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Architectural History- Test 4
Architectural History
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
04/25/2016

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Cross- Laminated Timber Panel

  • Advantages: Simplifies erection of upper stories, simple connection details, and load paths well defined
  • Considered Substainable because raw materials are renewable and it performs as a carbon sink
  • Intially developed in Europe

 

 

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3-D Printing

  • Material composed of: constrcution waste and quick-drying cement
  • Construction process typically involves shop made componets and assembling on site
  • results in reduction of waste (30-60%), construction time (50-70%), and labor costs (50-80%)

 

 

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Casa de Vidro

Date: 1951

Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Architect: Lina Bo Bardi 

architect also known for furniture and jewelry design 

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Hy-Fi

Date: 2014

Primary Building Material: biodegradable bricks from recycle paper

Takes 5 days to maufacture building material 

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La Concha Motel

Date: 1961

Location: Las Vegas

Architect: Paul R. Williams

Architect developed skill of drawing upside down so clients would not feel uncomfortable sitting next to African American Architect 

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Jubilee Church

Date: 2000

Location: California

Architect: Richard Meyer

First building to use  photovoltaic concrete

Building technology used originally developed in 1960s, used in sidewalk in chicago and pollution may be reduced by 50% if 15% if buildings used technology 

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Sao Paulo Mueseum of Art

Date: 1968

Location: Brazil

Architect: Lino Bo Bardi

Structural system similair to Mies' Crown Hall at IIT

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From Outer Circle to Inner Circle, 3 pillars of Sustainability:

1. Enviroment, 2. Society, and 3. Economy

Pillars are interdependent, cannot exist w/o others

Defintion of substainability- development that meets the needs of the present w/o compromising future's ability to meet their needs

examples of threats to substaiability:

Enviromental Degradation, overconsumption, natural disasters 

 


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41 Cooper Square

Date: 2008

Architect: Morphosis

makes use of radient heatting/cooling ceiling panels and floors and solar panels on roof 

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Circle of Substainability

4 major quadrants: Economics, Ecololgy, Politics, and culture

model developed due to dissatisfaction w/ others that treated economics as core domain

Substainable architecture seeks to minimize negative impact through effient use of materials, energy, and space

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