ARCH 2044 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Notre Dame Du Haut, Herzog & De Meuron, Valerio Olgiati

• School: Virginia Tech
• Department: Architecture
• Course: ARCH 2044
• Professor: Aki Ishida

Document Summary

Formwork present on the walls used concrete slabs with corrugated surfaces, where the holes from the formwork anchors are still visible. The pattern on the concrete facade was created by local artisans hand- chiseling the formwork. Chapel of notre dame du haut / ronchamp. These walls which are without buttresses follow, in plan, the curvilinear forms calculated to provide stability to this rough masonry. The concrete shell of the roof is loft rough, just as it comes from the formwork. Everything was precast except for the bottom part which was sitecast because the site is not completely at. Exposed steel structures are usually used in factories and not civic buildings. Civic buildings are usually built in masonry (permanence) Very heavy stone base with lighter stone at the top ( expression of gravity) Brick facade is like a woven carpet anatolia carpet. Openings that allow light and air through blocks.