ARCH 350 1st Edition Lecture 21Outline of Last Lecture I. About Alvaro AaltaII. ProjectsA. Viipuri Public Library B. Tuberculosis SanatoriumC. Villa MaireaD. Baker House student dormitory MITE. Säynätsalo Town HallIII. FurnitureOutline of Current Lecture I. Modern Architecture in the USAA. Rudolf Schindlera. Schindler/ Chase Houseb. Lovell Beach HouseB. Mies van der Rohea. Farnsworth Houseb. Illinois Institute of Technologyc. Lake Shore Apartmentsd. Crown Hall IITe. Seagram Buildingf. National GalleryCurrent LectureModernism: Internationalism Style and Modernism in the USAThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.I. Modern Architecture in the USAHistory:- Emerged from the war as the dominant power and as the creditor of an impoverished and ruined EuropeA. Rudolf Schindlera. Schindler/Chase House- in Hollywood, CA - designed for him and his wife and another couple- separate private spaces for each person- plan expressed the idea of a community as a free association of individuals- rectangular gardens and hedges- external fireplace that could be covered by awningsb. Lovell Beach House- in Newport Beach, CA- Fused a social vision with a strong structural concept- Views to the sea- Need to deal with earthquakes- Reinforced concrete armature of five perforated lateral piers- Walls and secondary elements were suspended so that they could move without crumbling- Floors and roofs of exposed timber joists span between concrete frames- Organized as a series of horizontal levels and interlocking indoor and outdoor spaces- Balance in solid and void- Bolted steel frame was prefabricated in portable elements- Space rather than structure or function B. Mies van der Rohea. Farnsworth House- in Plano, Illinois - Crystalline steel box house- Built on 9.6 acre of wooded land on the north bank of Fox River, 60 miles west Chicagob. Illinois Institute of Technology- in Chicago, Illinois - Mies was in Chicago for less than a year when he received a commission- master plan of the campus of Armour Institute of Technologyc. Lake Shore Drive Apartments- in Chicago, Illinois- two 26 story towers at 860/ 880 Lake Shore Drive, along the City's Gold Coast- steel frame construction and glazing systemd. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology- in Chicago, Illinois- represents everything Mies thought appropriate to a building - devoted to architectural education- form of a unitary spacein which an assortment of function and tasks couldbe carried out modified or even changed, with optimal flexibilitye. Mies and Johnson: Seagram Building- in New Yorkf. National Gallery- in Berlin- building is located on a sloping site a long the north bank of the Landwehr CanalII. International StyleHistory:- This movement came about at the start of the 19th century in central Europe.It was an outgrowth of advancing building technology/means of production. Manual labor began to be replaced with machine labor. Characteristics:- Light-weight technique- Synthetic modern materials- Standard modular parts so as to facilitate fabrication and erection- Lack of ornament- Rejection of historic styles- Building skin begins to separate from structure- “Less is more” (Mies Van Der Rohe)- Open
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