezza a residenza castellana: osservazioni stratigrafiche per la comprensione del processo trasformativo della Rocca di Novellara (RE, Italia)

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Squassina
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Reggio Emilia ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

From a fortress to a residential castle: a stratigraphic reading of the transformations in the Rocca of Novellara (RE, Italy)The paper reports the results of a stratigraphic reading on the northern façade of the Rocca di Novellara (Reggio Emilia, Italy), a castle which is now the town hall, right in the city centre. Though as a pole of the contemporary public life in Novellara, housing at present both a museum and a nineteenth century theatre, the Rocca recalls its military past through its name and by means of the still standing remains of the walls and corner towers. Besides a well-documented historical development, the stratigraphic investigation of the northern façade –the only part that still hasn’t been restored– allowed a direct observation of the material traces revealing the slow transformation of the Rocca from a fortification to a residential castle. This study gave the chance of understanding the different constructive phases of the castle, making a chronological sequence out of them but it was also meant to reflect about the changes of its character, as the building has been acquiring a complex identity through time, due both to high qualified architectural episodes and to as much meaningful though tiny changes. Thus, the permanence of the stratified marks can be regarded as one of the main goals of a preservation project.

И. Я. ЯКОВЛЕВ О ВОСПИТАТЕЛЬНОМ ЗНАЧЕНИИ ТЕАТРА

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vagiz Gimaliev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Aesthetic Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Brass Band ◽  
Theatrical Performances ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

В статье отражены взгляды И. Я. Яковлева на театр и музыку как средства духовно-нравственного и эстетического воспитания личности. Оособое внимание уделено деятельности Симбирской чувашской учительской школы по формированию духовных потребностей и эстетической культуры учащихся путем использования разнообразных видов музыкального и театрального искусств: художественного чтения, исполнения по ролям басен И. А. Крылова, спектаклей по произведениям классиков русской литературы, хорового пения, игры на музыкальных инструментах и др.; проведения различных мероприятий в школе и на концертных площадках г. Симбирска: народных игр с хороводами, литературно-музыкальных вечеров, вечеров литературы и поэзии, театрализованных представлений, посещений городского театра, участия хора и оркестра школы на торжествах по разным случаям в здании Симбирской городской думы и зале Симбирского дворянского собрания, Симбирском епархиальном училище, выступления обучающихся с номерами сокольской гимнастики в сопровождении духового оркестра на городской площади и т. д. Кратко освещена деятельность воспитанников Симбирской чувашской учительской школы и потомков И. Я. Яковлева в области театрального и музыкального искусств.The article considers I. Yakovlev’s views on theater and music as means of spiritual and moral, and also aesthetic education of the individual; pays particular attention to the activities of Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers’ School in the formation of spiritual and aesthetic culture at students through the use of various types of musical and theatrical arts: declamation, dramatization of Krylov’s fables, performances based on the works of classics of the Russian literature, choir singing, playing different musical instruments etc.; various events at school and at concert venues in the city of Simbirsk: folk games, dances, literary and musical events, literature and poetry parties, theatrical performances, visiting the theatre, participation of the school choir and orchestra in celebrations on various occasions in Simbirsk town hall and in the hall of Simbirsk Nobility Assembly, at Simbirsk Diocesan School, students’ Sokol gymnastics performances accompanied by a brass band in the town square. The article briefly covers the activities of the students of Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers’ School and I. Yakovlev’s descendants in the field of the theatrical and musical art.

Mediating the Method

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-313
Author(s):  
Jacob Gallagher-Ross
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Experimental Music ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Auditory Event ◽  
Recording Apparatus ◽  
The Difference ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Town

The scene is New York City, 1958. That year, in two disparate arenas, American culture was attempting to come to grips with the difference between noise and art. A twenty-five-year retrospective concert of John Cage's work at New York's Town Hall helped create an intellectually coherent canon out of Cage's experiments, which critics had often treated as puerile provocations or exercises in whimsy to be regarded with bemused toleration. For some forward thinkers, noise was becoming intellectually exciting material for experimental music, whereas the audible audience outrage preserved by the recording of the Town Hall concert testifies to the continuing rearguard pique of more conservative sensibilities. Cage himself couldn't have imagined a more apt illustration of his theories than this aleatory auditory event, preserved for posterity by the recording apparatus.

scholarly journals XIX. Remarks on the Military History of Bristol in the Seventeenth Century, with a Sketch of the Outworks, by Edmund Turnor, Esq. F. R. S. and F. S. A.

