Arch Test #1
Colquhoun
a visually logical system of structure,, structure is articulated and understandable
Ruskin (The Crystal Palace).. bricks shouldn't be painted
honesty in materials, wood should look like wood
Crystal Palace
-started architectural modernism -a striking, crystalline vision of modernity -transparent glass -spotlights industrialism, production, and materials
The arts and crafts movement sets the stage for different strands of architecture ex. art novou
-the opposite of modern but closer than it appears -focuses on fine handcrafted works -emphasis on prefabricated craftsmanship -uses traditional construction methods
Digby Wyatt and Owen Jones reconstruction of the crystal palace at Sydenham 1853-1854
-transcendental vision -3 parts that can be assembled and reassembled
Augustus W. N. Pugin
English gothic revival architect
Crystal Palace, Great Exhibition
Joseph Paxton London, England 1851
architecture parlante
architecture speaks
structural rationalism
essential construction
Viollet-le-Duc (12th discourse)
exploited & advocated the use of the most modern material ex. iron
Functionalism
fitness of design
Ruskin "Men of the Day" London 1872
positive environmentalism
Paxton's original sketch of the Crystal Palace 1850
submitted the rectangular structure up on tiers, prefabricated components, mass produced parts put together
William Morris: Philip Webb, Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent, England 1859-60
-English Vernacular style -do not have anything in your house that is not useful or believe that it is beautiful -honest expression of wood -(dining table) Arts and Crafts construction honesty -mass produced vs high end furniture
True Principles
-cast iron is deceptive -iron is not to be applied as ornamentation
Thomas N. Deane and Benjamin Woodward.. Oxford University Museum of Natural History 1854-60
-he was not really an architect but wrote about architecture -eclectic Vennisian gothic style
Truth and Morality in architecture, Material (iron & glass), Structural Rationalism
-immoral to use fake materials -should express its structure
John Ruskin
Art critic who founded arts and crafts movement
What rejected industrialization?
Arts and Crafts movement
Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
French restoration architect, professor, and arch theorist who repaired gothic works
How do Pugin, Ruskin, & Viollet-le-Duc encounter and engage with the past?
They look to the past to fin direction to the future
honest craftsmanship has been lost in the modern world due to
industrialization
Ruskin is against
iron, did not bend towards modern materials
