Study Guide ARCH 350
26 Cards in this Set
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Published in Fruehlicht
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Skyscrapers reveal their bold structural pa4ern during construc7on. Only then does the giganXc steel web seem impressive. When the outer walls are put in place, the structural system which is the basis of all arXsXc design, is hidden by a chaos of meaningless and trivial forms. When finis…
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Miles van der Rohe, Weissenhof Siedlung, Stuttgart (1927)
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Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House at Plano, Illinois, 1946 to 1950.
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Mies van der Rohe, Crown
Hall, Illinois InsXtute of
Technology, Chicago, 1950-56
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860-‐880 Lakeshore Drive Apartments, Chicago, IL, 1948-‐1951: Mies van der Rohe
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Seagram Building, New York City (1954-‐58), Mies van der Rohe & Philip Johnson
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Lever House, New York City (1950-‐51), SOM: Gordon Bunshaft
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Inland Steel Building, Chicago, 1959 by SOM
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John Hancock Building, Chicago, 1964-1969 by SOM
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"Tulip" chair, 1956 by Eero Saarinen
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TWA Terminal, Kennedy Airport, New York City (1956-‐62), Eero Saarinen
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The curvilinear forms of the TWA and Dulles Airports forms are based
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on the geometry of a catenary chain.
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catenary
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is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends." The geometry of its curve is determined by the weight of the material and the force of gravity. The catenary is often used in inverted form, such that the "arch" is more or…
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Dulles Airport, ChanXlly, VA (1958-62), Eero Saarinen
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The distinction between served and servant spaces
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servant spaces, such as mechanical equipment, are neatly tucked into voided spaces within the structure.
served all structure is exposed
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Louis Kahn, Salk InsXtute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, 1959-‐65.
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Louis Kahn, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1966-72
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The arch of the barrel vault of the Kimbell Museum is based on
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the geometry of a cycloid.
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cycloid
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is the curve traced by a point on the rim of a circular wheel as the wheel rolls along a straight line. It is an example of a roulele, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve."
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Louis Kahn, National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1962‐73
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Piranesi, Plan of Rome, 1762
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English translation of G: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation, no. 1 (1923)
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The office building is a place of work of organization of clarity of economy. Bright, wide working spaces, clearly laid out, undivided, subdivided only according to the organism of the firm. Maximum effect with minimum expenditure of means."
Berlin May 1923
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Functionalism or Rationalism? (See Colquhoun p.169)
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Two Glass Skyscrapers, 1921 (leC) and 1922 (right), Mies van der Rohe
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howe and lescaze psfs building
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new nationl gallery, berlin germany, Mies van der Rohe
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Study Guide: ARCH 350