Bri sh High Tech Norman Foster Richard Rogers Renzo Piano Nicholas Grimshaw Michael Hopkins Jan Kaplicky of Future Systems Archigram Interna onal Dialogues on Experimental Architecture IDEA Conference Folkestone 1966 Top Banham wearing Superman t shirt Middle Yona Friedman standing in front of Ron Herron s Walking City Richard Rogers Zip up House 1968 3 18 14 1 Joe Colombo Total Furnishing Unit 1972 Archizoom and Superstudio furniture 1966 Piano Rogers Pompidou Center in the Beaubourg district of Paris France 1971 1977 Compe on Drawing media projected on the building plaza in the front on the side pop up events and nuemaic structures 3 18 14 2 Peter Cook Archigram Plug In City 1964 an area that didnt have established institutions and became a monument commissioned by purresian governement comming off heels of may 68 9 revolt by students a symbol they rebelled againsst since is repr the institution trusses spanning building and its an open floor plan free of columns and possiblilit of flexible installations gurberette ove arup designed them as a structueral element and gave them a name not the architect but the designer Piano Rogers Pompidou Center in the Beaubourg district of Paris France 1971 1977 Detail of the gerberebe designed by Peter Rice for the Pompidou Center Paris France 1971 1977 3 18 14 3 3 18 14 high tech architects before the fact own building factory and own building workshop he built the components himself and designed a prototype and then ideally could be mass produced the idea that form and function are very related designed column called portal frame kinds like a door or portal min weight and components in efficiency sun coverings 4 Jean Prouv Maison Tropicale 1949 Eames House Case Study House 8 Paci c Palisades 1945 49 Exterior view of the Eames House Paci c Palisades California 1950 The house consis ng of two similar cubes was designed ini ally by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen as Bridge House and later amended by both Eames and his wife Ray It was part of the Case Study House Program sponsored by Art Architecture magazine in which a number of architetects were commissioned to design post World War II homes that speci cally addressed the needs of the prospec ve inhabitants Pierre Koenig Bailey House Case Study House 21 1956 58 Pierre Koenig Stahl House Case Study 22 1960 Case Study House Program 1945 1966 3 18 14 norman foster richard roster and theeir wives using steel from the case study arechitets as inspiration and not a fire problem because its only one level and then theyre are tensile elements beams it is not necissary to have tensile members in every bay they are tryign to get the visual appeal and the looks trumps the function and structure on sign in his office has a workshop where they test the building components while workin with engineers the shading system is the most unique Team 4 Reliance Controls Factory Swindon England 1965 66 Exterior and Interior views Norman Foster Team 4 Reliance Controls Factory Swindon England 1965 66 Exterior and Interior views Norman Foster Renzo Piano Building Workshop The Menil Collec on Museum Houston Texas 1981 86 5 3 18 14 allows paintings to not get direct light they want indirect light on the paintings so they dont ruin so this gives them the function and the looks hat they wanted made out of components of the leaf Renzo Piano Building Workshop The Menil Collec on Museum Houston Texas 1981 86 Radiography of a Leaf Rpbw Renzo Piano s sketch Rpbw Renzo Piano Building Workshop The Menil Collec on Museum Houston Texas 1981 86 good architect if the qualiy of light is supurb Renzo Piano Building Workshop The Menil Collec on Museum Houston Texas 1981 86 6 Renzo Piano Building Workshop Nasher Sculpture Museum Dallas Texas 1999 2003 Renzo Piano Building Workshop Nasher Sculpture Museum Dallas Texas 1999 2003 Close up of mid span tension support with glass and north light admilng shade panels Close up view of the cast aluminum shade panel Renzo Piano Building Workshop Nasher Sculpture Museum Dallas Texas 1999 2003 3 18 14 7 High Museum of Art Woodru Arts Center Atlanta Georgia 1999 2005 Transi on Panel High Museum of Art Woodru Arts Center Atlanta Georgia 1999 2005 High Museum of Art Woodru Arts Center Atlanta Georgia 1999 2005 3 18 14 8 Foster Associates Renault Distribu on Center Swindon England 1980 82 Structural module Building assembly Foster Associates Renault Distribu on Center Swindon England 1980 82 Foster Associates Renault Distribu on Center Swindon England 1980 82 3 18 14 9 3 18 14 GOT ABOUT 10 THE COST OF THE BUILDING THE ARCHITECT WAS PAID WHEN THEY builf this it elevated them to a new level and brought them a higher success rate large sale buildings looks kinda like a bridge and they paid tribute to archigram on top and outside and on interior enter from below th ebuilding looking up aluminum open floor plan and flexible loorpland and floor depth is deep for computers Foster Associates Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Hong Kong China 1979 86 Foster Associates Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Hong Kong China 1979 86 Foster Associates Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Hong Kong China 1979 86 10 3 18 14 even bathrooms are standardized components that are brought to site and plugged in it minimized the assembly on site tat means they are assembled in a closed more controled environment its cheaper and higher quality if off sight Richard Rogers Partnership Lloyd s of London London England 1978 86 Richard Rogers Partnership Lloyd s of London London England 1978 86 Future Systems Lord s Media Center Marylebone Cricket Club London England 1994 11 Future Systems Comme des Garcons London 1993 Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners Bri sh Pavilion Expo 92 Seville Spain 1992 3 18 14 12