ARCH 350 Final

London Docklands

(docks) -RECONFIG URBAN -one of the largest real estate developments in Europe -LDDC Regeneration statement -Starting from scratch: develop of transport in docklands

Graz Art Museum, Peter Cook and Colin Fournier

-Built as part of European Capital for Cultural Celebrations in 2003, now an architectural landmark. -"Friendly Alien"

Pinacoteca do Estado, Paulo Mendes da Rocha

-CIVIC FORM -Sao Paulo -Adaptive Reuse

Chapel of Sao Pedro, Paulo Mendes da Rocha

-CIVIC FORM -chapel -water inside

George Pompidou Center, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers

-Color coded -"Futurist Revival" of the 60s -Program: Cultural center, Museum, Library, and Audio-visual Center

House in Santa Monica, Frank Gehry

-DECONSTRUCTIVISM

Vitra Design Museum and Factory, Frank Gehry

-DECONSTRUCTIVISM

Guggenheim in Bilbao, Frank Gehry

-DECONSTRUCTIVISM -3 Types of Cladding: Marble, Titanium, and plaster

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry

-DECONSTRUCTIVISM -Design strategy for Bilbao -Steep volumes are translation of MUSIC inside

Wexner Center, Peter Eisenman

-FRAGMENTATION -"Jaques Derrida": philosopher, deconstruction.

Parc de la Villette, Bernard Tshumi

-FRAGMENTATION -Non-programmatic Spaces -"Violet and therefore EROTIC collision of lines, points, and surfaces superimposed as layers over the 125 acres of park."

Seattle Library, Rem Koolhaas

-HIGH TECH -Redifine as "free information warehouse", not focused on books anymore.

Villa Dall'ava, Rem Koolhaas

-HIGH TECH .....yup.

Arab Institute, Jean Nouvelle

-HIGH TECH yup.

Carre de Art, Norman Foster

-HIGH TECH ARCH -Relates new and old architecture -"Clearly" resembles Roman temple nearby

High Line

-INDUST REUSE -Competition of 720 to win infrastructure project -New York

MASS MoCA

-INDUST REUSE -Feasability study lead by: Gehry, Simeon Breuner, Robert Venturi, David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merril.

The Cannery

-INDUST REUSE -Former Del Monte Factory

Ghirardelli Square

-INDUST REUSE -San Fran, Fisherman's Wharf

Nagakin Capsule Tower, Noriaki Kurokawa

-Japanese Metabolism -Japan Overcrowding

Yamanashi Press and Radio Center, Kenzo Tange

-Japanese Metabolism -Reaction to pressures of Japan overcrowding -Recalled Futurist's view on suggestion that city could be made of machinery/moveable parts.

Walking City, Ron Herron

-Mega Strucure -Mobile Architecture -Neofuturism -Sophisticated Techinique

Venturi House, Robert Venturi

-Modernism critique -EXPLOITED populist notions of history and irony -Complexity and Contradiction -Mass Media -POSTMODERNISM

Manhattan Dome, Buckminster Fuller

-Neo-futurist vision -Technological Optimism

New State Gallery, James Stirling

-PLURALISM, HISTORICISM -Fragmentation -"Traditional and High Tech" -Modern + ancient, but not fused = 'BRICOLAGE'

Piazza d'Italia, Charles Moore

-PLURALISM, HISTORICISM, POPULISM, POST-MOD -Kitch, Pastiche, Collage

Curitiba

-POST INDUST -85% uses public transportation -Flores Street -Lighthouses of Knowledge

Simmons Hall, Steven Holl

-POST INDUST -MIT campus

Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri

-POST INDUST -Minimal tech intervention -Compact = emphasize community -Arizona -No carbon footprint -Harvests sun, wind, and light

Caflifornia Acedemy of Sciences, Renzo Piano

-POST INDUST -Natural light and ventilation -water efficiency -recycled bldg materials

RWE Tower, Overdiek and Partners

-POST INDUST -RWE AG uses building -World's first economical building

Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Oscar Niemeyer

-POST INDUST Its yellow.

Paganini Auditorium, Renzo Piano

-RECONFIG URBAN -Historic Sugar Factory (old) -"Zuccherificio Eridania" was turned into this.

