School of Architecture Spring 2011 Handout #1 ARC 308 Architecture and Society Instructor: Time: TTh 9:30 am-11:00 am Place: HRH 2.104 Prerequisites None. Required course for architecture majors. Educational Objectives 1. To establish a perspective of the role and influence of architecture in society and vis-a-vis other disciplines in the arts and science. 2. To develop an understanding of how architecture is shaped by and reflects cultural values and social organization. 3. To present a broad picture of issues and factors which influence architectural design. 4. To begin an acquaintance with the history and development of architecture. Educational Approach This is a reading/looking/listening course. It will follow a fairly conventional lecture format supplemented by related outside reading. Most presentations will be illustrated by slides with examples drawn from a broad spectrum of architectural history, with emphasis on the recent past. Evaluation There will be three quizzes as well as a final exam in the course. Each quiz will count as 15% of your final grade. The final will also count 15%. Participation in Discussion Sections will count 10%. The remaining 30% of your grade will be based on a series of three short papers which you will write through the semester. The quizzes test understanding of material covered in lectures and reading over a five- to seven-week period. The final exam will deal with comprehensive material covered in the course. Paper assignments will be dealt with primarily in Discussion Sections. Required Texts Readings will be assigned from the following three texts: Rasmussen, Steen Eiler. Experiencing Architecture. Heschong, Lisa. Thermal Delight in Architecture. Moore, Charles, et al. The Place of Houses.
ARC 308 Architecture and Society Spring 2010 Instructor: Handout #2 I. Introduction Course Outline Jan. 18 Jan. 20 Jan. 25 - Course Description - Architecture and Society Overview - Architectural Values/Philosophy/Principles/Prejudices/Theory II. Form in Architecture Jan. 27 - Architecture as Sensual/Visual Experience Feb. 1 - Form-maker Frank Gehry Feb. 3 - Architecture as an Intellectual/Artistic Experience Feb. 8 Feb. 10 - Order and Systems in Architecture - Numbers/Mathematics/Geometry as Inspiration of Form Feb. 15 - Nature/Biology/Organisms as Inspiration of Form [Reading in Experiencing Architecture to be completed by Feb. 11] Feb. 17 - Synthesis Form Feb. 22 - Quiz #1 III. Physical Considerations in Architecture Feb. 24 - Buildings and Land Mar. 1 - Geography/Topography/Ecology Mar. 3 - Structure and Materials Mar. 8 - Construction/Tectonics Mar. 10 - Architecture in Response to Climate Mar. 22 - Mar. 24 - TBA Mar. 29 - Quiz #2 IV. Human Use in Architecture Synthesis - Physical Considerations [Readings in Thermal Delight in Architecture to be completed by Mar. 23] Mar. 31 - The Designation and Organization of Use Apr. 5 - Citizen Architect Apr. 6 - Architectural Determinism Apr. 12 - Humanism at the Personal Scale Apr. 14 - Humanism at the Scale of Organizations/Communities/Bureaucracies Apr. 19 - Meaning in Public Buildings Apr. 21 - Synthesis - Human Use [Readings in The Place of Houses (pp. 1-203, 277-293) to be completed by April 20] Apr. 26 - Quiz #3 V. Combinations and Synthesis Apr. 28 May 3 - Technology as a Source of Beauty - Perfection and Compromise May 5 - A Few Good Buildings Final Exam to be scheduled by the University.
ARC 308 Architecture and Society Spring 2011 Instructor: Handout #3 Policy on Make-Up Exams Make-up exams will only be given to students with satisfactory justification for excused absences. Excused absences can be justified in one of three ways: 1. Absence due to illness Student Health Center can document even minor illness quickly and easily. A note from them is satisfactory for absence due to illness. 2. Absence due to family emergency which requires travel out of town A note from a parent or other responsible family member can document such required absence. 3. Absence due to student observance of a religious holiday. Arrangements must be made in advance with instructor or TA. ALL REQUESTS FOR MAKE-UP EXAMS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE MISSED EXAM ALONG WITH PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
ARC 308 Architecture and Society Spring 2011 Instructor: Handout #4 Poll 1. Name 2. Age 3. Classification Major 4. Hometown 5. Father's Occupation Mother's Occupation 6. Give the name and address of the high school teacher who helped you the most. (Their school address is fine. Give special weight to any teacher who might have helped you develop an interest in architecture.) 7. Do you know the names of architects whose work you admire? List as many as you can. 8. Please list a few of your favorites (if such exist) in each of the following categories: Books: Authors: Artists: Films: Musicians: 9. What major cities or regions of the U.S. or of foreign countries have you visited? 10. What do you expect to like the most about studying architecture? 11. What do you expect to dislike most about studying architecture?
