TOA 2
Jorn Utzon
"A building must have a soul that corresponds to the mood you are in; be in tune with what you are doing."
Michael Graves
"Any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function"
I.M. Pei
"Architecture can reach a level where it influences people to want to do something more with their lives. That is the challenge that I find most interesting."
Santiago Calatrava
"Architecture combines all the arts into one."
Luis Barragan
"Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being."
Norman Foster
"Architecture is an expression of values."
Daniel Libeskind
"Architecture is not based on concrete and steel and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder."
Philip Johnson
"Architecture is the art of how to waste space"
Francisco Manosa
"Architecture must be true to itself, its land, and its people."
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Architecture that belonged where you see it standing - and is a grace to the landscape instead of a disgrace."
Antoni Gaudi
"Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments."
Tadao Ando
"Church of the Light, Osaka"
Jean Nouvel
"Each new situation requires a new architecture."
Adolf Loos
"Form follows Function" "The building should be dumb outside and only reveal wealth inside..."
Oscar Niemeyer
"Form follows feminine/beauty."
Eero Saarinen
"Function influence but does not dictate them"
Moshe Safdie
"Habitat 67, Montreal"
Zaha Hadid
- her architectural style is deconstructivism movement - her work is also describe as an example of parametricism
Renzo Piano
Although he is best known for his "hi-tech" public spaces, according to architecture critic Paul Goldberger, "Unlike most other architectural stars, he has no signature style. Instead, his work is characterized by a genius for balance and context..."
Frank Gehry
Guggenheim Museum is the masterpiece of ______________. It is the culmination of his craft featuring swirling forms like a village.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Shigeru Ban
"I believe that the material doesn't need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has nothing to do with strength of the material."
Francisco Manosa
"I design Filipino"
Fumihiko Maki
"I do not want to put my thoughts only on the level of drawings and models. I am a fairly pragmatic sort of practitioner and I want to express these thoughts in real buildings."
Zaha Hadid
"I'm trying to discover - invent, I suppose - an architecture, and forms of urban planning , that do something of the same thing in a contemporary way. I started out trying to create buildings that would sparkle like isolated jewels; now I want them to connect, to from a new kind of landscape. To flow together with contemporary cities and the lives of their peoples."
Alejandro Aravena
"If there's any power in design, that's the power of synthesis. The more complex the problem, the more need for simplicity."
Tadao Ando
"In all my works, light is an important controlling factor."
Shigeru Ban
"Invisible Structure" - combination of Western and Eastern Building forms and methods - he is not interested in the newest materials and techniques, but rather the expression of the concept behind his building - the idea of a "universal floor" to allow continuity between all rooms in a house
Jean Nouvel
"It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out."
Mies van der Rohe
"Less is more", and "God is in the details"
Frei Otto
"My architecture is the architecture of survival."
Frei Otto
"My hope is that light, flexible architecture might bring about a new and open society."
Jorn Utzon
"On the edge of the possible."
Adolf Loos
"Ornament is a crime and all ornamentation must be rejected"
Oscar Niemeyer
"Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard, or inflexible lines created by man... What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love."
Frank Gehry
"Start with the simple block to see where that goes. Most of our buildings are made of faceless glass. Only for economies and not for humanities."
Leandro Locsin
"The architecture of my country is a synthesis of our society"
Moshe Safdie
"The design of the buildings should contribute to it's community"
Walter Gropius
"The final goal of all artistic activity is architecture"
RCR Arquitectes Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramon Vilalta
"The landscape, the trees, the sky - those are the things we like to relate to."
Eero Saarinen
"The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man's life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence"
Ken Yeang
"We have to build in harmony with the natural world. Our goal must be not simply to slow the present rate of environmental impairment, but to eliminate it entirely."
Richard Meier
"White is the most wonderful color because within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow. The whiteness of white is never just white; It is almost always transformed by light and that which is changing; the sky, the clouds, the sun and the moon."
Luis Barragan
"emotional architecture" "any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake"
Mies van der Rohe
"everything is open, nothing is concealed"
Rem Koolhaas
"the client is chaos" "the integration of notion of cheapness to create sublime conditions"
Walter Gropius
"to build is to create events"
Organicism
(acct. to Frank Lloyd Wright) a building should complement its environment so as to create a single, unified space that appears to "grow naturally" out of the ground
Frank Lloyd Wright
- Defined organic architecture. His works are always involved with nature. - his style is Prairie school [organic architecture]
I.M. Pei
- He believes that form follows intention (which incorporates function). - He also rejects the Internationalist vision of architecture as future vs. past, and instead sees his role as creating a bridge between the present and the past.
Fumihiko Maki
- He calls himself a modernist. His style is a mixture of modern architecture and Japanese traditional architecture. - the materials he uses in his structures are metal, glass, and concrete
Daniel Libeskind
- He is renowned for his ability to evoke cultural memory in buildings - He aims to create architecture that is resonant, unique and sustainable
Zoomorphic
- New Animal Architecture - is a late 20th and early 21st century literal and abstract representations of animal forms
Santiago Calatrava
- Organicism and Neo-futurism are his main styles - Finds inspiration in the human body and in nature.
