ARCH 2401 Chapter : ARCH 2401
Document Summary
Architecture is a mix of poetry and geometry. New york grid does not resound to the landscape of the ground beneath it. First curtain wall is the (a curtain wall is a cost efficient way to build a wall face that isn"t load bearing. Building setbacks for tall buildings were used to allow sunlight in the city. Figure ground drawing is a black and white map with the white being the ground and the black is the building. Lon" effant was commissioned to build dc from paris. City ages can sometimes be defined by just the map. (grid pattern is newer, with the landscape is older) Pompidoo (designed by piano and richard rodgers): almost machine like aesthetic. The mechanical and electrical systems were on the outside for showing. Richard roberts went off on his own and built the lloyds building in london. (also very exposed and mechanical looking) Gherkin (sir norman foster)- the giant egg building.
