Arch Test #1

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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


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