The Shard, Renzo Piano

-RECONFIG URBAN -London, England

Caixa Forum, Herzog and Mueron

-RECONFIG URBAN -Madrid, Spain

Fiat Lingotto Factory, Renzo Piano

-RECONFIG URBAN -Originally designed by Giacomo Matte Trucco -Turin, Italy -Close collaboration with Govt -Criticism: favor of wealth with expense of the working class

World Heritage Site, Renzo Piano

-RECONFIG URBAN -Zolverein Site -Essen, Germany -By OMA as well - (red glory thing)

Tate Modern, Herzog and Mueron

-RECONFIG URBAN -London, England

Menil Collection, Renzo Piano

-TECH AND CONTEXT -Ferro-cement "Leaves" -White paint and level matched surrounding neighborhood

Kimbell Art Museum, Louis Kahn

-TX MOD ARCH -"Spent light"

Children's Museum, Robert Venturi

-TX MOD ARCH -Creepy children on the sides

Hill Bridge, Calatrava

-TX MOD ARCH -Dallas

Rachofsky House, Richard Meier

-TX MOD ARCH -Dallas

Williams Tower and Plaza, Philip Johnson

-TX MOD ARCH -Houston

MFAH, Mies Van der Rohe

-TX MOD ARCH -MFAH Addition

Wyly Theater, Rem Koolhaas

-TX MOD ARCH -Vertical Theater in Dallas

Modern Art Museum, Tadao Ando

-TX MOD ARCH -uh huh.

Amon Carter Museum, Philip Johnson

-TX MOD/CONTEMP ARCH -By Amon Carter

Tjibaou Cultural Center, Renzo Piano

-territory of France -TECH and CONTEXT -Island is 3rd Largest supplier of NICKEL -Int'l Competition. Renzo thought Kanak huts were beautiful

Guild House, Robert Venturi

APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH LARGE SUNSET WINDOW AT TOP, WHITE ON FIRST FLOOR -"Less is a bore" -Decorated sheds -POSTMODERNISM -Learning from Las Vegas

Archigram

An avant-garde architectural group formed in 1960's, based at Architectural Association in London, England. Included: Peter Cook, Warren Chalk, Ron Herron, Dennis Crompton, Michael Webb, and David Greene.

Nasher Sculpture Center, Renzo Piano

BIG OPEN SPACE WITH LOTS OF OUTDOOR LANDSCAPING -TX MOD ARCH

Deconstructivism

Bernard Tschumi, Coop Himmelblau, Daniel Liebeskind, Rem Koolhaus, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid are all good examples of this TYPE of architecture that started in the 2000s.

City of Masdar, Foster and Partners

CITY OF ______ -Abu Dhabi -Goal: first ZERO carbon and zero waste city -high-density -largely powered by solar farm -local agriculture

Robert Venturi

He wrote "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" and "Learning from Las Vegas" -USA Context -Populism/Post-modernism

SeaBug Terminal, Rem Koolhaas

ROUND WHITE STRUCTURE WITH GLASS DOME ON TOP. -high tech

Hannover Principles

Set of statements about designing environment: 1. Environmental impact 2. Effect on sustainability of growth 3. Impact on society

Technology and Context

Some architects of this movement are: Buckminster Fuller, Norman Fostes, Kenzo Tange, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Frei Otto, and Santiago Calatrava.

Metabolist Modern City, Arata Isozaki

TREE-LIKE BLDG WITH 'PODS' ATTATCHED. -Lattice with 'clip on' pods, like Archigram -Cantilevering housing units with a central spine. -Enforce difference between fixed and moveable.

Post Industrial

The _____ __________ _Society_: -Sustainability, Design, and Design for Sustainability.

Industrial Archaeology

This is a new interdisciplinary field of study that had an influence on understanding of the industrial past. (OLD bldgs)**

Portland, Oregon

This town: -transportation (light rail, bikes) -92,000 acres of green space -Healthy mix of urban development -Recycling -Ecosystem Production -Water treatment and resource management -50% of energy comes from renewable resources

Modena Cemetery, Aldo Rossi

Ugly ass building. -Post Modernism, Populism, European Context -"FORM IS PART OF HISTORY" -Building Types: Neo-Rationalists

Deconstructivist

__________ Architecture: "The ability to disturb our thinking about form." And this is what united the group of ________ Architects like Hadid, Gehry, and Tshumi.