Atelier giuliani.höngerLORENZO GIULIANICHRISTIAN HÖNGER

Lectures & Criticsby Structural EngineersFÜRST LAFFRANCHI

AssistentsMICHAEL MEIERRAPHAËL DUNANT

URBAN CONSTELLATIONCONCRETE ARCHITECTURE 2013 - 2015 / SS 2015

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Contents

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Project

Space-utilisation schedule Site

Project perimeter

Teaching methods

Review requirements Study Trip

Study Excursion

Timetable

References : Summary

References : Urban constellation

References : Facade

References : Architecture for dance

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Cover: House of Michaelerplatz, Vienna 1910-11Adolf Loos

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Henry P. Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center, Yale University, New Haven Connecticut, 1966Marcel Breuer

Concrete ArchitectureOur two-year guest professorship at the EPFL is an integral part of the broader subject of Orientation: Constructionet béton. As part of this we will be presenting the design course Théorie et critique du project MA1 in the studio which is to be complemented by the exercise module by Thierry Voellinger/Véronique Amstutz Béton: Matière de construction and by the theoretical module by Roberto Gargiani Histoire du béton: fabriquer du béton01, as well as Antoine Picon’s course: “de la structure à l’ornement: une histoire culturelle de la construction”.The term Concrete Architecture can be interpreted in more ways than one, since it explicitly addresses the conceptual approach of the course: seeking innovative, distinct spatial concepts in concrete, which, with respect to the load-bearing structure, construction and materials, are also feasible and realizable “in concrete”. At the same time, we consider the design process itself to be an analogy of the concrete production process:Design ideas are implemented through the process of forming, casting, condensing and hardening.

The building material of concreteConcrete is a hybrid building material that has different aggregate conditions and does not have its own original expressive form since it is cast in a mold. Its constituents such as cement, water, reinforcing steel and aggregates such as gravel and sand merge together and are no longer visible after the production process. In a similar way, the distribution of forces is hardly noticeable in this

hybrid, yet homogeneous material, in which statically effective and filling areas are not revealed within the overall form. Reinforced concrete primarily gains its form through the structure and properties of the building shell which it assumes in a negative form and turns into an expression02.

Concrete is an ancient building material. Its precursor, quick lime, was even used to build the pyramids. The Romans called concrete opus caementitum03 and used it to build the Pantheon and aqueducts in Rome. In more recent times, John Semeaton 1755 carried out experiments with concrete on the right ratios for concrete aggregates. Joseph Monier registered the patent for reinforced concrete in 1867. Since then, reinforced concrete has experienced enormous success as a building material.

Concrete has diverse properties. It is notably robust and durable. Special treatment and processing can emulate different materials – from light textiles to heavy natural stone. By subsequently finishing the surface, it can become coarse and matt or fine and shiny, with highly contrasting effects and perceptions in daylight. Since the concrete and steel work together within the material, reinforced concrete has enormous load-bearing potential, which is combined with a wide range of undirected and three-dimensional load-bearing structures, as well as sculptural and geometric forms of expression.

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types of concrete: in-situ cast concrete and prefabricated concrete delivered to the building site. We have studied both applications and gained experience in our practical work for our own company. Both applications will be dealt with and areas of research carried out during the subsequent term work.

TopicsIn addition to our study of reinforced concrete, one main focus in all four semesters lies in designing powerful interior spaces and building presences that are compatible with urban locations. In-situ cast concrete is above all sensible in shaping interior spaces, while prefabricated concrete elements are especially suitable for façade design and the creation of exterior spaces.

Urban Constellation“[…] les ensembles sont plus importants que les chefs-d’oeuvre isolés” 07 (Fernand Pouillon) and “And now the Ensemble!!!” 08 (Miroslav Šik) are the two mottos of the spring terms. The focus lies on distinguishing façades with heavy prefabrication and powerful spaces using in-situ concrete. The aim is to seek congruence between structure and expression by working closely together with the construction engineer.During the two spring terms, we will develop designs aimed at creating solid urban spatial constructions with façades in prefabricated concrete, presenting the city in a way that is compatible with its image and allowing for the project to be extended.

ConstructionSince the oil crisis in the 1970s and the introduction of contemporary energy standards, today’s façade constructions in our latitudes have often been multilayered. Apart from a few exceptions, the

structurally homogeneous wall is a thing of the past and continuous layers must be developed with a so-called layered sketch. Such multiple layering of the exterior wall gives Carl Bötticher’s theory of a “core and artistic form” (“Kern- und Kunstform”) 09 a new, unexpected contemporary relevance. In such cases, the actual load-bearing structure often forms the inwardly aligned core form, which can itself develop an artistic form that is homogeneous with the primary system.

