Arc 308 - Exam Ii

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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