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Page 1: Introduction to Architecture. “Reading” architecture requires us to allow buildings to “speak” to us. But how can inanimate objects speak to us? Especially

Introduction to Architecture

Page 2: Introduction to Architecture. “Reading” architecture requires us to allow buildings to “speak” to us. But how can inanimate objects speak to us? Especially

“Reading” architecture requires us to allow buildings to “speak” to us.

But how can inanimate objects speak to us?

Especially if those objects are not representational?

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Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber, 2000 BCE

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John Portman, Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles. 1976.

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Richard Neutra, Edgar J. Kaufmann House, Palm Springs, 1946.

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According to Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, 1st cent. BCE), in De Architectura a building must be considered in terms of three elements:

UtilitasFirmitas

Venustas

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Utilitas need function plan

Firmitas means structure section

Venustas art beauty elevation

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Utilitas need function plan

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Firmitas means structure section

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Venustasart beauty

elevation

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Utilitas as Message:

TWA Terminal, JFK

Transamerica Bldg. SF, CA

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Utilitas by Addition:Louis Kahn’s Richards Medical Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania

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Utilitas by Division:

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Urge towards symmetry:

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Firmitas/Stucture will always be a function of:

•Advances in engineering•Availability and strength of materials•Cost available for materials•Other historical and geographical factors

“Architecture is the adaptation of form to resist force.” John Ruskin (19th c.)

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All structures seek a balance between tension and compression.

Traditionally there were two ways to handle this:

through trabeated structures

or through arcuated structures.

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Trabeated Structures

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CANTILEVER

Milstein Hall, Cornell University (Rem Kolhaas)

Gale House, Oak Partk, IL (Frank Lloyd Wright)

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Villa Savoye, Poissy, France. LeCorbusier.

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ARCUATED STRUCTURES

Colosseum, Rome.

Hagia Sophia, Instanbul

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Venustasartbeauty elevation

Hertziana, Rome

Gugenheim Museum, Bilbao

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What makes architecture good?• Does it express its function in a meaningful,

interesting, and appealing way?• Does it seem to “fit” its surroundings (by

complementing or contrasting with it in an interesting and meaningful way)?

• Is its design and execution structurally sound?• Does it create a meaningful (interesting,

surprising, enjoyable, delightful, disturbing etc.) space?

• Will it endure? Has it endured?

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Analyzing a Building:

• Space: Solids and Voids

• Scale and Proportion

• Weight & Mass

• Basic Design Elements

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Analyzing a Building:

• Space: Solids and Voids– Symmetry– Asymmetry

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Symmetry

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Asymmetry

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Analyzing a Building:

• Weight & Mass:– Materials– Massing for Weight– Relationship to Ground (high or low?)– Texture– Color– Ornamentation– Light– Acoustics– Context

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Basic Elements

• Roof• Walls• Windows• Doorways• Orientation

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Roof Types

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Butterfly Roof

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Butterfly w/Solar Panels

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Barrel Vault Roof

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Wall Types

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Rusticated

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Half-timbered

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Clapboard

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Board and Batten Siding

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Wainscoting

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Stucco Wall

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Glass Wall

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Window Types

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Lancet

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Palladian

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Oeil-de-boeuf (ox-eye)

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Double-hung window

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Bay window

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Ribbon Window

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Casement window

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Dormer

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Doorways

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Arched

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Pedimented

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Venetian Door

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French Door

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Sliding Door

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Orientation

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Aesthetic

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Cultural

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Ecological

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The Getty CenterRichard Meier

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