Architecture, Design & Materials Studio Coordinator: Kai Gutschow Spring 2005, CMU, Arch #48-205, M/W/F 1:30-4:20 Email: [email protected] Class Website: www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/48-205 Off. Hr: M/W 12:30-1:30pm & by appt. in MM307 (2/21/05)PROJECT "2" – Auto Expo “Materiality is more than a technical property of a building: it is a preconditionthat promotes ideas, creativity and pleasure in architecture, and it guides us to theloftiest aspirations in architecture.” – Jorge Silvetti“When the pressures of economics, commerce and industry are removed, thepassion and love of creating should simply be explosive... [Exhibitions should be] akind of folk festival, an eternal Sunday... something celebratory.” – Adolf Behne“The joint is the beginning of ornament” – Louis KahnMINDSET: Building on ideas we've explored in the bike shed design, through theHodgetts and studio lectures, and the M&A focus of the semester moregenerally, we seek to intensify our investigation of how materials andassembly methods can inform and inspire the very core of the architecturalcreation process. As a capstone to the 2 year studio, we will expand thendscale of our program slightly, move to a more overtly urban context, andextend the length of the project in order to allow for a more thoroughlydetailed exploration of your design, both in terms of the nature of how thematerials are used, and the final presentation. PROBLEM: Commissions for exhibition buildings have often enabled architects toescape the “pressures” of modern consumer culture in order to explore thefundamental principles and ideas of architecture, particularly those relatedto the experience of materials and assembly. The most remarkablepavilions have promoted new visions of architecture and helped transformour culture. The design of an exhibit pavilion for one of the core products ofour consumer culture that has long fascinated architects–theautomobile–will challenge us to explore how building at its most basic levelcan work through the many “pressures” and simultaneously create aninnovative display that celebrates the very essence of architecture. Students will be evaluated on their ability to confront the “branded” identityof the car and to create a more profound architectural idea related tomaterials and assembly, as well as related issues such as the car’s countryand culture of origin, the role of the automobile in the 21 -century city, thesturban context of Pittsburgh, or the problems of exhibitions and display. PROGRAM / PROJECT: Your charge is to design a small, temporary exhibition space for asingle automobile on a site near the convention center in downtownPittsburgh. Each studio will represent a different auto brand name, thoughstudents can choose to display any single car from that brand. The paviliondesign must focus on a single, primary exhibit space that is lockable andtemperature controlled in the winter (though it can open during nicesummer days). The pavilion is for display, information, education, andadvertisement only, with no drive-through, other cars, repairs, parking orparts storage allowed on the site. The main space must accommodate multiple functions including:1) display of the automobile and related peripherals, 2) projection,3) customer lounging, 4) sales desks, and 5) other exhibits. Supporting subsidiary spaces must include: a) entry-lobby, b) manager’s office, c) bathrooms, d) small storage space; e) mechanicaland maintenance equipment. Students are encouraged to challenge the nature and organization ofthe program elements, but not eliminate or change the basic program!SITE: The site on Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh lies at theintersection of several urban grids and neighborhoods, at the edge ofPittsburgh’s cultural district, and with easy access from any place inPittsburgh’s Golden Triangle, particularly the convention center, busand rail transportation nodes, and neighboring hotels. The site isbeing redeveloped, allowing for a temporary installation. The large triangular site will be cleared of all existing buildingsand subdivided into four similar rectangular sites (each 36'x72'), onefor each studio, with surrounding land to be landscaped open spacefor other outdoor exhibitions. Each student will be paired up withspecific partner students from the other three studio sites (see chartbelow) and will be required to collaborate with teammates in theirresearch, model building and design intentions. Students can shareopen spaces or connect interiors with neighbors. At a minimum, allstudents must accommodate the specifics of adjacent designs. The long front on Liberty Avenue will encourage students to take a position regarding the facade and itsrelationship to the sidewalk in the urban setting, whether they are designing a “pavilion” or “urbanshowroom.” There are no height or depth restrictions, though the exhibited car must be able to be rolledfrom the sidewalk into the building, and the final resting place of the car tires must be within 12ft of thecurrent grade level (i.e you can lower it one story below grade, or lift it up one story for display purposes). SITE A - Damiani SITE B - Wolff SITE C - Lubetz SITE D - DRAKEHa, Wui-Joon (wha) Waldron, David (dwaldron) Eastridge, John (jeastrid) Wu, Wanshu (wanshuw/waz)Tan, Ryan (xwt) Cummings, Joshua (jwcummin) Green, Nathaniel (nathanie) Fok, Robin (rfok)Scarlett, Matthew (mscarlet) Knapp, Bill (wrk) Kazazoglu, Basar (bkkazazo) Cuellar, Gabriel (gac)Shore, Rebecca (rishore) Lackett, Adam (alackett) Levine, Hannah (hmlevine) Davison, Emma (edavison)Kish, Brian (bkish) Orenstein, Daniel (dto) Chung, Cathy (chiajung) Hammond, Megan (mhammond)Langevin, Jared (jlangevi) Roig, Wilma (wroig) Lau, Ken (krlau) Hartle, Zachary (zhartle)Wolkovich, Leah (lwolkovi) Schnell, Patrick (pschnell) Yang, Yoonsun (yoonsuny) Chu, Stephanie (sfone)Zhang, Chang (changzha) Gonazalez, Tom (tgonzale) Chi, Angela (ahchi) Debolski, Nikki (ndebolsk)Lennox, Elin (eel) Horton, Laura (lhorton) Magin, Meredith (mmagin) Ip, Siu Him Kenneth (ship)Takeda, Akiko (atakeda) Lynch, Christina (clynch) Restrepo, Francisco (fjr) Rosier, Matthew (mrosier)Lopez, Michelle (melopez)Kim, Yooli (yurik)Saks, Benjamin (bsaks) McKinney, Brian (bmckinne)Fenaughty, Kellen (kfenaugh)PROCESS:In order to promote a synthetic and integrated design process that constantly works at multiple scales(from the site plan to the construction detail), as