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Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico, 3-7 c
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Acoma, New Mexico, 12-17 c.
*materials (mud plaster) reflected climate *slept on top of houses |
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Mont St. Michel, France, 12-16 c.
*roots are physical consideration b/c coastal plain juts out and is considered holy |
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Falling Water, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright
1936 *all about responding and existing within nature |
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Condominiums, Sea Ranch, California, Moore/Lyndon/Tumbell/Whitaker, 1965
*harsh winds dictate shape and orientation to shelter |
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Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Frank Lloyd Wright
1938-1969 *based on natural element (dug outs plus tents) *thermal regulations of the desert taken into acct. |
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Sea Ranch, California, Laurence Halprin, planner, 1965 ff.
*development to occur "nested" against windbreaks so created cluster so as not to obliterate the beauty of nature *pools in trench of bunkers to block wind but direct sunlight |
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The Woodlands, Texas, Ian McHarg, city planner, 1970 ff.
*founders to make ecological community so did 4 things to combat the geography (flooding): 1. left lowest areas as reserve for recreation 2. dredged out and made detention ponds 3. reintroduced ground swells (ditches) behind houses 4. minimized impervious cover (smaller streets, decks etc.) |
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Hill Towns in Tuscany, Italy
*city is compact to maximize farm land down low *work with topography to blend line of man and nature |
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Swim Club, Sea Ranch, MLTW, 1967
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Pont du Gard, Nimes, France, 14 A.D.
*used arch to bare weight *thickest base on the bottom |
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Colosseum, Rome, 80 A.D.
*all masonry in compression, used concrete *perfect weight distribution with arches and vaults while still remaining beautiful |
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Pantheon, Rome, 120-124 A.D.
*arch>vault>DOME with zero load at oculus *combo of brick, stone, and concrete to distribute weight and create space by moving outwards |
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Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey, 532-537 A.D.
*domes joining semi-domes to create space and still bare weight |
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Ames Gate Lodge, North Easton, Massachusetts, H.H. Richardson, 1880
*"keystone element" emphasized to show how weight is distributed *shows structural compatibility of stone and brick |
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Town Hall, North Easton, Massachusetts, H.H. Richardson
1884 *celebrated arch as a load transfer element while still maintaining its character |
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Maison Jaoul, Neuilly, France, LeCorbusier,1952-1956
*material had huge influence on design (thick masonry walls) and used segmented arch to thrust wall out while uses steel as a girdle |
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Morse and Stiles Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,
Eero Saarinem, 1958 *solid masonry with minimal space between creating texture and showing how it was built |
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Strimling House, Weston, Massachusetts, Maurice Smith
1968 *all reflects the frame of the house through the wood to show the "bending load" |
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Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, Mies Van Der Rohe, 1948-1951
*flexibility and openness within and among the rooms *expression on outside showcased the frame through the steel and reinforcing plates |
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Deere and Co. Headquarters, Moline, Ill., Eero Saarinen,
1957-1963 *all parts and pieces on display *focus on connection with nature shown through the openness and materials used *overall delicate and airy |
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3 responses to sun orientation
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1. MASSING (long faces N/S, short faces E/W)
2. FENESTRATION (windows face S, then N, then E/W) 3. SOLAR SHADING (horizontal sun shading) |
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Cameron Offices, Belconnen, A.C.T., Australia, John Andrews, 1972
*taking thermal conditions into consideration *long thin buildings, fenestration on the S, horizontal shading |
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Tenneco Building, Houston, S.O.M., 1963
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Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, India, LeCorbusier, 1958
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Palace of Justice, Chandigarh, India, LeCorbusier, 1958
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Assembly Building, Chandigarh, India, LeCorbusier, 1958
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Dominus Winery, Napa Valley, California, Herzog and de Meuron, 1998
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Simpson-Lee House, Mount Wilson, Australia, Glenn Murcutt, 1994
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