Lucia+Greco

=Own Architecture experiences. = **After a long time, the experiences in my studies and my career showed me incountables important things to the life. In this page, I´ll show them to you for explain my path.**
 * Personal Profile**

My name is Lucía Greco and I am nineteen years old. I´m studying Architecture at the Simon Bolivar University. I´m not working because Architecture is a very difficult university area in which people need a lot of time. I studied in ¨ El Placer¨, a little school in Caracas. There I met my best friends.I live with my mom, dad and my doggy Conny. I have a small family but i love it because we are very patient. In my spare time I like to draw and sing. Sometimes I go to the movies with my friends or to eat in a mall.  I love to study my career and that´s my favorate activity


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**I´m a graduaded Architecture from de Simon Bolivar University. The trajectory of my career was very hard but I finaly graduaded right now. ** I interested about the technological architecture of the modern estructures. That was the impulse to be hired from the Architectural company of Norway wich name is Snohetta.

These are some pictures of my work:





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Practice podcast

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New architectonical proposals are appearing. Lucía Greco shows us some of her works and projects. Lucía Greco was born in 1990, in Caracas, Venezuela. She was educated in an artistic environment at home because her family was in the music business. That was an incentive for her to study architecture at the Simón Bolívar University. In school, Greco enjoyed studying scientific disciplines like chemistry and physics. Architecture is a very complete career because it combines arts with science, and that was the most important reason for her career decision. Lucía Greco overcame the obstacles she encountered, and graduated from the university in 2014. In September of the same year she went to Argentina to study a postgrade at the Morón University. Then Greco started to work for some architecture companies in Buenos Aires. She wanted to be a real professional. In 2018 Greco started to study a master degree in the www.uio.no/english|University of Oslo, Norway. But her dreams became a reality when Snohetta, an architecture company in Norway, hired her to work in their new project. It consisted in designing a cultural center for Sandvika, a town outside Oslo. Lucía Greco is working with the same company right now; in December of this year she will be promoted. She lives in Oslo with her family in a wonderful house; an exclusive desing of her own, expressing her creativity in modern structures.
 * Professional profile . **

Professional profile podcast.

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E Zine decription.

“ Space Expression ” is a new online magazine which offers news and information related to the modern architecture in the world. Nowadays there are many companies in different contries which are in charge of designing for events, tourism, residences or art and culture. All of them have a simillar objetive: the aplication of technology to fit the space for the societies. In “ Space Expression ” you can find images of the most wonderful arhitecture works in all the continents; including Asia, Europe, Latinamerica, Africa and Oceania´s architecture. New trends of design and art analysis will be the main issues in this E-zine. I invite you to meet this new proposal on the web and to approach modern architecture.

E zine description podcast.

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Concepts An E-zine or Electronyc magazine is a communication tool wich shows notices, publishing, articles and images for specific publics like a normal magazine, but it is realiced with another publication methods. This methods are related to the electronic technology and they offert some advantages: it is easy to reach to the public, it’s more cheep than normal magazines, etc.
 * E-zine

Is a publishing notice wich is issued by announcement in magazines, newspaper, broadcast or the web. Advertisements are created to catch the attention of the people to be able to reach an objetive.
 * Advertisement

A display is an advertisment with visual representation of information.
 * Display:

An advertisment wich contains visual images, ilistrations, colour layouts and for special atention of the public.
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Effects of plagiarism in architecture

Normally, the plagiarism is a crime. But in the architecture case it would be a good way to learn some interesting structure factores from the buildings of the architecture masters. The design is learned with the practice, and the students of architecture know that in every building exist a culture element related to the architect. However, although the students would learn copying the most importan points of a estructure, make oun the architecture designs isn't correct and it should couse a legal problem.

" Virtual Design Studios" Summary. The article “From atelier to e-telier : virtual design studios” written by Jerry Laiserin, exposes the subject of virtual dimensions of studio experience. Laiserin talks about VDS (virtual design studios) and he explains that it is a new way to provide architect students tools to comunicate with other students and designers in the world.