Archaeologia ◽  
1803 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Edmund Turnor
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Military History ◽  
New Town ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Military ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Consequent Increase

The great importance of Bristol, as the second city in the kingdom,—its situation commanding at once the rich county of Somerset, and the chief entrance into Wales, rendered the conquest of it of the utmost consequence to both king and parliament, whose spirits, during their unhappy contests, were alternately elated or depressed as either party succeeded in the siege, or failed in the defence of the town. But the great extension of commerce, and the consequent increase of population, have so much enlarged the circuit of Bristol, that what was only an inconsiderable suburb in the time of Charles the first, is now become a new town, extending over, and in a great measure defacing, the lines of fortification which formed the outworks of the city. An attempt, however, to preserve some idea of the remaining military vestiges, as exhibited by letters patent under the great seal of England, and sign manual of Charles the First, conferring the office of treasurer of the garrison on an ancestor of the author of this communication, may not be foreign to the views of the Society.

scholarly journals Theodor I. Preda Hospital from Craiova between the years 1870-1910

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Elena-Steluta Dinu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
City Hall ◽  
Modern Hospital ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

One of the most important hospitals in Craiova, hospital Theodor I. Preda, was the result of private initiatives in health care. It was founded in 1870 by the Municipality of Craiova, according to the request expressed by Theodore I. Preda in his will. Until 1910 it worked in the homes of the donor and the money necessary for the activity came from leasing of  Stârcoviţa and Cearângul estates that belonged to Theodor I. Preda and were donated to the town hall in order to maintain the hospital that would bear his name. Thanks to the efforts of the city hall but also of accrued income, it was possible to put up another building. The new premises of the hospital, which was opened in 1910, allowed a better work and turned it into a modern hospital.

Lug- Ins- Land: 1887– 1901

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marybeth Lorbiecki
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Aldo Leopold ◽  
Wood Thrush ◽  
Childhood Home ◽  
German Immigrant ◽  
To Come ◽  
Migrating Birds ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

From his childhood home atop Prospect Hill in Burlington, Iowa, Aldo Leopold could gaze out over the mighty Mississippi and its wet, wooded bottomlands. Each fall and spring, the skies were speckled like the breast of a wood thrush as thousands of migrating birds flew overhead, rousing hunters to their blinds. Coal smoke wafted up from the river’s steamboats. The train whistles of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad pierced the winds as locomotives chugged back and forth across the Burlington Bridge, linking Illinois to Iowa. Though unaware of it, Leopold was overlooking the meeting of the nation’s East and West, of the Industrial Revolution and the frontier, of an age of nature’s plenty and one of scarcity, of the 19th century and the 20th to come. Leopold was born in Burlington on January 11, 1887, in the house of his grandparents, Charles and Marie Runge Starker. Their home provided fertile soil for the growth of a citizen concerned about people, the land, and the relationships between them. As some flowers are colored by minerals absorbed in their roots, Aldo’s later works exhibit shades of his grandparents and parents. A German immigrant educated in engineering and architecture, Charles Starker had come to Burlington in 1850, when it was a rough river town on the edge of the western prairie. He liked what he saw, because it reminded him of his homeland, and he worked to make Burlington even more into the kind of town he wanted it to be: aesthetic, prosperous, and cultured. Over the years, he progressed from the drafting of buildings to the construction of businesses, excelling as a grocer, banker, alderman, and director of the city cemetery. Using his prestige, he spearheaded efforts to bring to the town, among other civic gems, a library and an opera house, which lent Burlington a grand style scarcely matched by other midwestern communities its size. But style was not enough. Charles was an amateur naturalist, and he believed that cities, as well as homes, required spaces specifically set aside for people to enjoy nature’s offerings.

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