Module 7 post

This chapter of the book was a bit far from what I am interested in, even thought this is something that I should think about more about because it is extremely important.
The first video that I watched was Prairie Style and some of the key concepts that I pulled out are:
-Wide open horizontal living style changed American architecture. 
-Frank Wright wanted single family homes to represent time, place and landscape.
-He felt this helps the architecture grow out of the land. 
-He built his first promo type in 1904
-He built his homes with wanting the unique experience of walking inside. 
-Working with the nature and the sun to make the home have more of a comfort feel to it. 
-His concept of the house was different, reorganizing and changing. 
-He had a direct influence on other architects and
they started to incorporate his ideas in their work. 
-Writes influences sun orientation and the natural environment.

The second video that I watched was Architecture: The Science of Design:
-Buildings were built on slabs of reinforced concrete bigger than the actual building to support the living weight. 
-A big issue is that wind increases proportion to the buildings height and can also make the buildings sway back and forth. 
-If buildings have poor architecture/were built poorly, wind can ruin the structure. 
-Data can calculate types of weather building can stand in an environment that they know they are going to be built at and can further decide how big and the other aspects of building it can be. 
-Wind tunnel testing can detect hoe much snow will accumulate on the tops of buildings.
-Intelligent houses connect to a computer and can control many aspects of the house with a phone, computer or any device. 
-Architecture has become a social art form
-Architects are constantly changing the materials and requirements that they work with to further help them build the best structure. 
-Concrete is in all forms of architecture and is used as a hydrolic binder. 

The videos that I watched explains more in depth the process of building a structure and both the book and the videos emphasize the importance of where buildings are build and what they can withstand. With the first video, the book said some about the placing of the buildings in the environment and I liked that connection. I kind of liked the films. They seemed a bit old, but they worked out and did the job that they needed to. I did feel like the second video i watched was a bit dated. I am not going to lie i choose these films because they were the shortest and i wanted to get done faster, but it worked out good for me because I had a hard time reading this chapter and the information in the second video helped me realize what I might have missed or touched up on it a lot more. I did like the end of the chapter when they talked about more of the newer architecture and it really made me realize the things that can be built and how much they impact our daily lives.