Load-bearing Throughout architectural history, an innovative approach to gravity has been a basic precondition for important architecture. The load-bearing structure has a great design potential in developing powerful spaces. Different load-bearing systems and spans can be used to illuminate and explore the ideal relationship 10 between the load-bearing structure and the spatial span, as well as deriving their spatial effects in a very direct way. Therefore today’s standard thinking patterns of support and slab systems should be extended in favour of three-dimensional load-bearing structures that include ceilings. As a hardly questionable core form, it can however also create a space that is independent of current trends, which can sustainably maintain its effect in a robust, timeless way. The desired congruence of spatial design and load-bearing system can however only be achieved through close and early collaboration between the architect and the structural engineer 11.

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Pilgrimage Church, Neviges, Germany, 1963-73 Gottfried Böhm

TriadAs a result of our practical experience and teaching to date, we perceive spatial design, space, the load-bearing structure and the material of concrete as a symphonic unity and as a harmonic triad of space-structure-material. Daylight should also be integrated into this triad as a universal quality for spatial development. Innovative construction engineers – for this course the engineering office Fürst Laffranchi - will accompany us as partners from the field of load-bearing structures. The material of concrete plays a decisive role both for spatial design and the load-bearing structure, since it can be used for floors, walls and ceilings, as well as being able to create a three-dimensional spatial development and load-bearing structure in the sense of a so-called espace texturé 12.

Teaching programmeThe teaching programme spans the themes of spatial design, developing a load-bearing structure and conscious handling of the material of concrete and its wide range of surface finishing. The term concrete architecture is ambiguous since it denotes the material of concrete, but also refers to the concrete aspect ofimplementing a concept in innovative spatial design, a viable, innovative structure, a tangible materialismand ultimately adequate presentation.

At the end of the semester course the student must be able to:

_Develop a good urban constellation with differentiated façades This requires designing an urban constellation that enhances the existing situation and provides a face for an institution at that specific location. The key design instruments used are vertical structure sections and materialised views from the interior and exterior.

_ Recognise the potential of concrete as a building material.Students should be able to understand and apply production conditions, manufacturing methods and surface treatments. The interaction between formwork and casting, as well as their conditionality, should be recognised.

_ Know various load-bearing systems with varying spans and make them useful for the design.The basic distribution of forces in load-bearing elements and the special forces involved with concrete as a tensile and compressive system should be understood, to be able to apply that to spatial design.

_ Know good urban constellations in architectural history and interpret them as references.In that respect it is important to recognise contextual potential in a way that is transhistoric and free of stylistic classification.

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Notes(01) Gargiani Roberto, Rosellini Anna, Beton Brut and Ineffable Space (1940 1965): Surface Materials and Psychophysiology of Vision (Essays in Architecture), Edition Detail 2014

(02) Deplazes, Andrea, (Ed.): Concrete. In: Constructing Architecture – A Handbook, Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser – Publisher for Architecture, 2008, P. 57-77

(03) Kind-Barkauskas F., Kauhsen B., Polónyi S.,Brandt J.: Beton Atlas: Entwerfen mit Stahlbeton im Hochbau, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag 2001. In particular: Entwicklung der Betontechnologie, p.9-17

(04) Kahn Louis I., Architecture Comes from the Making of a Room, Drawing for City/2 exhibition, 1971

(05) Schmarsow August, The essence of architectural creation 1893, unter: http://bibliodarq.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/schmarsow-a-the- essence-of-architectural-creation.pdf

(06) Giuliani Lorenzo and Hönger Christian: Schnittwerk, Zurich: gta Verlag, 2010, p. 14-23

(07) Pouillon Fernand, Architecte méditerranéen, Marseille 2001, S. 19

(08) Šik Miroslav, And now the Ensemble!!!, Lars Mueller Publishers GmbH Zurich 2012

(09) Bötticher Karl: Die Tektonik der Hellenen, Potsdam 1844, in: Stilhülse und Kern, Werner Oechslin (Ed.), Zurich: gta Verlag, Berlin: Ernst&Sohn Berlin, 1994, p.180-187

(10) Kind-Barkauskas F., Kauhsen B., Polónyi S.,Brandt J.: Beton Atlas: Entwerfen mit Stahlbeton im Hochbau, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag 2001. In particular: Stahlbeton in der Architektur der Moderne, p. 18-43

(11) Fürst, Armand and Laffranchi Massimo: Ways to innovative solutions, in: Dialog der Konstrukteure, Architekturforum Zürich and A. Flury (Eds.), Niggli, 2010, p. 113-118

(12) Jacques Lucan, Hypothèse pour une spatialité texturée, in: matières numéro 9 - l‘espace architectural 2008, Herausgeber: Faculté Environnement naturel, architectural et construit ENAC, Institute d’architecture et de la ville IA und Laboratoire de théorie et d’histoire LTH, p.06-17

