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Music and Architecture

This document discusses the similarities between music and architecture. Both arts use elements like rhythm, harmony, proportion, and dynamics to express emotion. Architectural projects have been inspired by music, transforming architectural forms like arches and columns into musical instruments or tones. The design process for both architecture and music involves a creator expressing their emotion through a work, and audiences receiving the work differently based on their perspective. Both arts require simplicity, true expression, and quality to create successful works that do not become repetitive or boring.

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Music and Architecture

This document discusses the similarities between music and architecture. Both arts use elements like rhythm, harmony, proportion, and dynamics to express emotion. Architectural projects have been inspired by music, transforming architectural forms like arches and columns into musical instruments or tones. The design process for both architecture and music involves a creator expressing their emotion through a work, and audiences receiving the work differently based on their perspective. Both arts require simplicity, true expression, and quality to create successful works that do not become repetitive or boring.

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University of

Guyana
Faculty of Engineering anf
Technology
Department of Architeture.

Monique Selena Singh


USI: 1032443
ARH- 3108
Architecture Design and Practice III
Music and Architecture

Deriving from a Greek word "Moseia", which us the name of the God Of
Poetry ,Literature and Music in ancient Greek, music us the art of expressing one's
emotion. Sounds and rhythm complements this. Just like Architecture, texture, harmony,
rhythm, proportion and dynamics all are tied into arts, whether it's through contructing
buildings or even songs.
Over the years, it has proven that architectural projects has been inspired by music,
for example, the Jewish Museum in Berlin Germany or even the Chimes House in
Exeter England. The architectural work is similar to the musical work as both contain the
same mixture of rhythm, unity, variety and harmony. If we watch the outlines of the
successful high formative architecture from the outside view, we will find high artistic
value and will be surprised with musical sentences. Usually, we were obtaining most
pure musical symphonies through the outlines of architecture as follows:
● Arches and colonnade will be transformed to music pieces.
● Columns to drums hits or organs of church.
● Transparency of glass curtain walls to the purest voice.
● The closed forms to Opera Soprano Tunes.
● The spaces between forms of music pauses.
● The floors and slabs will be changes to musical notes.
The art of music consists of:
A- composer, a person who produces a valuable work as specified by his sense, type of
dominating emotion and his natural talent.
B- listener, a person who listens to musical work and receives the composer message.
Each listener has a different aural sense, thus the sound tone, it's purity, it's instrument
type and the musical hall,etc..
C- musical work, the sonic existence that comes out through a single instrument or
more. It contains melodies and wave frequencies carrying the composer's sentimental
feelings. This work contains a mixture relating to rhythm, harmony, unity and variety.
This successful work depends on simplicity, true expression, sonic purity, quality of
instrument and creation of charming melodies and freedom from boring and repeating
rhythms.
The comparison between architecture and music will reveal that, the architectural
design process has the same components and elements, which are consisting of:
A- designer B- user C- architectural work
If we recognize the literal meaning of architecture, we will find that the same emotion
case - as in music- affect a person who uses his talents to translate this emotion
producing sketches or creating 3D models. The success of the architectural works
depends on many factors including Depth of study, Full analysis, cultural grade and
reaching top anesthetics of formation through designer's ability of creation and
innovation.

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