Emilio Ambasz
- an early proponent of 'green' architecture - his trademark style is a combination of buildings and gardens; "green over grey"
Structuralism
- consist of cell-like honeycomb shapes - intersecting planes, cubed grids - densely clustered spaces with connecting courtyrds
Modern Architecture
- exploration of new materials (man-made/factory-made) - simplification of forms
Bauhaus
- flat roofs - smooth facades - cubic shapes - colors are white, gray, beige, or black - steel-frame with glass curtain walls
Deconstructivism
- fragmentation - no visual logic - unrelated, disharmonious abstract forms
International Style
- geometric, monolith skyscrapers - flat roof - glass curtain wall - no ornamentation - stone, steel, glass construction material
Constructivism
- glass and steel - machine-made building parts - technological details such as antennae, signs and projections screens - abstract geometric shapes - sense of movement
Tadao Ando
- he's a minimalist - his design follows the beton brut principle - "smooth-as-silk" concrete - natural light being the controlling factor in all his works
Richard Meier
- his focal point of style Is mainly the dominant use of the color white that gives that gives the structure a pristine look. - He also utilizes geometric patterns, Rich spatial exposures with emphasis on light on his designs
Jean Nouvel
- his personal architectural style is having no signature style - His work is always specific to the site, program, its people and the whole context. (he's Professor X/Lex Luthor look a like)
Oscar Niemeyer
- his style is having the lightness of the curved forms - uses reinforced concrete very often
Helmut Jahn
- his style was generally post modern - designing extravagant buildings that combined historical and contextual references with high-tech engineering solutions
Norman Foster
- his styles are Modernist and high-tech architecture - his architectural design communicates a city's past and present character - green architecture
Luis Barragan
- his works have been describe as "mystical" as well as serene - was a master of color, light, and space
Minimalism
- is reductive design - only the most essential elements are provided - emphasis is on the outline/frame of structure - interior walls are eliminated
Ken Yeang
- known for ecological architecture; - Bioclimatic architecture with distinctive green aesthetic
Minimalism
- open floor plan - lighting is used to dramatize lines and planes - negative spaces around the structure are part of the design
Functionalism
- ornaments are reduced to bare essentials - it must be inexpensive, durable and beautiful
Brutalism
- precast concrete slabs - rough, unfinished surfaces - exposed steel beams - massive, sculptural
Metabolism
- prefabrication, expansion and contraction based on need - attachable /detachable substructure -replaceable units (cells or pods) -sustainability
Modern Architecture
- rejection of traditional styles - reduction of elements
Formalism
- relationship of parts to whole - emphasizes form - monumental in scale
Desert Modernism
- rocks, trees, and landscape features - expansive glass walls and windows - dramatic rooflines - wide overhangs - steel and plastic combines with wood and stone - open floor plan
Formalism
- shape is the focus of attention - lines and rigid geometric shapes - colonnades and entablatures
High-Tech
- steel, aluminum and glass - brightly colored braces, girders, and beams - prefabricated parts -utilities system exposed on the exterior - universal interior spaces
Post Modernism
- symbolism to make a statement or simply to delight the viewer - colors
Organicism
- use of natural colors - reveal the nature of materials - open up spaces - provide a place for natural foliage
Norman Foster
30 St Mary Axe in London,
Philip Johnson and John Burgee
AT&T Building
Francisco Manosa
According to him, Philippine architecture is infusing today's design strategies, materials and technology yet retaining its distinctive design elements
Shigeru Ban
Expo 2000 Japanese Pavilion
Kenzo Tange
Famous for Hiroshima Peace Center and Memorial Park, where he combined Le Corbusier's five points with elements drawing from Japanese traditions
Philip Johnson
Famous work is the Glass House
Hani Rashid
Founder of an organization called Asymptote Architecture Critics have described Asymptote's architectural style as "futuristic."
Walter Gropius
Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.
Walter Gropius
German architect who broke form previous design with light, airy, bright buildings of glass and iron
Antoni Gaudi
He famous work is the Sagrada Familia
Renzo Piano
He is a master of one specific building type. He has designed dozens of museum buildings around the world becoming the most prolific museum designer of our time.
Frei Otto
He is the world's leading authority on lightweight tensile and membrane structures, and has pioneered advances in structural mathematics and civil engineering.
Le Corbusier
He practiced purism, and functionalism.
Eero Saarinen
He was famous for his varying style according to demand of the project; simple, sweeping, arching structural curves. He was also known for his innovative, sculptural forms
Oscar Niemeyer
He's the king of curves "mountains/waves/women = curves"
I.M. Pei
His Famous work is The Louvre Pyramid
Frank Gehry
His concepts are: 1. Village of Forms 2. Piscine Movement/Pattern
Arata Isozaki
His designs in his early years are concept of metabolism movement. Hence Isozaki developed a style which reflected both Japanese traditions and West post-modern and mannerist influences.