Synthes headquarters, Solothurn, Switzerland 2007-14Peter Märkli

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ProjectSpring Term 2015

Urban DevelopmentThe property is situated on Römerhofplatz in Zurich, at the centre of an area that is dominated by buildings from the late 19th century. Today, the square is characterised by three distinctly articulated, confident buildings from that period, which stand opposite a low building from the 1950s. The northern front of the square, which is recessed from Asylstrasse, is completely covered by the classical, symmetric front of the building at Römerhofplatz 5. It contains the base station of the Dolder cable car, thereby providing an attractive public access to the upper Zürichberg. On the eastern side, two splendid, mural residential buildings with five full storeys and a powerful roof define the second side of the square. The western side is currently occupied by a 1950s building that is too low and will be replaced. A new building should form an appropriate, dignified facing development and enhance the public space. The property is ideally connected to the transport infrastructure,with its tram and bus stops, as well as the cable car base station. The new building to be designed can stretch over the entire area of the plot and even overhang the neighbouring building that is connectedby a firewall and continues down the slope, thereby providing an attractive view of the city towards the lake. The existing topographical situation can act as inspiration for distinctive solutions.

ProgrammeThe building should be designed as a dance centre and accommodate a school for all types of dance. The main rooms

are a large dancehall with a spectator rostrum and a foyer for public dance events or dance events in large groups, as well as two smaller dance rooms for regular dance courses with smaller foyers. Infrastructural rooms such as cloakrooms, toilets, showers and other auxiliary rooms should also be planned. All three halls must be accessed separately. On the ground floor, a reception area, a public restaurant with a bar, a kitchen and auxiliary rooms must be planned.

FaçadeDialogueThe building should appropriately complement the urban space of Römerhofplatz and provide a suitable,confident counterpart to the late 19th century architecture. The dance school should be regarded as an open, semi-public building.

Spatial CapacityWe are generally interested in voluminous façades with arcades, balconies, oriels and loggias that present a concise expression for the river façade. We regard the façade neither as a purely representative front nor as an exterior wall that has consistently the same thickness, nor as a climate boundary between interior andexterior spaces. Instead, it should be an interim zone with a spatial capacity. True to the ‘poché’ motto of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the exterior form and interior space can be different. The architecture of the interspace mediates between public and private zones. The reliefed and sculptural nature of the façade can stagelight and shade.

Flats in St James‘s Place, London 1958Sir Denys Lasdun

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“Kunst- und Kernform”In a post-fossil-fuel age, the requirements of the so-called layered sketch (each layer has its own function: load-bearing, insulation, protection) have added new, unexpected relevance to the “Kunst- und Kernform” debate initiated by Karl Bötticher, thereby questioning the “spatial flow” of modernism: The exterior nolonger conforms to the interior, as both have different tasks and demands.

Corporate IdentitySince the beginnings of mankind, a wealth of dance forms has developed, giving the body expression and elegance, while performing social, communicative and therapeutic roles. Like architecture, dance means handling space: creating space compared to occupying space, moving with the body. The building should serve the dancers as a vessel and express that thought – to the extent that the Römerhofplatz can participatein the dance events.

TectonicsThroughout its history, architecture has sought an adequate way to express gravity or ways to overcome it. In that context, tectonics (respectively atectonics) play a decisive role in the sense of structuring parts into a base, a central section and a superstructure, as well as structuring architectural and constructional elements.

LanguageThe expression of a façade is a language that is based on conventions and has a grammar. We are interested in a transhistoric reading, so older architectural languages can also serve as an example or reference, whereby we regard the conceptual interpretation to have greater potential than figurative analogy.

ConstructionIn an organically developed city such as the Gründerstadt of Zurich, a mineral material characterises thelocation and is sustainable due to its durability. Prefabricated concrete is an exceptionally suitable materialto reinterpret the value of mineral buildings in a new, contemporary way and continue developing the location.The concrete’s treatment and colouring can even achieve the qualities of local natural stone. Innovativeconcepts of structures in prefabricated concrete are required.

The following subjects should be addressed by the building design:

_The building should have the presence of a semi-public building.

_The building shell should take the late 19th century context into account and interpret it.

_The façades give the interior of the dance rooms an appropriate expression and enhance the exterior space of Römerhofplatz.

Gosplan Garage Moscow, 1934-36Konstantin Melnikow and W. I. Kurotschkin

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„Roof Piece“New York, 1973, Trisha Brown

Merce Cunningham, RainForest, 1968. Decor: Andy Warhol, Silver Clouds.

Space Utilisation Schedule

DANCE SCHOOL 1200 1400 height description/commentlobby / reception 40 3.5 2*foyer 350 5.5 1*ball hall 400 6-8 2* representative spacefacilities ball hall 30 3.5 cloakroom, restrooms, storagetraining halls 2 - 4 x 100 5.5 mirrored wall, ballet barrefacilities dance school 180 3.5 cloakroom, restrooms, storage

GASTRONOMY 430restaurant clients 180 5.5 1*service kitchen 120 3.5pantry restaurant 40 3.5 connected to service kitchenoffice chef de cusine 10 3.5storage 20 3.5bar dance school 40 3.5 2*pantry bar 20 3.5 connected to service kitchen

