Brambles
- 2018
- Hand Pulled Block Print
- Image/sheet: 36 x 36"
- 2 prints in this edition
About the Print
Reflections and mirrored images are often used to create visual excitement, extend senses of depth and length, and create other enhancing effects in the design of buildings and their interiors. Here is a short video of architect Ted Agoos using his line-drawing skill to create form and experience the effect of mirrored imagery as he pulls his print in the Brandywine Workshop print studio.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
Ted Agoos
American
Born April 15, 1950 in Boston, MA
About the Artist
Ted Agoos is an award-winning architect with over 40 years of experience. Ted’s projects have included numerous educational, civic, residential, commercial, and recreational facilities, as well as urban planning initiatives. He was a founding partner of Agoos/Lovera Architects for over 30 years and has been a sole-practitioner with AGOOS Architecture+Design for the past eight years. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1972 with a major in Visual Studies and received a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. Ted has been a member of the City of Philadelphia’s Board of Building Standards for many years and has served on numerous non-profit Boards and task forces, has served on the Board of Brandywine Workshop and Archives for over 20 years, and chairs the Facilities Committee.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
Curriculum Connections
Suggested Topics for Algebra I and Geometry
Algebra I:
The resources provided can be used early on in an Algebra class to help students think in multiple dimen- sions. The artworks can be used to demonstrate illusions intended as a design element or to help students imagine space constructed or deconstructed from forms or shapes within a space. The ability to visualize concepts through art can make advanced math more accessible to students early on.
Geometry:
Some may want to use images in the Artura.org library to explore more complex uses of advanced math to create the illusions of space and solve spatial dynamic issues for three-dimensional works such as stand-alone sculpture and site-specific, public artworks. The laying of bricks or ceramic tiles is a skilled craft that can involve creativity and innovation in bricks or tiles are set and many available options in color, design, and texture are used. Sculptors such as Melvin Edwards, Richard Hunt, and John T. Scott have consistently used higher math concepts in the creation of large scale, space-defining public art.
Questions to Consider
- What are the different considerations between symmetry and asymmetry in relation to designing a structure or composing a work of art?
- What roles can rhythm, repetition, pattern, proportion, and scale play in an architect’s design and construction process? What roles can they plan in making a work of art?
- Other than the design of buildings, where else does one observe the use of the right angle in a creative way and for what purposes?