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ARCH 213 UMICH
Midterm 1
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
03/08/2011

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Semper's 4 elements of Architecture

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1. Hearth

2. Foundation

3. Frame

4. Cladding

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Gothic Revival and Arts and Crafts Movement

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1800s. Response to the modern architecture, return to the past.

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Beaux-Arts

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Architecture school in Paris. Known for a sense of grand entrances and axial symmetry.  Also uses a classical language of Architecture.
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The factory Building
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Modern. a building, a form for other content, as a center for other forms. Functional.
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Louis Sullivan
Definition
Tall office building. solved the problem of the Tall Office Bldg. Individual and different (of the time). know for exterior ornamentation.
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The Raumplan
Definition
Uses space as a material for design
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4 compositions of LeCorbusier
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1. shows each part growing next to its neighbor

2. box. shows compression of parts into a rigid envelope

3. useful use of rooms (possibilities)

4.combination of 2 and 1,3

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5 points or Architecture
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1. columns

2. Free Plan

3. Free Facade

4. ribbon window

5. roof garden

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The Bauakademie
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1835 Karl Schinkel

Factory style building, new style of arch. exaggerates frame.

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Crystal Palace
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1850s Joseph Paxton

Used for exhibits of culture, prefabrication and engineering.

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Bibliotheque
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1838 Henri Labrouste

Architecture speaks about the function. functional building

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Paris Opera House
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1863 Charles Garner

Response to the metropolis, provide a place for community.

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AEG Turbine Hall
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1909 Peter Behrens

Factory, functional building. new construction materials, false columns.

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Definition

Home insurance bld (top) vs The rookery (bottom)

ornamentation, window shapes adds to the appearance

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Wainwright Bldg
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1890 Louis Sullivan

The solution to the problem of the Tall Office Building

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Willits House
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1902 Frank Lloyd Wright

Prairie style house, engineering. the total architecture, both inside and out. ornamentation

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Moller House
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1927 Adolf Loos

Plain. Little art, the use of space is the architecture

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Glass Pavilion
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1914 Bruno Taut

Part of the Expressionism movement.

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Einstien Tower
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1924 Mendelson

expressionism, constant motion

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Villa Savoye
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1931 LeCorbusier

movement through the bulding. CORB's 5 points of architecture present.

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Bauhaus
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1926 Walter Gropius

Architecture school that was relocated twice before its closing by the nazi party. pinwheel shape

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Horseshoe Settlement
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1930 Bruno Taut

Mass housing plan, unmistakeable by the horseshoe shape.

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