STAFF 130offices 1 x 15 3.5 2* single office

2 x 25 3.5 2* double officereception / secretariat 25 3.5 2*facilities 40 3.5 cloakroom, restrooms, small kitchen

TECHNIQUE / STORAGE 220delivery 20 3.5storrage, heating, ventilation,... 200 5.5 (underground not part of SU)

SURFACE UTILE 1800 - 2000 sia 416

ACCESS / CIRCULATION 540 - 700 30 - 35% of the surface utile maine staires, elevator, small staircase

every room accomodating more then 100 persones, needs a secound access / exit

SURFACE DE PLANCHER 2600 3000 sia 416

EXTERIORpiazzetta / alleyway /garden ... the exterior space has to be structuredterrasse / loggia / balcony ... (plot ~830m2)

1* representation in the spatial facade2* relation to the facade

1716Asylstrasse Zurich, 1920

View from the sky of the plot and the neighbourhood.

Römerhof building Zurich, ca. 1900

Römerhof Zurich, today

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City of Zurich and position of the project‘s plot.

Römerhofplace, Zurich 1983

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Teaching MethodsThematic treatmentThe term is divided into three thematic treatment phases according to Kenneth Frampton: Topology, Typology, Tectonics. Each phase lasts 4 weeks and is mainly concluded with a “wall critique”, although inferences from previous phases are always permitted and encouraged. The first stage, topology, is developed in teams of two, while the subsequent stages are individual work. In between these phases, there are alternating weekly supervision sessions with the assistants and an interim critique by the professors and assistants. The development of the load-bearing structure will be closely supervised by qualified construction engineers with practical experience (Fürst Lanffranchi). The design should show structural logic and considerable sensuous and poetic quality. Spatial and structural models are cast enabling students to experience at first hand the properties of formwork and casting.

Working with ReferencesThe cultural wealth of the history of architecture and art can be used as an inspiration and a driving force for developing one’s own thoughts. By using a limited selection of topics, treating them conceptually and applying them to one’s own project, it is possible to achieve translation and development work that is characterised by the interpreter and his understanding of the reference project.

InputsAn accompanying programme with thematic input communicates underlying insight and professional know-how on in-situ concrete and heavy prefabrication, as well as providing an overview of possible load-bearing structural concepts and their use, explaining the relationship between the load-bearing structure and space etc..

Sketch by Cecil Balmond of the differents structural systems for the ZKM Karlsruhe by OMA

Sir Denys Lasdun „Models in Dialogue“ The National Theatre, South Bank, London, 1991

Photograph by Arnold Behr

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Review Requirements1st Review – TopologyMon. 09.03.15 / Tue. 10.03.15

Concept model free scale (poss. cast)Volume model 1:200 (for integration into the area model)Drawing 1:500 (roof view integrated into the surrounding area)Sketches 1:200 (main floor plans, sections, elevations)

Concept sketches and references for the façade Explanatory text (5-7 sentences) Sketchbook (presentation of the project development)

2nd Review – TypologyMon. 13.04.15 / Tue. 14.04.15Guest: A. Fürst/M. Laffranchi Concept model free scale (poss. cast)Volume model 1:200 (for integration into the area model)Drawing 1:500 (roof view integrated into the surrounding area)Drawings 1:200 (main floor plans, sections, elevations, façades)

Structural section, exterior and interior views 1:20 Interior rendering (sketch) Outdoor rendering Explanatory text incl. structure report (5-7 sentences) Sketchbook (presentation of the project development)

3rd Review – TectonicsMon. 11.05.15/ Tue. 12.05.15Concept model free scale (poss. cast)Volume model 1:200 (for integration into the area model)Drawing 1:500 (roof view integrated into the surrounding area)Drawings 1:200 (main floor plans, sections, elevations, façades)Structural section, exterior and interior views 1:20Façade structure (axonometric projection or structure model)Layout proposal, final review

Interior rendering (sketch) Outdoor rendering Explanatory text incl. structure report (5-7 sentences) Sketchbook (presentation of the project development)

Final ReviewTue. 26.05.15/ Wen. 27.05.15Guests: A. Fürst/M. Laffranchi and guests

Concept model free scale (poss. cast)Volume model 1:200 (for integration into the area model, poss. cast)Drawing 1:500 (roof view integrated into the surrounding area)Drawings 1:200 (main floor plans, sections, elevations, façades)Structural section, exterior and interior views 1:20Façade structure incl. construction sequence (axonometric projection or structure model)

Concept-specific layout Interior rendering Outdoor rendering Explanatory text incl. structure report Sketchbook (presentation of the project development)

Reduction layout plans delivered in A3 to assistantsDelivered as vector-based PDF file

One-week semester exhibition

Model of the project by Luigi Moretti for the international competition for the Congress Palace of the national exposition E 42 in Rom. 1937-38.

