Exam 3 Flashcards
43 Cards in this Set
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May '68
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student (education) & workers (employment) revolution
strikes at factories; against poverty & unemployment
transition from conservative morals to liberal/ideal
rebelled against modern consumer/technical society
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Critique of Utopia
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critique of capitalism & consumer society
utopia is a fictional society
Archizoom/Superstudio have many projects that critique this
Archizoom (No-stop City)
Superstudio ("Premonitions of the Mystical Rebirth of Urbanism"
(12 cautionary stories for Christmas)
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Heterotopia (Michel Foucault)
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spaces that exist outside of society; "otherness" beyond the public sphere
ex: prison, brothel, asylum
Exodus by Koolhaas because of its geographic location
voluntary prisoners of architecture
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Postmodern Architecture
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return to historical & past styles, especially Neoclassical
emphasis on purely formal qualities of design, de-emphasis & critique of function
Robert Venturi: "Less is a bore."
arch is an autonomous language
arch = icon + sign
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Phenomenal Transparency
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Colin Rowe: "a simultaneous perception of different spatial locations...space not only recedes but fluctuates in a continuous activity"
the idea of seeing 2 or more things at the same damn time
Rowe coined the idea of transparency
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Formalism
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critique of modernist ethos form follows function
instead, there's emphasis on form as an autonomous language
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Semiotics
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study of signs, the relationship b/t signifier and the signified is arbitrary
signifier is the pointing finger, word, sound-image; its in the interpretation of the signifier that meaning is created
signified is the concept, meaning, the thing indicated by the signifier
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Typology
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type of building that one recognizes throughout history
refers to work of Aldo Rossi; form derived from basic typologies
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Mannerist Architecture
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Venturi's "Complexity & Contradiction"
Mannered, artificial, stylized
Baroque
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High Tech
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technology into building design
Norman Foster
Richard Rogers
Renzo Piano
Nicholas Grimshaw
Michael Hopkins
Jan Kaplicky of Future Systems
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"Gerberette"
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structural member of the building, a joint
by Peter Rice, engineer for the Pompidou Center
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Deconstructivist Architecture
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the architect breaks down conventional spaces in favor of creating intense experiences through:
use of materials
organization of space
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"Blob" Architecture
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free form/continuous surfaces generated by computer graphics
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Joe Colombo, Total Furnishing Unit (1972)
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Archizoom, No-Stop City (1970)
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Superstudio, "Premonitions of the Mystical Rebirth of Urbanism" (1971)
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Rem Koolhaas, Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture (1972)
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Stanford Anderson
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architectural historian
"The Fiction of Function"
can't define form solely in terms of function
"form follows function" is fiction
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Peter Eisenman, House I (1967)
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Peter Eisenman, House II (1969)
Princeton, NJ
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Peter Eisenman, House VI (1972-75)
Cornwall, CT
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Aldo Rossi, San Cataldo Cemetery (1969-76)
Modena, Italy
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Aldo Rossi, Fagnano Olona Elementary School (1972-76)
Varese, Italy
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Aldo Rossi, Teatro del Mondo (1979-80)
a floating theatre for Venice Biennale
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Peter Cook (Archigram), Plug-In City (1964)
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Piano + Rogers, Pompidou Center (1971-77)
Beaubourg district of Paris, France
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Jean Prouve, Maison Tropicale (1949)
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Team 4, Reliance Controls Factory (1965-66)
Swindon, England
Norman & Wendy Foster
Richard & Su Rogers
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Renzo Piano, Menil Collection (1981-86)
Houston, TX
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Piano, High Museum of Art + Woodruff Arts Center (1999-2005)
Atlanta, GA
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Foster Associates, Renault Distribution Center (1980-82)
Swindon, England
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Foster Associates, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank (1979-86)
Hong Kong, China
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Richard Rogers, Lloyd's of London (1978-86)
London, England
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Future Systems, Lord's Media Center (1994)
Marylebone Cricket Club
London, England
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Nicholas Grimshaw, British Pavilion, Expo '92
Seville, Spain
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Frank Gehry, Gehry Residence (1978)
Santa Monica, CA
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Frank Gehry, Venice Beach House (1986)
Venice, CA
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Frank Gehry, Disney Concert Hall (1991)
Los Angeles, CA
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Zaha Hadid, Hong Kong Peak Competition (1988)
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Zaha Hadid, Vitra Fire Station (1990-94)
Weil am Rhein, Germany
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Zaha Hadid, Phaeno Science Center (1999-2005)
Wolfsburg, Germany
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Peter Eisenman, Center for Advanced Biological Research (1987)
Frankfurt University
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Peter Eisenman, Wexner Center for the Arts (1989)
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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Peter Eisenman, Columbous Convention Center (1990-93)
Columbis, Ohio
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Peter Eisenman, Diagram Diaries (1999)
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Greg Lynn, Dada Grows Competition (2001)
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Greg Lynn, Embryological House (1998-99)
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Study Guide: ARCH 350