It was a paper read ages ago and the intension of it is to research and study about the vitality of color to one city. The trip we had today is really a research database about color meaning in the field of landscape in NYC, or particularly to the places we had been to together. And for now I just tentatively conclude into four colors about landscape in NYC. They are black, white, green and grey, symbolizing various things to each in various occasions and result in all kinds of perceives on projects of landscape architecture.
Black, of the four colors, illustrates the understanding of shading, shadow and other negative to the bright. It means with the shelter of canopy or the big chunk of concrete buildings, place we land on and plants we touch become negative and are dyed black. Through the lens of camera (first image in the grid of black color), I believe it has filtered the distraction of ambient environment, but to present the essence of the scenery. The moment we step into the Chelsea Market, we are under the shading of the roof and High Line Park above. With all the lights on, the structure and shops off the corridor would barely be visible. And when we arrive in Paley Park (the fifth in the grid of black color), the negative meaning in this park derives from the concept of itself as a patio surround by buildings in three directions.
Then it comes to the color White. In the contrary to the color black, it is light, overexposure, reflection and other objects of the sense of brightness. The moment we step beneath the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River Waterfront Esplanade, we can feel the light directly comes to our eyes, even with enormously large structure in front of us. Also, when we climb to High Line Park, before heading towards Neil Denari’s project, strong sunlight at midday momentarily dazzle my eyes leaving the color in front of me.
Grey of the four conveys the understanding of materiality, as in gravel, concrete and panels with chrome plated. Technically different materials had their principal color, but they shared the grey as the result of the mixture of black and white. We can see through the crack between stones in Franklin D, Roosevelt Four Freedom Park, besides the a glimpse of Manhattan, grey from the material prevails the perceives about the projects.
As commonly understand, green presents the plants, grass, foliage, trees and all on vegetation. It starts the initial representation mode on landscape, which is strictly categorized as soft landscape, as the grey hard landscape. Take Bryant Park with New York Public Library for instance, even though it seems all the New Yorkers comes to sun-bathe, the green provides the shadow and cozy wind to keep people resume the green. Also, as pro. Martin Hogue mention, from the reading of the section of this park, three steps upwards appears twice strength the boundary of green park.
Above these are the tentative color theory I had about NYC for now, and I think tomorrow it mostly would be involved into six colors or even more.
Black, of the four colors, illustrates the understanding of shading, shadow and other negative to the bright. It means with the shelter of canopy or the big chunk of concrete buildings, place we land on and plants we touch become negative and are dyed black. Through the lens of camera (first image in the grid of black color), I believe it has filtered the distraction of ambient environment, but to present the essence of the scenery. The moment we step into the Chelsea Market, we are under the shading of the roof and High Line Park above. With all the lights on, the structure and shops off the corridor would barely be visible. And when we arrive in Paley Park (the fifth in the grid of black color), the negative meaning in this park derives from the concept of itself as a patio surround by buildings in three directions.
Then it comes to the color White. In the contrary to the color black, it is light, overexposure, reflection and other objects of the sense of brightness. The moment we step beneath the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River Waterfront Esplanade, we can feel the light directly comes to our eyes, even with enormously large structure in front of us. Also, when we climb to High Line Park, before heading towards Neil Denari’s project, strong sunlight at midday momentarily dazzle my eyes leaving the color in front of me.
Grey of the four conveys the understanding of materiality, as in gravel, concrete and panels with chrome plated. Technically different materials had their principal color, but they shared the grey as the result of the mixture of black and white. We can see through the crack between stones in Franklin D, Roosevelt Four Freedom Park, besides the a glimpse of Manhattan, grey from the material prevails the perceives about the projects.
As commonly understand, green presents the plants, grass, foliage, trees and all on vegetation. It starts the initial representation mode on landscape, which is strictly categorized as soft landscape, as the grey hard landscape. Take Bryant Park with New York Public Library for instance, even though it seems all the New Yorkers comes to sun-bathe, the green provides the shadow and cozy wind to keep people resume the green. Also, as pro. Martin Hogue mention, from the reading of the section of this park, three steps upwards appears twice strength the boundary of green park.
Above these are the tentative color theory I had about NYC for now, and I think tomorrow it mostly would be involved into six colors or even more.