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Study TripLONDONTue 7.04 to Sun 12.04.2015

The study trip will take place between April 7 and 12, 2015 and is an integral part of the supplementary teaching programme. The trip will be to London, where we will view historical and contemporary buildings made of in-situ cast concrete. In addition to examples of Brutalism such as the Royal National Theatre, the Royal College of Physicians, the Institute of Education (Denys Lasdun), Trellick Tower, Balfron Tower and Carradale House (Ernö Goldfinger), we will visit architectural highlights such as the Tate Gallery, the Sir John Soane Museum, the Economist Building (Alison & Peter Smithson) and other examples of contemporary British architecture. To address the theme of dance, we will visit the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (Herzog & de Meuron).

National Theatre, South Bank, London, 1969-76Sir Denys Lasdun

Balfron Tower, London, 1963-65Ernő Goldfinger

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Programm (precise programm to be announced)

Tuesday 17.03.2015Meeting point at Lausanne station on the platformTransfer by train from Lausanne to BadenMeeting point at the BBB with Professors and guestsVisit of the ‚Berufsbildungszentrum’Transfer by bus to ELEMENT AG in VeltheimIntroduction and visit of the production plant ELEMENT AGTransfer by bus to BadenVisit of other interesting buildingsTransfer by train from Baden to Lausanne

Gemeinschaftshaus Martinsberg, Baden 1952-53Armin Meili

Production of prefabricated staircases in concreteArchive ELEMENT AG - ca. 1950

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ELEMENT AG Veltheim and Concrete ModernismTuesday 17.03.2015

Our day trip takes us to Veltheim near Baden where we will visit the Element AG fabrication plant. Element AG is a firm specialized in the production of high-quality reinforced precast concrete elements. We will have the chance to see how precast concrete elements are produced and get more theoretical inputs from structural engineers and specialists. The focus lies on the possibilities of

these construction techniques in terms of structure, building construction and industrial production.Our first destination that same day will be the BBB in Baden. The Gemeinschaftshaus Martinsberg build in 1954 by Armin Meili and the extension / renovation by Urs Burkard und Adrian Meyer (2002-06) create an impressive ensemble.

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Timetable

WEEK CALENDER LOCATION TIME THEME GOALS TEAM GUEST CONTENT

Mon 16.02.15 ZURICH Full day Visit of the site / Semester introduction Prof./ Assist. - SEMESTER INTRODUCTION / VISIT

Tue. 17.02.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Studio organisation Assist. - STUDIO ORGANISATION

Mon. 23.02.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE I Guest I Hiéronyme Lacroix LECTURE

Mon. 02.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

Tue. 03.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

Mon. 09.03.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 14:00 - 18:00 Review I / TOPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

TO BE ANNOUNCED 8:30 - 18:00 Review I / TOPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE II Prof. Lorenzo Giuliani Lecture "Spatial structure = Load bearing structure"

Mon. 16.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Tue. 17.03.15 BADEN - ELEMENT AG Veltheim FULL DAY STUDY EXCURSION Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Visit of buildings and the forcast concrete element factory.

Mon. 23.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE III Guest II Thomas Schregenberger Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Mon. 30.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Tue. 31.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Mon. 13.04.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 14:00 - 18:00 Review II / TYPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 Review II / TYPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

ATELIER BAKKER BLANC 18:00 LECTURE Prof. / Assist. Lorenzo Giuliani Guest lecture by Lorenzo Giuliani "clients & architecture"

Mon. 20.04.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

Tue. 21.04.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

Mon. 27.04.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE IV Guest III To be announced Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

Mon. 04.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layout

Tue. 05.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layout

Mon. 11.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 14:00 - 18:00 Review III TECTONICS Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layput

Tue. 12.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 Review III TECTONICS Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layput

Mon. 18.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Project / Presentation / Layout

Tue. 19.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Project / Presentation / Layout

Tue. 26.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 FINAL REVIEW Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. / Guest critic I Charles Pictet TOPOLOGY / TYPOLOGY / TECTONICS / FACADE

Wed. 27.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 FINAL REVIEW Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. / Guest critic I Prof. Astrid Staufer TOPOLOGY / TYPOLOGY / TECTONICS / FACADE

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Mon 16.02.15 ZURICH Full day Visit of the site / Semester introduction Prof./ Assist. - SEMESTER INTRODUCTION / VISIT

Tue. 17.02.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Studio organisation Assist. - STUDIO ORGANISATION

Mon. 23.02.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE I Guest I Hiéronyme Lacroix LECTURE

Mon. 02.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

Tue. 03.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

Mon. 09.03.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 14:00 - 18:00 Review I / TOPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

TO BE ANNOUNCED 8:30 - 18:00 Review I / TOPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. Topology / Urban form / Facade sketch

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE II Prof. Lorenzo Giuliani Lecture "Spatial structure = Load bearing structure"

Mon. 16.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Tue. 17.03.15 BADEN - ELEMENT AG Veltheim FULL DAY STUDY EXCURSION Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Visit of buildings and the forcast concrete element factory.

