ARC523 Advanced Building Systems

LECTURES

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THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM: Where we stand.
  • The technical dilemma and the dilemma of technology.
  • The architect vs. the engineer.
System: a Working Definition
  • BRUNELLESCHI: The great invention
  • Roman construction, Gothic construction, dimensional comparison of significant buildings.
System:  The bottom up vs. from the top down.
  • Diderot, the Encyclopedia and the Englightenment
System: Open vs. Closed
  • PAXTON: Realisation of the potential.
  • Images of the Crystal Palace
System: The Lattice and the Tree.
  • Soufflot and the Pantheon
  • The counter example: The great struggle.
  • Henri Labrouste and the Biblioteque St. Genevieve
System: Prototype
  • Chareau.   the MAISON DE VERRE, and The Poetics of Technology
System: The open system and the dilemma of image
  • The Heidi Weber Pavilion, Le Corbusier
System: The modern condition and the proliferation of systems.
  • CENTRE POMPIDOU,  Piano + Rogers:  Pushing the limits.
System: Hardware vs. software.
  • HOUSING: The current debate.
  • HOUSING: Selected packaging strategies.
  • From the personal files: a noble attempt to do it all.
Final notes.
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