Frank Lloyd Wright
His famous work is the Falling Water
Moshe Safdie
His famous work is the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort
Jorn Utzon
His famous work is the Sydney Opera House
Le Corbusier
His famous work is the Villa Savoye
Philip Johnson
His known for using international style and post modernism as his personal architectural style
Michael Graves
His strategy has been "to internalize the events of the building", identifying particular components of the program that can be given formal emphasis
Alejandro Aravena
His style is based on sustainability and minimalism with the use of: - light - concrete - space saving design
Frank Gehry
His style is labeled as deconstructivist though he doesn't want to be put in only one label. He denies the idea that he is restricted in a single restricted philosophy.
Techniques of Feng Shui
I.M. Pei's concept
Daniel Libeskind
Jewish Museum, Berlin
Santiago Calatrava
Kinetic structures - some of his structures are "alive" because of movement
Alejandro Aravena
King of the block: master of minimalist forms
1. Pilotis 2. Free Floorplan 3. Free Facade 4. Horizontal Ribbon Window 5. Roof Garden
Le Corbusier's Five-Points of Architecture
Michael Graves
Portland Building "Rejection to the modernist style"
1. Respect for Function 2. Structural Integrity 3. Awareness of Our Time 4. Integration with our Environment 5. Expression of Meaning 6. Unity of Design
Six Pillars of Architecture by Eero Saarinen
RCR Arquitectes Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramon Vilalta
They are considered to be modern industrial organicists
Kenzo Tange
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Parametricism
a style within contemporary avant-grade architecture, promoted as a successor to post-modern architecture and modern architecture
Structuralism
also known as spatial systems architecture, treats the structure of buildings as a system of living cells
Metabolism
considered cities as living things that can change over time
Modernism
emerging in the early 20th century, it responded to changes in technology and society
Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano
famous for Pompidou Centre/Le Pompidou
Herzog and de Meuron
famous for the world's largest steel structure, the Beijing National Stadium
International Style
favored architecture for office buildings and homes for the rich
Biomorphism
finds inspiration from mother nature
Le Corbusier
he described architecture as "the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light".
Jorn Utzon
he relates his design to the environment, as well as the culture of the people who would reside or venture through the space
Moshe Safdie
his architectural styles are: - dramatic curves - arrays of geometric patterns - use of windows key placement of open and green spaces he's a self-described modernist
Kenzo Tange
his design is closely associated with the metabolism movement but because of his functionalist ideas, he never belonged to the group
Leandro Locsin
his designs are marked by his distinct use of: - concrete - themes of floating volume - use of native materials - massive supports - the roof emphasized as the dominant form - wide overhanging eaves
Jean Nouvel
his famous work is the Torre Agbar, the structure is intended to recall the shape of a geyser rising into the air.
Santiago Calatrava
his famous work is the Turning Torso
Mies van der Rohe
his styles are: - traditionalism to modernism, - free of ornamentation and excess - emphasizes open space - reductionist approach - can create calmness and openness in the midst of chaotic surroundings
Richard Rogers
his trademark technique that went on to be known as "bowellism", inside-out style
Bauhaus
is a German expression meaning house for building; architecture in its most pure form devoid of ornamentation
Desert Modernism
is a regional approach to International Style
Blobitecture
is a type of wavy, curvy design without traditional edges or traditional symmetric form
Constructivism
is combined engineering and technology that flourished in Russia in the 1920's-1930's. it grew out of Russian futurism.
Post Modernism
is combining new ideas with traditional forms
Deconstructivism
is manipulation to disturb and dislocate the structure of a building to attain aesthetic-controlled chaos
High-Tech
is often machine-like, preference for technology and tectonics
International Style
is the Bauhaus in the USA and a symbol of capitalism
Brutalism
is the architecture of raw concrete or Beton Brut
Expressionism
is the external manifestation of the internal function
Functionalism
is the principle that a building is designed based on its purpose (form follows function)
Expressionism
is the representation of forms and shapes from the emotional feelings of the designer
Thom Mayne
known for his bold and unconventional works which were noted for their set of angular forms, layered exterior walls, incorporation of giant letter and number graphics, and emphasis on natural light.
Sustainable Architecture
seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space
Greene & Greene Architects
their architectural styles are: - structure of the house was externalized rather than hidden behind decorations - extravagance of supports takes its origins from elaborate joinery and framing of traditional Japanese architecture - they made use of diff types of wood and utilized natural light
Herzog and de Meuron
their style was modern minimalist and their commitment of articulation through materiality is a common concept through all their projects
Leandro Locsin
they describe him as the "Poet of Space" for the way he articulated space using straightforward geometry