Mon. 23.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE III Guest II Thomas Schregenberger Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Mon. 30.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Tue. 31.03.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

Mon. 13.04.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 14:00 - 18:00 Review II / TYPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 Review II / TYPOLOGY Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Typology / Spatial organisation / Facade

ATELIER BAKKER BLANC 18:00 LECTURE Prof. / Assist. Lorenzo Giuliani Guest lecture by Lorenzo Giuliani "clients & architecture"

Mon. 20.04.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

Tue. 21.04.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

Mon. 27.04.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

EPFL - AAC114 11:00 LECTURE IV Guest III To be announced Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade

Mon. 04.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layout

Tue. 05.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layout

Mon. 11.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 14:00 - 18:00 Review III TECTONICS Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layput

Tue. 12.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 Review III TECTONICS Prof./ Assist. - Tectonics / Construction / Materials / Facade / Layput

Mon. 18.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 13:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Project / Presentation / Layout

Tue. 19.05.15 STUDIO EPFL 08:30 - 18:00 Internal review Assist. - Project / Presentation / Layout

Tue. 26.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 FINAL REVIEW Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. / Guest critic I Charles Pictet TOPOLOGY / TYPOLOGY / TECTONICS / FACADE

Wed. 27.05.15 TO BE ANNOUNCED 08:30 - 18:00 FINAL REVIEW Prof. / Str. eng / Assist. / Guest critic I Prof. Astrid Staufer TOPOLOGY / TYPOLOGY / TECTONICS / FACADE

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References - summary

URBAN CONSTELLATIONDuomo & Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza, Italy 1459-62 Bernard RossellinoCapitoline hill (Campidoglio), Rome 1536-46 MichelangeloHause am Michaelerplatz, Vienna 1910-11 Adolf LoosExtension to Gothenburg Townhall, Sweden 1913-37 Erik Gunnar AsplundRebuilding of Le Havre, France 1945-54 August PerretPalazzo Via Albricci 10, Milano 1956-58 Asnago VenderRésidence du Parc, Meudon-la-Fôret, Paris 1957-62 Fernand PouillonTown Hall, Murcia, Spain 1991-98 Rafael MoneoTietgens Ærgelse, Kopenhagen 2009-10 Tony FrettonThe Economist, London 1959-64 Alison and Peter Smithson

FACADEThe Septizodium, Rome 203 AD UnknowPalazzo Valmarana, Vicenza, Italy 1565-66 Andrea PalladioLogge del Palazzo della Ragione, Vicenza, 1546-1614 Andrea PalladioPalazzo del Capitanio, Vicenza, Italy 1565-72 Andrea PalladioUniversity Miséricorde, Fribourg 1937-41 Honegger and DumasVilla Shodhan Ahmedabad, India 1951-56 Le CorbusierNottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, GB 2004-09 Caruso St JohnLaboratory Building Novartis, Basel 2006-10 David ChipperfieldZölly Tower, City West Complex, Zurich 2009-14 Meili Peter

ARCHITECTURE FOR DANCE Palais Strousberg, Berlin 1867-68 August OrthCatherine Palast, Saint Petersburg 1752-56 Bartolomeo RastrelliVeira Tanzhaus, Zurich 2005-07 Blue architectsLaban Dance Centre, London 1997-03 Herzog & de Meuron

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Armstrong Rubber Company, West Haven, USA 1968-70Marcel Breuer

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The Economist Building (Alison and Peter Smithson). PhotomontageAlison and Peter Smithson, London 1954-64

Miroslav Šik in „And now the Ensemble!!!“Lars Mueller Publishers, Zurich 2012

„It‘s about time that we understood urban architecture as a dialogue-based, evolving, and collective artwork. Through its design, the mood it conveys,

and its usage, every new building can strike up a dialogue with its local surroundings, no matter how much the structure might appear to be bursting

with fragments both old and alien. In a music ensemble the soloists play together, harmoniously and melodiously. It‘s a different story with a building

ensemble. Although the buildings interrelate within a limited territory—the so-called „setting“—the whole thing is lacking a harmonizing signature

look. If architectures merely collide and clash, the result is fragments and contrasts, but not urban architecture. The ensemble can be sought

somewhere in between. It is neither contrast nor holistic form. It refers back to its own history, but also reflects aspects of the spirit of the current times.

