week 5

Architectural style which celebrates & elaborates the structural, technological, and service systems of a building in an industrial/mechanical manner

High-Tech Architecture

4 traits of High-Tech Architecture

1. based on machinery
2. elaboration and exposure of a STEEL
3. prefabricated components
4. Exposure of service systems

in high tech architecture they are based on machinery: Assembly plants/factories, power stations, and ____________

architecture-as-equipment

Usually a steel frame exoskeleton assembly of many components and Steel, not concrete. concrete is for buildings, but steel is for machines. Also concrete is a site-formed condition, whereas steel can be mass produced and assembled is an example of what trait

Elaboration and exposure of a STEEL structural system

Elements tend to be rounded – tubes, rods, etc. – not web-sections, Pods, tension rods, turnbuckles, space-frames, trusses, etc. and Replaceability more of a goal than an actuality is an example of what trait

Use of prefabricated / replaceable components and mass- produced parts

elevators, HVAC, electrical, laboratory needs, etc

Exposure of service systems normally hidden

Richard Rogers, Nicholas Grimshaw, Norman Foster, and Renzo Piano are the 4 main architects of what style

High tech architecture

A machine for art and culture

Centre Pompidou by Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano

Steel exoskeleton, All systems are exposed and accessible, and Building systems all color-coded are traits of what building

Centre Pompidou by Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano

Exposed exoskeleton of light steel trusses, struts, and rods

INMOS Factory by richard rogers

The servant equipment, mechanical services, lifts, toilets, kitchens, fire stairs, and lobbies, sit loosely in the tower framework, easily accessible for maintenance, and replaceable in the case of obsolescence.

LLoyds of London by Richard Rogers

The walls and roof are a continuous space-frame

Sainsbury Art Centre Norman Foster

All services housed within the 'outer wall zone

Sainsbury Art Centre Norman Foster

Modular unit system of steel masts and hanging roof

Renault Distribution Centre by Norman Foster

Steel modular exoskeleton

Hong Kong Bank by Norman Foster

roof of 'leaves' of thin ferro-cement

De Menil Collection by Renzo Piano

the enacting of digital design and green systems for: passive cooling, green roofing, shaping of form, economy of material, etc. without sacrificing the robust technological expression.

techno-environmentalism

what kind of structure did the Hearst Building by Norman Foster have

diagrid

sustainability and environmental issues, and use of enclosed lightwells inside the double -skinned energy -efficient façade are traits of what building

Swiss Reinsurance Building by Norman Foster

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The shard renzo paino techno environmentalism

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The Shard Renzo Paino Techno Environmentalism

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Swiss Reinsurance Building Norman Foster Techno environmentalism

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Swiss Reinsurance Building Norman Foster Techno environmentalism

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Swiss Reinsurance Building Norman Foster Techno environmentalism

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London City Hall Norman Foster Techno environmentalism

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London City Hall Norman Foster Techno environmentalism

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London City Hall Norman Foster Techno environmentalism

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Hearst building norman foster techno environmentalism

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Hearst building norman foster techno environmentalism

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Hearst building norman foster techno environmentalism

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California Academy of Sciences Renzo Paino techno environmentalism

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California Academy of Sciences Renzo Paino techno environmentalism

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Tjibaou Cultural Centre Renzo Paino high tech

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Tjibaou Cultural Centre Renzo Paino high tech

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Tjibaou Cultural Centre Renzo Paino high tech

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Tjibaou Cultural Centre Renzo Paino high tech

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De Menil Collection Renzo Piano high tech

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De Menil Collection Renzo Piano high tech

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De Menil Collection Renzo Piano high tech

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Continental Train Platform Nicholas Grimshaw high tech

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Continental Train Platform Nicholas Grimshaw high tech

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Continental Train Platform Nicholas Grimshaw high tech

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Hong Kong Bank Norman Foster high tech

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Hong Kong Bank Norman Foster high tech

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Hong Kong Bank Norman Foster high tech

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Hong Kong Bank Norman Foster high tech

