MOUND
TOTEM
WALL
LINTEL
The mound is primal and its “making” is at the core of human intervention in nature. From the humble burial mound to the building of the pyramid, the mound authenticates the need for human commitment to “making” its simple beginning. The life of underworld opened the imagination, as the ancients gods of the family lived in the underground in their sacrificial pit.
The totem as an image fulfills each cultural demand, associated with the myths determining their existential demands. Whether obelisk, Eskimo totem, church steeples, or monuments, the totem is a universal image.
As an extension of image of making of a mound. It is earth extended. It stands as one of the greatest acts of “making” performed by humans. Stripped of its cultural context, the wall is shared human experience.
Intercedes between earth and sky, made by humans, it gives in a sense a remaking of the sky in human terms. From a simple gateway to the monumental Roman archway, the endless variations speak to the creativity of this recurrent image.
Display of specific images on “origins” of architecture indicating the instinctual act in priority to the intellectual act of man. The notes represent the quest for “origins” and an attempt to identify the “origins” as images. These images prioritize the role of poetic mode (instinctual) over the intellectual mode, where they are understood to be having no reference to time other than their ancient beginnings. 4. Illustrations representing “origins” of architecture, identifying them as “images” by Victor F. Christ-Janes, 1980.
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Undergraduate Thesis, School of Architecture, Avnish Mehta