Nowadays the virtual technology allows the people to be connected while they do an activity at the same time in different enviroments. That is the principle of The VDS: Architects and designers will be able to comunicate themselves doing a project by an electronic studio. From 1980s students of harvard and MIT of Boston can comunicate themselves with an “eclectronic Red Line”. In 1990’s a group of former students invented rules for electronically studios and then hapen an academy evolution with the Virtual design. In Mary Lou Maher, Simeon Simoff, and Anna Cicognani monograph apear a lot of advantage about the use of The VDS. They say: “ the location of designers is irrelevant … because the workspace of the studio is distributed across the net. Designers are able to enter the studio for interactive and noninteractive sessions connecting to the World Wide Web, multimedia mailers, and/or connecting to a video conferencing session.” By the VDS, architects can design, give their opinios about the design problem and resolve their questions with proffesional help from another universities and locations. Laiserin also explains important concepts related to the VDS like the single or multiple- task collaboration and the synchronous or asynchronous comunication. In all of each cases, VDS represent a good way to design by the virtual technology and it give to the future architects a mountain of knowledge about another cultures and societies. The VDS have conection in universities of Sydney, Tasmania, and Queensland in Australia; University of British Columbia (UBC); Hong Kong (UHK), Kumamoto, and Kyoto universities in Japan; MIT; the National University of Singapore; Washington University in St. Louis; and the Technical University (ETH) of Zurich, among others. This virtual design is a tool wich can resolve the distance problem in the architecture, but I think is important to keep designing in the real space because architects can reach ageement easily.

Metaverse Opinion.

In my opinion, Metaverse would be a grate tool for designers and architects. With the virtual reality they can show to the public an imagery of their designs by the use of the technology before a building construction. With the Metaverse, architects will engage in the structural problem with more careful without spending time in drawing the building perspective. It is an advantage in the work area, but I think topical architects lack drawing skills,because they never practice drawing plans. That is why I recommend to keep a balance between the use of Metaverse and the drawing.

Metaverse Opinion Podcast.

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Pronunciation Practice.

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Descriptive paragraph

In the selected image we can see a restricted colour gamma. We see colours like grays, browns, beiges, and greens. They give calm and a natural feeling to the environment in the photo. The image resembles a vacation environment like those in hotels or in lodgings. The image reflects the structural size. It is seen like a medium house in a terrain which length is extensive. That terrain contains a lot of desert vegetation in mass besides the structure. Near the house, there are other similar buildings, built for the same purpose of the central structure. The house in the image has a common shape maked with wood and glasses. That is the reason it looks like a country building. It has two levels in height and the first one is more wide than second. All of this characteristics are indicatives for the perspective and they give to the spectator an idea about how is the structural problem of the image.

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Comparision and contrast paragraph

In the design world tehnology has been a need. I refer to the ultimates computer softwares produced for the design market. There are many of this computer programs, but the most popular between architects are CAD and BIM. CAD means “ Computer Aided Design” and it deal with the design and build of 2D layouts and 3D objects with tools wich are especialized to do this works more easy than in reality. In the other hand BIM means “ Building information modeling” and it is the process to create and analyze not only the shape’s design for the structure,it also resolves the structural problems related to the ligth, geography, materials propieties and the spacial relationship. Both Softwares are capable to show a preview of the design in 3D. But BIM offers more advantages than CAD because it would give to the people an idea about the terrain and the enviroment where the building will be built. When architects use CAD, they have to prepare to do handly the design in 2D and then 3D will be an extension of the 2D. In contrast about this, BIM makes this process directly on the computer system, including important issues like ligth and space analisys. However CAD and also BIM show the geometry of the design and the interiors of the building. Then, both programs would save a lot of time and the money spent on the projects materials.

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Letter to the editor. The Design problem is not easy to solve.

Dear Editor:

The way you write “ From atelier to e-telier: virtual design studios”is shocking. The article represents an exaggerated description about the advantages offered from the VDS. I think it is a big technologycal advance for the communication of designers to make the desing-task eassier. But there is a problem that can be solved with the “live”comunication : the subjectivity of the design task. Artists have a subjectivity and a different vision of the world. In design, people often have to work in “work teams” and agree with the decision of the group. This is complicated to do by the VDS especially if the comunication is assyncronous. In conclusion, virtual design studios may be a great tool for designers and students of architecture; but it’s not a good way to solve all design problems.