It has contextual roots while also integrating architectures Foreign to it. It is multi-layered, yet equipped with its own singular identity.“

References - urban constellation

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Capitoline hill (Campidoglio) Rome 1536-46Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti

Situation plan

Perspective (by Dupérac)

Duomo & Palazzo Piccolomini, Place Pius II, Pienza, Italia, 1459 - 1462Bernard Rossellino

Plan of the place

View of the cathedral and the Palazzo Piccolomini

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Hause am Michaelerplatz, Vienna 1910-11Adolf Loos

Elevation and section on the façade

View of the place

Elevation and section of the facade

View of the place

Extension to Gothenburg Townhall, Sweden 1934-37Erik Gunnar Asplund

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Rebuilding of Le Havre, France 1945-54August Perret

Cityplan of the reconstruction

Two apartments towers

Plan of the ground floor

View of the façade

Palazzo via Albricci 10, Milano 1956-58Asnago Vender

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Résidence du Parc, Meudon-la-Fôret, Paris 1957-62Fernand Pouillon

Plan of the ensembles

View of a building bloc with the big pond

The Economist Building London 1959-64Alison and Peter Smithson

Model of the ensemble

View from the street

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Town Hall, Murcia, Spain 1991-98Rafael Moneo

Plan perspective of the place

View from the place

Elevation with surrounding buildings

View of the acade

Tietgens Ærgelse, Kopenhagen 2009-10Tony Fretton

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Palazzo Rucellai is a landmark Renaissance palace in Florence whose façade was designed by Leon Battista Alberti between 1446 and 1451. The structural elements of ancient Rome are replicated in the arches, pilasters and entablatures, and in the larger blocks on the ground floor, which heighten the impression of strength and solidity. The pilasters of the three stories embody different classical orders creating an effect reminiscent of the Coliseum.

Kenneth Frampton, in « Studies in Tectonic Culture, The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture », Copublication of the Graham

Foundation for Advanced Studies and The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1995

References - facade

„The term tectonic derives from the Greek word tekton meaning carpenter, builder. Tekton in turn is closely related with the Greek words techne, artistic

skill, art and technikos, artistically skillful, artistic, technical. Tekton is etymo-logically also related to the Latin words texo, to weave, to interlace, to write,

textile, textile, cloth, textus, web, text, textura, textile, building and contextus, context, coherence. The Latin morpheme tex is also related to teg / tog where

words such as tego, cover, hide, protect, tectum, roof, house, tectorium, plaster work, coat of paint and tegula, roof tile can be found. There are of course count-

less other etymological connections but tectonic shall rest for the time being.The terms architectonic, architect, architecture derive from the Greek words

archo, to begin, to be first, to rule, arche, beginning, foundation, principle, supremacy and architekton, the constructor or as a composite interpretation

the master builder.“

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The Septizodium, Rome 203 ADUnknow

Plan of the facade and

perspective (Christian Hülsen)

Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza, Italy 1565-66Andrea Palladio

Elevation

View from the street

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Elevation

View of the place

Palazzo della Ragione, Vicenza, Italy 1546-1614Andrea Palladio

Palazzo del Capitanio, Vicenza, Italy 1565-72Andrea Palladio

Section with elevation

View

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University Miséricorde, Fribourg 1937-41Denis Honegger and Fernand Dumas

Lateral elevation

View of an wing entrance

Villa Shodhan Ahmedabad, India 1951-56Le Corbusier

Elevation

View from the garden

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Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, GB 2004-09Caruso St John

Construction design

View of the facade corner

Zölly Tower, City West Complex, Zurich 2009-14Meili Peter

Section

Zölly areal

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„La Classe de danse“, Edgar Degas, 1874

References - Architecture for dance

Merce Cunningham (1952)

„If a dancer dances – which is not the same as having theories about dancing or wishing to dance or trying to dance or remembering in his body someone else’s

dance – but if the dancer dances, everything is there. . . Our ecstasy in dance comes from the possible gift of freedom, the exhilarating moment that this expo-sing of the bare energy can give us. What is meant is not license, but freedom...“

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Palais Strousberg, Berlin 1867-68August Orth

Ground floor plan

The big party room

Catherine Palast, Tsarkoié-Selo, Saint Petersburg 1752-56Bartolomeo Rastrelli

(big ballroom in 1812 by Vasily Stasov)

Ground floor

Big ballroom

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Floorplan

Dance hall

Laban Dance Centre, London 1997-03Herzog & de Meuron

Section

View of the big dance hall

Veira Tanzhaus, Zurich 2005-07Blue architects and Gramazio & Kohler

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Deplazes, Andrea, (Ed.): Concrete. In: Constructing Architecture – A Handbook, Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser – Publisher for Architecture, 2008, P. 57-77

Fürst, Armand and Laffranchi Massimo: Ways to innovative solutions, in: Dialog der Konstrukteure, Architekturforum Zürich and A. Flury (Eds.), Niggli, 2010, p. 113-118

Gargiani Roberto, Rosellini Anna, Beton Brut and Ineffable Space (1940-1965): Surface Materials and Psychophysiology of Vision (Essays in Architecture), Edition Detail 2014

Giuliani Lorenzo and Hönger Christian: Schnittwerk, Zurich: gta Verlag, 2010, p. 14-23

Kind-Barkauskas F., Kauhsen B., Polónyi S.,Brandt J.: Beton Atlas: Entwerfen mit Stahlbeton im Hochbau, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag 2001. In particular: Entwicklung der Betontechnologie, p.9-17

Kind-Barkauskas F., Kauhsen B., Polónyi S.,Brandt J.: Beton Atlas: Entwerfen mit Stahlbeton im Hochbau, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag 2001. In particular: Stahlbeton in der Architektur der Moderne, p. 18-43