ARC 308 Handout #5 "Architecture and Society" Bishop s Palace, Galveston, Texas, Nicolas John Clayton, 1886-1891 Foam House, Austin, Texas, Charles Harker, 1969 ff. The Parthenon, Athens, 447-430 B.C. St. Peter s, Rome, Bramante, Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, Maderno, Bernini, et al., 1505-1626 Library, San Antonio, Texas, Ricardo Legorreta, 1995
ARC 308 Handout #6 "Architectural Values/Philosophy/Principles/Prejudices/Theory" Farm, Gut Garkau, Germany, Hugo Haering, 1924-25 Barcelona Pavilion, Mies van der Rohe, 1929 Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, Mies van der Rohe, 1945 New State Chancellery, Berlin, Albert Speer, 1937
ARC 308 Handout #7 "Sensual/Visual Form" Cathedral, Chartres, France, 1194-1220 Chateau, Vaux-le-Vicomte, France, Le Vau/Le Notre/Le Brun, 1656-61 Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1631-53 Chapel, Ronchamps, France, Le Corbusier, 1950-53 Opera House, Sydney, Australia, Jorn Utzon, 1956-73
ARC 308 Handout #8 "Intellectual and Artistic Expression" Villa Rotunda, Vicenza, Italy, Palladio, 1550 Casa Rotunda, Stabio, Switzerland, 1980 Dormitory, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Penn., Louis I. Kahn, 1960 S. Carlo alla Quattro Fontane, Rome, Borromini, 1641 Denver Museum of Art, Daniel Libeskind, 2006 S. Andrea, Mantua, Italy, Alberti, 1470 Schroeder House, Utrect, Holland, Gerritt Rietveld, 1924 Centre Pompideau, Paris, Piano and Rogers, 1976
ARC 308 Handout #9 "Systems and Order" Austin City Plan, Edwin Waller, 1839 Savannah City Plan, James Oglethorpe, 1733 Central Beheer Offices, Apeldoorn, Holland, Herman Hertzberg, 1974 Sarabhai Residence, Ahmedabad, India, Le Corbusier, 1952 Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Louis I. Kahn, 1972 Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Tadeo Ando, 2002
ARC 308 Handout #10 "Mathematics/Geometry" Pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 2650-2500 B.C. Designs for Chaux, Claude Ledoux, 1804 Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Gunnar Asplund, 1920-1928 Guggenheim Museum, New York, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956-1959 U.S. Pavilion at Expo, Montreal, Canada, Buckminster Fuller, 1967 Houses, Peter Eisenman, 1967-1969 Capitol Buildings, Dacca, Bangladesh, Louis Kahn, 1962-1974 Zollverein School of Design, Essen, Germany, Kazuyo Sejima, 2006
ARC 308 Handout #11 "Nature/Biology/Organisms" Wat Arun and Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand Casa Mila, Barcelona, Spain, Antonio Gaudi, 1906-10 TWA Terminal, Kennedy Airport, New York, Eero Saarinen, 1956-62 "Dipoli" Student Union, Otaniemi, Finland, Reia Pietila, 1966 Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, Frank Gehry, 1997 Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, Frank Gehry, 2005 Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, German, Zaha Hadid, 2006
ARC 308 Handout #12 Synthesis-Form St. Ignatius Chapel, University of Seattle, Steven Holl, 1998 Jewish Museum, Berlin, Daniel Libeskind, 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art of the XXI Century, Kanazawa, Japan, Kazuyo Sejima, 2004
ARC 308 Handout #13 Buildings and Land Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico, 3-7 c. Acoma, New Mexico, 12-17 c. Mont St. Michel, France, 12-16 c. Falling Water, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1936 Condominiums, Sea Ranch, California, Moore/Lyndon/Turnbull//Whitaker, 1965 Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1938-59
ARC 308 Handout #14 "Geography/Topography/Ecology" Sea Ranch, California, Laurence Halprin, Planner, 1965 ff. The Woodlands, Texas, Ian McHarg, Planner, 1970 ff. Hill Towns in Tuscany, Italy Swim Club, Sea Ranch, MLTW, 1967
