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H.H. Richardson Cambridge, Massachussets (Parlor room which all others branch off of) |
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H.H. Richardson Chicago, Illinois (Square, has "invisible" worker hall) |
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James Stirling Cambridge, England (Half glass pyramid, half brick for classes) |
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Louis Kahn Exeter, New Hampshire (Cube outside, circles inside) |
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Indian Institute of Management |
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Louis Kahn Ahmedabad, India (Small scale city w/ library in center and classes/housing flanking it) |
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Alvar Aalto MIT (Looks like a wave, created neighborhoods, everything done to encourage interaction) |
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Jose Luis Sert MIT (Private lifestyle, like little 60 person houses, kitchenettes at ground floor, courtyards in middle) |
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Le Courbousier Lyon, France (Cement, colorless except in chapel) |
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Alvar Aalto Finland (Patients are horizontal, optimize sunlight and open air) |
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Alvar Aalto Viipuri, Finland/Now Russia (Designs for completely even light source, lecture hall no amplification) |
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Erik Bryggmann Turku, Finland (All pews angled towards conforting forest outside) |
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Why we designate and organize uses (5) |
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1. Practical matter 2. Injecting social norms and religious taboos 3. Claiming a place 4. Convenience and Efficiency 5. Inclusion of machines |
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Designing something and using it for a specific use ie: using a coffin to bury dead people |
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Design something, and it can be used for your idea or some other ie: coffin to ship someone from one palce to another |
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Never thought that the thing we designed could be used that way, but it works ie: using a coffin as a flower pot |
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Humanism definition (4 parts) |
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A doctrine or attutude (1)centered on human interests and values; (2)showing they have a capacity for self-realization (3)through reason; (4)asserting the dignity and worth of man |
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How Architecture expresses Humanism (6) |
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1. Notion of using plain materials 2. Simple construction 3. Comfort 4. Practicality 5. Cleanliness 6. Absence of pretention or ornament |
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8 ways to assure humanism in a large scale place |
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1. Have convenience 2. Combination of activities 3. Richness in the range of people accomidated 4. signs of human presence 5. personal or human scale 6. degree of variety but also with homogenity 7. freedom from intrusion or distration 8. periodic natural relief |
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Charles Moore University of Santa Cruz |
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Ralph Erskine, et al. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (Took forever to build bc of humanistic building process; balconies w/ alternating sleeping areas) |
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No Architect Millennium Park, Chicago |
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Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia |
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Looks like a house out of a horror movie It is an 18th century house where two large wings accommodate its occupants’ daily activities and frame a Great Hall in the center for ceremonial functions. |
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The Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier is used as a prominent example by the authors of The Place of Houses both in the chapter on “The Order of Machines” and the chapter on “The Order of Dreams.” Which of the following is an observation they make of the Villa Savoye? |
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It has a compelling relationship to one of the most appealing machines of the 1920s—the ocean liner. |
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3 Ways to communicate through buildings |
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1. literal, direct communication- what we see is what we're supposed to think 2. literal, indirect communication- see an object that is a symbol for something (bevo is a symbol of UT) 3. abstract communication- where colors make us feel a certain way, shapes, light, etc. (Logos) |
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No Architect Khajuraho, India (Sex carvings) |
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Thomas Jefferson Charlottesville, Virginia (Looks just like the panthenon but brick) |
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No Architect Venice, Italy (2 layers of arcade, on the water and plaza) |
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Town Hall Characteristics (5) |
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1. Tower 2. Focal balcony 3. Arcade 4. Courtyard 5. Stairs |
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Michelangelo Rome, Italy (very decorated center courtyard, looks "italian") |
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Ragnar Otsberg Stockholm, Sweden (Built on a peninsula, also has an interior courtyard for cold times) |
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Kallman, McKinnell and Knowles Boston, Massachusetts (Very Modern twist on the Town hall elements, looks a little like the FAC) |
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Pier Luiti Nervi and Pietro Belluschi San Francisco (White twisty sails go up to make a cross shaped top, inside light comes through the cross) |
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SOM Austin; UT Campus (Perfect place for a firing squad haha) |
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No Architect noted (but really Larry's firm) Austin, TX |
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David Adjae London, England (Looks like a glass cube from the outside, durable materials, bright colors, lots of different uses, natural light) |
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Frank Ghery MIT COOlESt building eVER!! |
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