Venn Again 11/94

Date:         Fri, 18 Nov 1994 00:31:09 CST
Sender:       DESIGN-L "Basic and applied design" (Art and Architecture)
From:         carr0023@gold.tc.umn.edu
Subject:      Venn Again

	  

>..tell..how..(the diagram) works.
                                               _________________________
   The diagram is essentially a model.         |                    ~U |
   A model with limits, which would be         |                       |
   the square.  This square, in mathe-         |                       |
   matical terms, is called ~U, which          |                       |
   represents the Universe.  In the            |                       |
   realm of mathematics, the ~U is a           |                       |
   limit to quantified analysis.               |_______________________|

 
   The above diagram of the limits of
   the mathematical question, or model
   of the Universe, is essentially the
   realm of science; in that modern
   science is based on mathematics, and
   that belief in science is a belief
   in mathematics, or that mathematicians
   are the theologians of science. <dg
   
   This Scientific Universe, or ~U, has   ________________________________   
   yet to be realized in the Humanities.  |               Architecture   |
   In the Humanities, this Universe is    |                              |
   only alluded to, but not revealed.     |                              |
   Instead, for example, architecture     |                              |
   refers to this universe being one      |                              |
   "set" among other sets, in the         |                              |
   operation of things.  Thus, instead    |                              |
   of ~U being the limits to question,    |                              |
   instead, architecture becomes the      |______________________________|
   Universe.

 
                                          ________________________________
   Science, then becomes a "set" in       |               Architecture   |
   the Universe called Architecture.      |                              |
   In ways this is true, as with the      |         ________             |
   materials science, but if science      |        /        \            |
   were a subject as is architecture      |       |  Science |           |
   then is it truthful to say that        |        \________/            |
   science _is_ a subset, or that         |                              |
   architecture _is_ a subset of science? |                              |
                                          |______________________________|

 

 

   So, this square becomes the limit
   to the question.  The square can
   define this limit.  Thus, if the
   square is named Architecture, like
   above, then whatever set (Science)
   exists in this space, it will exist
   within the limits of Architecture,
   or the Universe of Architecture.
   How does Science exist within the
   Universe of Architecture?

 
   It is also true to say that in         _______________________________
   the ~U of Science, Architecture is     |                    universe |
   itself a set.  And since the ~U of     |                             |
   Science is also the ~U of Mathematics  |        ____________         |
   it is also possible to analyze the     |       /            \        |
   "event" that occurs with the set of    |      / architecture \       |
   architecture, existing within the      |      \              /       |
   ~U of Science, which is the Universe.  |       \____________/        |
   If architecture exists and is limited  |                             |
   in breadth by the Universe, then how   |_____________________________|
   is Science a set within architecture?

 

 
>..how to make these diagrams..?

 
   start with a circle, a thing, this is a set

 
          draw a box which is the limit to the question


    start with two things.  draw two circles, each a thing.

 
          if these 2 have something in common, make them intersecting.

 
          - if A + B are the same, this is called a Set-Union

 
          - if A + B commonly intersect, this is Set-Intersection

 
          if these 2 don't, keep them separate, they are mutually exclusive.

 
          if one of these is a sub-set of a set, draw a circle inside the

          other.  ex.  "set" Television Station  "sub-set" Television

 
          put these in ~U  or a ~U

 
          [note:  analyzing a Venn "set" is called "set-operations"
                  and creating a set is called "set-building"

 
    I do not recommend the following...            ~u

 
                             communication-------|
                                  |       \__ energy
                           transportation /______|

 

 
                         (the triple intersection:
                          human body, space satellite)

 
>..understanding something..never seen before..

 
>..would like to learn how to use..

 
        A good techique for organizing and analyzing.
        The primary color diagram is a Venn diagram.
        Think in terms of "keywords" and "relationships/events"
        Books are mathematically based, but general enough.
        Ask a mathematician for help in setting up a Venn diagram.

 
if you have an event post it to the list,

          ___________________________________________________
          |                                            WAR  |
          |        ______________  /----------------\       |
          |       /              \/                  \      |
          |      / death camps   /\   architecture    |     |
          |      \               \/                  /      |
          |       \______________/\-----------------/       |
          |                                                 |
          |_________________________________________________|