ARC 308 Handout #15 "Structure and Materials" The Pantheon, Rome, 120-124 A.D. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-37 A.D. Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly, France, Le Corbusier, 1952-56 Colosseum, Rome, 80 A.D. Pont du Gard, Nimes, France, 14 A.D. Ames Gate Lodge, North Easton, Mass., H. H. Richardson, 1880 Town Hall, North Easton, Mass., H. H. Richardson, 1884 Morse and Stiles Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., Eero Saarinen, 1958-62 Strimling House, Weston, Mass., Maurice Smith, 1968 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, Mies van der Rohe, 1948-51 Deere and Co. Headquarters, Moline, Ill., Eero Saarinen, 1957-63
ARC 308 Handout #16 "Construction/Tectonics" Cathedral, Amiens, France, 1220-1406 S. Maria della Fiore, Florence, Italy, Arnolfo di Cambio and Filippo Brunelleschi, 1296-1462 Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, 1957-73
ARC 308 Handout #17 "Architecture in Response to Climate" Cameron Offices, Belconnen, A.C.T., Australia, John Andrews, 1972 Tenneco Building, Houston, S.O.M., 1963 Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, India, Le Corbusier, 1958 Palace of Justice, Chandigarh, India, Le Corbusier, 1958 Assembly Building, Chandigarh, India, Le Corbusier, 1958
ARC 308 Handout #18 "Synthesis Physical Considerations" Dominus Winery, Napa Valley, California, Herzog and de Meuron, 1998 Simpson-Lee House, Mount Wilson, Australia, Glenn Murcutt, 1994
ARC 308 Handout #19 "Designation and Organization of Use" Stoughton House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, H. H. Richardson, 1882-83 Glessner House, Chicago, Illinois, H. H. Richardson, 1885-86 History Faculty, Cambridge, England, James Stirling, 1964-68 Exeter Library, Exeter, N.H., Louis Kahn, 1972 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Louis Kahn, 1962-78
ARC 308 Handout #20 "Architectural Determinism" Baker House Dormitory, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, Alvar Aalto, 1949 Undergraduate Dormitory, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jose Luis Sert, 1975 La Tourette Monastery, Lyon, France, Le Corbusier, 1956-60
ARC 308 Handout #21 "Humanism at a Personal Scale" Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio, Finland, Alvar Aalto, 1929-33 Library, Viipuri, Finland (now Russia), Alvar Aalto, 1930-35 Resurrection Chapel, Turku, Finland, Erik Bryggman, 1941
ARC 308 Handout #22 "Humanism at the Scale of Neighborhoods/Communities/Bureaucracies" Kresge College, University of Santa Cruz, California, Charles Moore, 1973 Tapiola New Town, Finland, 1955-65 Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Ralph Erskine, et al., 1968 ff. San Antonio Riverwalk Crown Fountain, Millennium Park, Chicago, 2005
ARC 308 Handout #23 "Meaning in Public Buildings" Hindu Temples, Khajuraho, India, 930-1050 A.D. The Pantheon, Rome, 120 A.D. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson, 1817-25 Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy, 1309-1424 Campidoglio, Rome, Michelangelo, 1560 Town Hall, Stockholm, Sweden, Ragnar Otsberg, 1923 City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, Kallman, McKinnell and Knowles, 1968 St. Mary s Church, San Francisco, Pier Luigi Nervi and Pietro Belluschi, 1972 LBJ Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, SOM, 1972
ARC 308 Handout #24 "Synthesis-Human Factors" Austin Bergstrom International Airport, 1999 Idea Store, London, David Adjae, 2005 Stata Center, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, Frank Gehry, 2003
ARC 308 Handout #25 "Technology as a Source of Beauty" Ernsting Warehouse, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany, Santiago Calatrava, 1984 Volantin Footbridge, Bilbao, Spain, Santiago Calatrava, 1991 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Santiago Calatrava, 2000 Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece, Santiago Calatrava, 2004
ARC 308 Handout #26 "Perfection and Compromise" John Hancock Building, Boston, Massachusetts, I. M. Pei, 1975 Ayub Hospital, Dacca Bangladesh, Louis Kahn, 1962 ff. Housing at La Defense, France, Emile Aillaird, 1977 History Faculty, Cambridge, England, James Stirling, 1964-68 Medical Faculty, University of Louvain, Brussels, Lucien Kroll, 1979 Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Eero Saarinen, 1955 Centre Pompideau, Paris, Piano and Rogers, 1977