Thanks for your atention

Lucía Greco Caracas, Venezuela.

RSTT. High Tech Architecture

High Tech architecture is an architectural style first conceived in the 1970s. It is based on the idea of utilizing advanced industrial technology and technological elements when designing buildings. High tech buildings usually feature complex steel artwork on their exterior, as well as an exposed support network and heavy use of glass.

High tech building originated in the Western World, derived from the necessity of replacing buildings destroyed during World War II. The post-war era was one of great technological advancement. Technology penetrated society and became common sight – and use- for a large part of the Western world. This level of interaction served as inspiration for many creative architects; if technology could be used for so many things – Space Race, surveillance military purposes, etc. – why couldn’t it be implemented in structural design? In 1978 the book that popularized the name of the style is published. It was called “High Tech: The industrial Style and Source book for the Home” and it contained a lot of images that illustrated a new vision in design. This vision included the use of technological materials from industries in home and residential design. This book showed the design based in the “Late modernism” (the transition between modernism and post-modernism) of the industrial era. That is why High Tech architecture transforms industrial production in an architectural issue and form of inspiration. The authors of the book explained some of the aims of the high tech movement: The first one is to externalize the technological and industrial elements of the building like air ducts, ventilation and wiring, with the use of glass on the facades. High Tech architecture also springs the progression of technology, to achieve an industrial appearance .The industrial elements in the building aren’t meant to by simply aesthetic; they serve a specific purpose in the structural design. Characteristics. The High tech designs are composed by an orderly disposition of the space and the use of pre-fabricated elements. They include the management of the building to show a futuristic structure and a technological concept – hence the name “High Tech”. High tech architecture highlights the free movement of creativity that architects promote, in contrast with the default style of the modernist style, such as Le Corbusier. The order of the building elements is orientated to demonstrate their function while they merge to be dynamic.

The most important representative architectures of this style were Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster. There are some examples of their artwork: Notice the building materials. Rogers and Piano used industrial inspiration to create this structure whose design elements provide in the public a “travel into the future” sensation. Norman Foster made his design a structural game with the pre-fabricated materials of the building. He showed a serious proposal using colors related to the technology and the industry like grays and silvers.
 * George Pompidou Cultural Center. Paris, France. (1977) Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers.
 * HSBC bank. Shanghai. (1985) Norman Foster.

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Glossary


 * Struggle:(verb) to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight.To use a lot of effort to defeat someone, prevent something, or achieve something. T o exert strenuous effort against opposition. To be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.
 * Spot: (verb) to see or notice someone or something, usually because you are looking hard. (Rain) If someone says it's spotting (with rain), they mean that a few drops of rain are falling.
 * Blatant:(adjetive) describes something bad that is very obvious or intentional. //blatantly(adverb).//
 * Still: (adverb) with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation.
 * Tackle: (verb) to try to deal with something or someone.
 * Turnitin: i s an internet -based plagiarism-detection service created by iParadigms, LLC. Institutions, typically universities and high schools, buy licenses to submit essays to the Turnitin website, which checks the documents for plagiarism.
 * Cheat:(verb) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.
 * Engage:(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
 * Lack: (verb) be without.
 * Convey: (verb) to express a thought, feeling or idea so that it is understood by other people . To take or carry someone or something to a particular place.
 * Length: (noun) size of the gap between two places.
 * Width: (noun) the extent of something from side to side.
 * Shape: (noun) the visual appearance of something or someone. The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.
 * Aid:(noun) The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. (verb) give help or assistance; be of service.
 * Allow: (verb) let have. Concede the truth or validity of something.
 * Spur (verb) incite or stimulate
 * Join: (verb) become part of; become a member of a group or organization.
 * Summit: (noun) a meeting of heads of governments.
 * Spring: (verb) produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.
 * Share (verb)give out as one's portion or share.
 * Cluster: (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster.
 * Challenge: (noun) a demanding or stimulating situation.
 * Aesthetic:(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful.
 * Default: (noun) loss due to not showing up.
 * Highlights (noun) the most interesting or memorable part.