ARCH 350 1st Edition Lecture 23I. Outline of Last Lecture C. Walter Gropius a. Gropius House II. Case Study Program A. Charles Eames a. Eames House (Case Study 8) B. Richard Neutra a. Edgar J. Kaufmann Desert House C. Phillip Johnson a. Glass House b. University of St. Thomas Campus D. Eero Saarinen a. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial b. Multidenominational Chapel c. TWA Terminal E. Eliel and Eero Saarinen a. General Motors Technical Center F. Wallace K. Harrison and Max Abramovitz a. United NationsOutline of Current Lecture I. The Eclipse of the New DealA. Buckminster Fullera. Manhattan DomeB. Philip Johnsona. Menil Collection: Rothko ChapelThese 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.b. American Telephone and Telegraph BuildingC. Louis Khana. Yale University Art Galleryb. Richard’s Medical Research Buildingc. Phillips Exeter Libraryd. Salk Institutee. Kimbell Art Museumf. National Assembly ComplexCurrent LectureI. The Eclipse of the New DealA. Buckminster Fuller- American designer with a technocratic ideology- Geodesic lattices - Inspired “space frame” design-a. Manhattan Dome- in New York- Fuller proposed to erect a giant dome over midtown Manhattan. - dea of an ” urban iron lung” - Designed as a geodesic smog shield, a device which could no doubt be made to double as a fallout shelter in the unlikely event of a nuclear near-missB. Philip Johnson- Graduated from the Architecture School at Harvard as a mature student- “Rich dilettante”- Organized the 1932 International Style Exhibition in NY- Glass House: Signal of his arrival as a professional architect and a luxury home for a “man of taste”a. Menil Collection: Rothko Chapel- in New Yorkb. American Telephone and Telegraph Building- in New YorkC. Louis Khan- Trained in the Beaux-Arts system at Philadelphia under Paul Cret- Fully acquainted with the classical grammar: with devices of axial organization, hierarchy and composition- Attitude to design which took it granted that one should consult tradition for support a. Yale University Art Gallery- in New Haven b. Richard’s Medical Research Building- in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia- Brick and pre-cast concrete in a direct, uncompromising way- Accentuating joints and connections- Laboratories required vast extract flues and flexible interiors- Distinction between fixed and variable- Serving and Served Space-c. Phillips Exeter Library- New Hampshire- Solid and void- Primary geometries: square, circle, triangled. Salk Institute- in La Jolla, California- Concrete was the same color as the travertine used on the floor of the outdoor space, and the overall effect combined with finessee. Kimbell Art Museum- in Forth Worth,Texas- sits in a corner of the Will Roger Memorial Park- arranged as a series of parallel concrete vaults acting as long beams liberating the space beneath- curvature of the vaults was based upon a cycloid geometry- interior: daylight was spilled through the crack on to upturned stainless-steel reflectorsf. National Assembly Complex- in Dacca, Bangladesh- Monumental expression- placed on a vast brickplatform surround by water, and was constructed in naked grey concrete with an overlay of thin white marble lines- main entrance was - underneath the mosque- four cylindrical towers and skewed slightly off the main - axis to face
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