ARC 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Iridescence, Disjecta, Dispositio

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Architecture
• Course: ARC 111
• Professor: Andrew Manson

Document Summary

Let us state the conditions in the plainest manner. Thus has come about the form of lofty construction called the "modern office building. " It has come in answer to a call, for in it a new grouping of social conditions has found a habitation and a name. Up to this point all in evidence is materialistic, an exhibition of force, of resolution, of brains in the. Problem: how shall we impart to this sterile pile, this crude, harsh, brutal agglomeration, this stark, keen sharp sense of the word. Let us examine, then, carefully the elements, let us search out this contained suggestion, this essence of the problem. It is my belief that it is of the very essence of every problem that it contains and suggests its own. Wanted-1st, a story below-ground, containing boilers, engines of various sorts, etc. ,-in short, the plant for power, heating, lighting, etc.