Context is usually referred to the surrounding, environment, or setting of a place.[1] These could be items such as the topology, trees, river, sea and etc. It is these items that we often categorised into context such as rural, suburban and/or urban. 
Figure1. Context
Architecture and its design often effect by these contexts as seen in the falling water project, or architecture could be an eloquent item that affects the context it is in, so strong that it inherent in the geographic region and become the main characteristic of the site. This is why Architecture could be considered as the source that creates a meaningful place and space that “enrich the lives of the people who use them...”[2] It form a part of human and nature.
In our fabrication project, in understanding the site and then represent it in our ut3 environment research and analysis is required. For our group in particular it has been planned that some or all of the group member will visit the actual site and collect information about its context. Data such as photos and sounds will help in understanding the real feel of the site.
It is understandable that some of the unbuilt project that some of the other group selected are situated where it is not feasible to visit personal however it is still possible to collect information about the city, site, and the actual location of the project through other mean such as maps, aerial photograph, drawing of the surrounding buildings and planning reports. Whichever mean the groups use, it is recommended by a paper that information of other projects of similar type should also be look at to better represent the context.[3]
In some case the context of a project could be deliberately misrepresented. It might be due to lack of resources and information on the context. Otherwise it might be because the context is not something that supplement the beauty of the project but instead subtract its attraction. If context changes the architectural design concept will be affected, this is especially true when the design concept base itself on the surrounding, which could be seem in most design, therefore with the removal of the contexts, others might lack the understanding of the design.
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[1] Wikipedia, “Context”, Wikipedia, (3 March 2008), http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/context, (viewed 12 May 2008).
Figure1. ContextArchitecture and its design often effect by these contexts as seen in the falling water project, or architecture could be an eloquent item that affects the context it is in, so strong that it inherent in the geographic region and become the main characteristic of the site. This is why Architecture could be considered as the source that creates a meaningful place and space that “enrich the lives of the people who use them...”[2] It form a part of human and nature.
In our fabrication project, in understanding the site and then represent it in our ut3 environment research and analysis is required. For our group in particular it has been planned that some or all of the group member will visit the actual site and collect information about its context. Data such as photos and sounds will help in understanding the real feel of the site.
It is understandable that some of the unbuilt project that some of the other group selected are situated where it is not feasible to visit personal however it is still possible to collect information about the city, site, and the actual location of the project through other mean such as maps, aerial photograph, drawing of the surrounding buildings and planning reports. Whichever mean the groups use, it is recommended by a paper that information of other projects of similar type should also be look at to better represent the context.[3]
In some case the context of a project could be deliberately misrepresented. It might be due to lack of resources and information on the context. Otherwise it might be because the context is not something that supplement the beauty of the project but instead subtract its attraction. If context changes the architectural design concept will be affected, this is especially true when the design concept base itself on the surrounding, which could be seem in most design, therefore with the removal of the contexts, others might lack the understanding of the design.
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[1] Wikipedia, “Context”, Wikipedia, (3 March 2008), http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/context, (viewed 12 May 2008).
[Figure1] Nolan, M., "Environmental Sciences", University of Washington Libraries, (31 October 2007), http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/environment/, (viewed 13 May 2008).
[2] Atre, S., “Architecture and Context”, (Prof., California Polytechnic State University), http://www.calpoly.edu/~arch/program/fifthyr/atre.pdf, (viewed 12 May 2008).
[3] Ibid.
[2] Atre, S., “Architecture and Context”, (Prof., California Polytechnic State University), http://www.calpoly.edu/~arch/program/fifthyr/atre.pdf, (viewed 12 May 2008).
[3] Ibid.
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