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Renault Distribution Centre Norman Foster high tech

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Renault Distribution Centre Norman Foster high tech

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Renault Distribution Centre Norman Foster high tech

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Sainsbury Art Centre Norman Foster high tech

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Sainsbury Art Centre Norman Foster high tech

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Sainsbury Art Centre Norman Foster high tech

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Lloyds of London Richard Rogers high tech

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Lloyds of London Richard Rogers high tech

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Lloyds of London Richard Rogers high tech

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Lloyds of London Richard Rogers high tech

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Lloyds of London Richard Rogers high tech

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Lloyds of London Richard Rogers high tech

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INMOS Factory Richard Rogers high tech

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INMOS Factory Richard Rogers high tech

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Centre Pompidou Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano high tech

promotes harmony between man and nature through design so well integrated with its site that buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition

organic design

6 traits of organic design

1. integrated withe site
2. blurring inside and outside
3. material represents site
4. natural forms
5. total and integrated design with all parts of living
6. Environmentalism understood

(being with/in/of the land, not ON the land) is an example of what trait

Harmonious / integrated relationship to the natural site

Pools and plants inside, Full glass, often operable, which dissolves the boundary and Meandering designs which provide a long and variable boundary with exterior are examples of what trait

Blurring of the distinction between inside and outside

(natural stone, wood, wooden shingles, cor‐ten steel, rough concrete) are examples of what trait

Use of material indigenous to / representative of the site

Curves – biomorphic, plantlike flowering, flowing water or Angular – rocky, fractal, crystalline are examples of what trait

“Natural” forms, shapes, and structure

Landscape, furniture, lighting, etc. all uniquely designed for project (often built‐in) is an example of what trait

Total and integrated design of all aspects of living

Stronger connection to and support for Mother Earth (Gaia) and Emphasis on green building/sustainable design through recycling, natural systems, self‐reliance are examples of what trait

Environmentalism understood as spiritual and harmonious

Wright moves west, sets up a winter home and school in the __________

Arizona desert

Site stone embedded in concrete; Thick battered walls for thermal mass

Desert Masonry

Copper panel louvers, green patina

Price Tower FLW

proposed a list of rules towards the design of an organic architecture

Gaia Charter

Built into rocky outcropping

Elrod House John Lautner

Dissolution of wall under a dramatic roof Existing rocks remain as interior/exterior elements

Elrod House John Lautner

triangular waffle‐slab concrete roof

Sheats‐Goldstein Residence John Lautner

quonset ribs, cut 2/3

Ford House Bruce Goff

Stone wall with embedded glass cullets

Ford House Bruce Goff

wanted to break away from the typical box‐like house they were living in; instead, they wanted a home that was open and flexible and had room for the Bavingers’ tropical plants and fish — and for their two small boys

Bavinger House Bruce Goff

Roof hung from central spire

Bavinger House Bruce Goff

Spiraling structural wall of natural stone based upon Nautilus

Bavinger House Bruce Goff

Interior – hanging bedroom pods

Bavinger House Bruce Goff

unfinished cedar shingles and planks; aluminum siding

Cladding

Student and junior partner of Bruce Goff

Bart Prince

Front lump covered in undulating layers of cedar shingles

Joe Price House Bart Prince

Cast concrete “mushroom” structures mimic rocky outcroppings

High Desert House Kendrick Bangs Kellogg

An __________ generally refers to a passive solar house made of natural and recycled materials,  often located in the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico

Earthship

Thin concrete shell made from spraying concrete onto dense mesh form

ferro cement

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bubble palace antti lovag organic

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bubble palace antti lovag organic

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platt residence will bruder organic

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platt residence will bruder organic

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High Desert House Kendrick Bangs Kellogg organic

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Joe Price House Bart Prince organic

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Joe Price House Bart Prince organic

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Joe Price House Bart Prince organic

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Joe Price House Bart Prince organic

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Joe Price House Bart Prince organic

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Prairie Chicken House Herb Greene organic

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Prairie Chicken House Herb Greene organic