But in the architecture of today we are trying to rediscover the original values, in direct response to the physical and spiritual needs of men, without being subject to prejudices which have restrained us for centuries, and of which the style of buildings (here) is the outcome. Antonin Raymond Letter to Phillipe B. St. Hilaire 1935 When you have all the answers about a building before you start building it, your answers are not true. The building gives you answers as it grows and becomes itself. Louis Kahn Light is the Theme 1975 so what we need to do is to stitch back creation and execution. And we need to start authoring processes again, instead of authoring objects. Joshua Prince-Ramus TEDxSMU: Building a theater that remakes itself. 2009
But in the architecture of today we are trying to rediscover the original values, in direct response to the physical and spiritual needs of men, without being subject to prejudices which have restrained us for centuries, and of which the style of buildings (here) is the outcome. Antonin Raymond Letter to Phillipe B. St. Hilaire 1935 When you have all the answers about a building before you start building it, your answers are not true. The building gives you answers as it grows and becomes itself. Louis Kahn Light is the Theme 1975 so what we need to do is to stitch back creation and execution. And we need to start authoring processes again, instead of authoring objects. Joshua Prince-Ramus TEDxSMU: Building a theater that remakes itself. 2009
RCH 305
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steel
steel U.S. Steel South Works Steel Mill 1881-1986
steel Chicago Area s Iron and Steel Industry http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1759.html
steel Hancock Center Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 1970
steel Crown Hall Mies van der Rohe 1956
steel objective is simple: exploit the material
steel objective is simple: exploit the material - learn the vocabulary - understand the material properties and characteristics - explore the material as both structural system AND enclosure system - study the fabrication and installation processes - consider the spatial and experiential characteristics of steel buildings - develop an intuition
steel objective is simple: exploit the material - learn the vocabulary - understand the material properties and characteristics - explore the material as both structural system AND enclosure system - study the fabrication and installation processes - consider the spatial and experiential characteristics of steel buildings - develop an intuition Filter your processes through the material. Examine your criteria through the lens of the material.
steel objective is simple: exploit the material - learn the vocabulary - understand the material properties and characteristics - explore the material as both structural system AND enclosure system - study the fabrication and installation processes - consider the spatial and experiential characteristics of steel buildings - develop an intuition PROJECT with steel
Stahl Residence, Case Study House #22 Pierre Koenig 1959 Eames House Charles and Ray Eames 1949
Farnsworth House Mies van der Rohe 1951
Maison de Verre Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet, Louis Dalbert 1932
Maison de Verre Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet, Louis Dalbert 1932
Maison de Verre Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet, Louis Dalbert 1932
Maison de Verre Pierre Chareau (designer), Bernard Bijvoet (architect), Louis Dalbert (metal craftsman) 1932
study
study respect
S12 A306 Field Trip Columbus, Indiana 2012
design
design Design is a creative activity whose aim is to establish the multi-faceted qualities of objects, processes, services and their systems in whole life cycles.
design What is good design?
Alessi Juicer Phillipe Starck
iphone 4s Apple
design process The design process is the series of steps taken to develop the multifaceted qualities of objects, processes, services, etc.
Farnsworth House Mies van der Rohe 1951
DEFINE CRITERIA DEVELOP POSITIONS ESTABLISH TACTICS Farnsworth House Mies van der Rohe 1951
test.refine.repeat.
Personnages et Deux Chiens Pablo Picasso 1901
The Mandolin Pablo Picasso 1910
The Geographer Johannes Vermeer 1669
House in Three Parts John Ronan Architects 2008
Engine Company 99
Engine Company 99
Engine Company 99 The Great Chicago Fire 1871
Engine Company 98 Engine Company 98 200 E. Chicago Avenue 1903 oldest fire station in the city
Engine Company 99
Fire Station, Weert, The Netherlands BDG Architecten Ingenieurs Zwolle 2011
Fire Station, Weert, The Netherlands BDG Architecten Ingenieurs Zwolle 2011
Fire Station, Weert, The Netherlands BDG Architecten Ingenieurs Zwolle 2011
Sulzberg-Thal Fire Station, Austria Dietrich Untertrifaller
Sulzberg-Thal Fire Station, Austria Dietrich Untertrifaller
Sulzberg-Thal Fire Station, Austria Dietrich Untertrifaller
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT Go up. Go down.
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT Design a steel stair and pole tower for firefighters. It may be a lookout for forest fires, a candidate-training tower, or the everyday access to/from the apparatus floor of a fire station. The critical investigations will be the act of ascending/descending and the details of connection (material, programmatic, and spatial) at each landing/level/platform. Investigate steel as the main building material both structurally and expressively. All structural components will consist of conventional or custom steel sections (tubes, angles, channels, W-sections, etc), sheet metal, steel cables etc. that will be applied to a conclusive structural system.
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT The remaining criteria are as follows: 1. The tower shall achieve a minimum height of 24 and a maximum height of 30. 2. The stairs (rise/run) and handrails must comply with a current code of your choosing. 3. The tower must include both stairs and a fireman s pole, and the stair tower may include any one other single element.
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT WHY: 1. Define the problem. 2. Define your criteria. 3. Develop your objectives. 4. Don t guess. Discover.
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT WHAT: 1. Develop hunches. 2. Define your palette. 3. Take positions. 4. Test your objectives. 5. Don t guess. Work.
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT HOW: 1. Translate your positions into space. 2. Test your strategies. 3. Exploit the material. 4. Repeat.
project 1. ASCENT / DESCENT?
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When you have all the answers about a building before you start building it, your answers are not true. The building gives you answers as it grows and becomes itself. Louis Kahn Light is the Theme 1975