MDDM23: The Immense Log Structure

[Dave Monroe]

   "In the partial light, the immense log Structure
seems to tower toward the clouds until no more can be
seen,-- tho' the clouds at the moment are low,--
whilst horizontally sprawling away, into an
Arrangement of courtyards and passageways, till
likewise lost to the eye, such complexity recalling
Holy Land Bazaars and Zouks, even in the wintry
setting,-- save that in this Quarter nothing is
ancient, the logs are still beaded with clear drops of
resin, with none of the walls inside attached directly
to them, the building having not yet had even a season
to settle." (M&D, Ch. 36, p. 362)

"the immense log Structure seems to tower toward the
clouds until no more can be seen [...] whilst
horizontally sprawling away"

Main Entry: log·a·rithm 
Pronunciation: 'lo-g&-"ri-[th]&m, 'lä-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin logarithmus, from log- + Greek
arithmos number -- more at ARITHMETIC
Date: circa 1616
: the exponent that indicates the power to which a
number is raised to produce a given number <the
logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2>

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

Invert these ...

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Logarithm.html

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NaturalLogarithm.html

And see as well ...

http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/Log.html

http://www.sosmath.com/tables/logtable/logtable.html


"an Arrangement of courtyards and passageways"

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/bruegel/babel1.jpg.html

http://www.themodernword.com/borges/jlb_babel.html


"Holy Land Bazaars and Zouks"

Main Entry: ba·zaar 
Pronunciation: b&-'zär
Function: noun
Etymology: Persian bAzAr
Date: 1612
1 : an oriental market consisting of rows of shops or
stalls selling miscellaneous goods
2 a : a place for the sale of goods b : DEPARTMENT
STORE
3 : a fair for the sale of articles especially for
charitable purposes 

Main Entry: souk 
Pronunciation: 'sük
Function: noun
Etymology: Arabic suq market
Date: 1826
: a marketplace in northern Africa or the Middle East;
also : a stall in such a marketplace

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary


"with none of the walls inside attached directly to
them"

"Les 5 Points d' une architecture nouvelle, which Le
Corbusier finally formulated in 1926 included (1) the
pilotis elevating the mass off the ground, (2) the
free plan, achieved through the separation of the
load-bearing columns from the walls subdividing the
space, (3) the free facade, the corollary of the free
plan in the vertical plane, (4) the long horizontal
sliding window and finally (5) the roof garden,
restoring, supposedly, the area of ground covered by
the house."

http://www.geocities.com/rr17bb/LeCorbusier5.html

And see as well, e.g., ...

http://www.lecorbusier.com/

http://www.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr/fondationlc_us.htm

Mark Wright (AIA), you still out there?  A little
help, please ...

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