Kahn Louis I., Architecture Comes from the Making of a Room, Drawing for City/2 exhibition, 1971

Lucan Jacques, Hypothèse pour une spatialité texturée, in: matières numéro 9 - l’espace architectural 2008, Herausgeber: Faculté Environnement naturel, architectural et construit ENAC, Institute d’architecture et de la ville IA und Laboratoire de théorie et d’histoire LTH, p.06-17

Pouillon Fernand, Architecte méditerranéen, Marseille 2001, S. 19

Schmarsow August, The essence of architectural creation 1893,unter: http://bibliodarq.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/schmarsow-a-the-essence-of-architectural-creation.pdf

Šik Miroslav, And now the Ensemble!!!, Lars Mueller Publishers GmbH Zurich 2012

Hotel Tres Islas, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 1970-73Miguel Fisac

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John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Robert Rauschenberg

TeamLorenzo GiulianiBorn 1962 in St.Moritz, 1988 Diploma ETHZ, Prof. Ernst Studer; Assistent to Prof. Ernst Studer, ETH Zurich, 1989-91; Assistent to Prof. Dr. André Corboz (Urbanism), ETH Zurich, 1991-93; since 1995 Professorship at ZHAW Winterthur (Architecture and Urbanism); since 1998 Professorship at ZHAW Winterthur (Design); since 2003 Professor at the ZHAW; since 1991 own practice with Christian Hönger; Member of BSA, SIA; 2006 Exhibition: giuliani.hönger at the Institut GTA ETH Zurich; 2010 Exhibition: Schnittwerk at the Aedes Galerie in Berlin.

Christian HöngerBorn 1959 in Zurich; Architectural Studies at Technikum Winterthur 1979-1982, Diploma 1982; Architectural Studies at ETH Zurich, 1983-1987; Diploma 1987, Prof. D. Schnebli; Assistent to Prof. E. Studer (Design) ETH Zurich, 1990-1993; Assistent by Dr. B. Klein (Urbanism) ETH Zurich, 1993-1994; Professorship (Design) at the FHNW, Basel, 1999-2003; since 2004 Professor (Design) at the HSLU Luzern, since 1991 own practice with Lorenzo Giuliani; Member of BSA, SIA; 2006 Exhibition: giuliani.hönger at the Institut GTA ETH Zurich; 2010 Exhibition: Schnittwerk at the Aedes Galerie in Berlin.

Armand FürstBorn 1965 in Wolfwil, 1989 Diploma as Structural Engineer HTL Bürgdorf; 1992 Diploma ETH Gold Mention; employed by Engineers Grignoli Martinola Muttoni in Lugano, 1992-1994; Assistent to Prof. Dr. P. Marti, ETH Zurich, 1994-2000; 2000 Dr. D. ETH with Theme „Pre-stressed tension member of concrete for Bridge“, under Prof. Dr. P. Marti, ETH Zurich; since 2000 own practice together with Dr. Massimo Laffranchi; Member of SIA; Member of the SIA-Norms Committee; President of the Committee of Research about Structures FEDRO (Federal Road Office), 2006-2011.

Massimo LaffranchiBorn 1969 in Bellinzona, 1993 Diploma Structural Engineer ETH, 1993-99 Assistent to Prof. Dr. P. Marti, ETH Zurich; 1999 Ph.D. ETH, focusing on the conception of curved bridges, under Prof. Dr. P. Marti, ETH Zurich; employed by engineers Stocker & Partner in Bern, 1999-2001; since 2000 own practice together with Dr. Armand Fürst; Member of SIA; Member of the SIA-Norms Committee; 2007 Best Teaching Award at the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio; Professor at the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, 2000-2009; Professor for Reinforced Concrete Structures at Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, 2009-13; since 1995 collaboration with the Society Historic Civil Engineering, since 2006 Commitee Member.

Michael MeierBorn 1981 in Bern; Psychology studies, University of Bern, 2002-03; Architectural studies, Zurich / Glasgow, 2003-08; 2008 Diploma ETHZ, Prof. Josep Lluis Mateo, 2009; 2006 Intern at Barkow Leibinger, Berlin; 2010 Study trip to New York / Chicago, Erich Degen-Stiftung; Project leader, Jessen + Vollenweider, Basel, 2009-13; since 2012 Partner SAAS, Geneva.

Raphaël DunantBorn 1979 in Lausanne, Architectural Draughtsman Internship 1995-99; CMS EPF Lausanne 1999-01; Draughtsman at CCHE Lausanne, Bauzeit Bienne, Hoyer Schindele Berlin; Architectural studies at ETH Zurich 2002-09; Diploma ETHZ, Prof. Markus Peter, 2009; Junior Architect at Penzel gmbh, Zurich, 2006; Project leader assistant at Graber Pulver Architects Zurich 2009-14; 2014 own architectural practice in Geneva.

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