ARC 108: Architectural Design II, Spring 2016Syracuse University School of Architecture

Tues., Thurs., Fri. 1-5pm, Slocum Hall 314/414 Alam, Corso, Kamell, Louie, Miller (Coord.), Munly (Coord.)

Tuesday_16 Thursday_18 Friday_19

due:Ex. 6.1a

issued:Ex. 6.1b

working session:Ex. 6.1b

6.1 a, b, c

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ex 6.1: Surface & Materiality

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working session:Ex. 6.1c

due:Ex. 6.1b

issued:Ex. 6.1c

working session:Ex. 6.1b

Friday_26

due:Ex. 6.1c

introduction:Workshop #2

Due: Tuesday, 2/16 at 1:00pm

Materials: Use your sketchbook, trace paper, scale, felt tip pen and pencil. Use InDesign and the template to create a slideshow.

Who: Work both independently and with one teammate on the assigned building from the list on page three.

Procedures and Aim: At the conclusion of Exercise 5, you will be assigned a building to study. In particular, you will study the facade of the building--its materiality, formal and spatial qualities. You are to gain an awareness of what materials are used in the facade, how the facade is literally or conceptually occupied, and how it constructs a threshold between outside and inside, contributing to the narrative sequence of the building.

Based on specific qualities you have identified through your analysis, on Tuesday in class you will be engaged in (individually) designing a facade that extends the qualities and characteristics of the building facade that you studied to a new site and program.

6.1a Facade Analysis & Design

Exercise 6 will introduce the building facade as a significant element of architecture. The facade is the first threshold of a building, articulating the exchange of interior and exterior and often making a statement about the program or site, expressed in materials and form. It is an important part of a building’s entry sequence and, as such, will provide us with additional opportunities to study section and sequence in relation to threshold and spatial hierarchy. Adding to the phenomenal issues studied in Exercise 5, Exercise 6 will introduce materiality and light.

Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Louis Kahn, 1971 (Entry at corner.)

Exterior perimeter corridor and second facade (Left). Interior study space (third facade space) against exterior facade (Right).

ARC 108: Architectural Design II, Spring 2016Syracuse University School of Architecture

Tues., Thurs., Fri. 1-5pm, Slocum Hall 314/414 Alam, Corso, Kamell, Louie, Miller (Coord.), Munly (Coord.)

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, L.B. Alberti, 1470, diagram of geometries of the facade.

Analysis Process: First, understand the building. Conduct a thorough investigation of the chosen existing building facade. In this short introductory exercise, conduct research and use the shared images, drawings, sketches, etc. to gain an understanding of the conceptual, material, and spatial propositions of the facade studied.

Next, using 11” x 17” trace or vellum, analyze the facade by hand, drawing in series. You may use your choice of edited elevation, partial plan, partial section, edited axonometric drawings, AND annotation. You will likely be able to fit four to six sketches per sheet of vellum. Use multiple pages. You should address the following four issues in your analysis:

- Subdivision and proportioning: What are the primary rhythms and subdivisions of the facade? Are there secondary and tertiary ordering systems? How are different materials deployed to proportion and delineate areas of the facade?-Materials: What materials are used on the exterior of the building?Are the same materials wrapped into the interior?-Natural light: Which direction does the facade face? Is light emitted through the facade? If so, how far?-Program: How does the facade design respond to the program of the building? Is the facade occupiable?

For Tuesday each student will prepare a 6-image sideshow using the provided template with your name and that of the building and architect. Each student will:1) use two slides for describing the original building in its site. Choose what you think are critical images to capture your understanding of the building.2) use four slides to show the key images of your analysis, one for each of the issues listed above, analyzing the assigned building facade and placed on the template.Note: Two students will be assigned to each building; therefore there will be a total of 12 slides bundled into a single presentation. It is strongly recommended to work as a team in first studying the building, and then assembling your slides. Slides must be uploaded no later than 12:45 pm Tuesday to the TA.

Exeter Academy Library facade materiality (brick, wood panels, and glass), rhythm and repetition of fenestration.

American Folk Art Museum, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, 2001. Facade detail looking up, bronze panels and glass.

ARC 108: Architectural Design II, Spring 2016Syracuse University School of Architecture

Tues., Thurs., Fri. 1-5pm, Slocum Hall 314/414 Alam, Corso, Kamell, Louie, Miller (Coord.), Munly (Coord.)

Tuesday In-Class Design Assignment

This assignment addresses exchanges from inside to outside across and through the facade. You are asked to design a facade that exemplifies the qualities and characteristics of the building facade that you studied over the weekend, now for a small and specialized rare architecture books library. While today’s quick charrette does not call for a detailed program, the designer should consider that some books/book areas will not want any exposure to direct sun light; rare books are brought to the reader by a librarian; rare books in facsimile, on the other hand, do not require special treatment, and may be taken off shelves by the user and read in the light, at group tables or in carrels. As in many libraries, there are also spaces of repose. The library has a very special view from one window. This does not mean the view must be from the top floor, and certainly not accessible from every aperture. Consider sizes of elements such as windows, furnishings such as desks and book cases, and primary materials such as exterior cladding. The facade may begin to reveal where, in areas behind or within it, books are stored and read.

The design of each building facade must meet these objective criteria: - Contain at least one primary entry, at ground level from a 12’ wide sidewalk that passes in front of a building to an interior space- Contain a space that is under cover, but outside - Considering that your facade faces south, account for the penetration of natural light through the facade- Be exactly 25’ wide, never taller than 40’, and between 3’ and 12’ deep (conceptually).

Present your design through sketching an elevation, partial building plan at ground floor, and partial building section, extending through the facade and into the building. You can render material and should render light.

Gian Carlo deCarlo, diagrams.

ARC 108: Architectural Design II, Spring 2016Syracuse University School of Architecture

Tues., Thurs., Fri. 1-5pm, Slocum Hall 314/414 Alam, Corso, Kamell, Louie, Miller (Coord.), Munly (Coord.)

Project References:

Preferred:Basilica of Sant’Andrea, Mantua, Italy, 1472, AlbertiSanta Maria Della Pace Courtyard (Cloister), Rome, Italy, 1502, BramanteCasa del Fascio, Como, Italy, 1936, Giuseppe Terragni Millowners’ Association Building, Ahmedabad, India, 1951, Le CorbusierRietveld Schroeder, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1924, Gerrit RietveldExeter Library, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1971, Louis KahnYale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT 1974, Louis KahnApartments in Rue de Meaux, Paris, France, 1991, Renzo Piano Kunsthaus, Bregenz, Austria, 1997, Peter ZumthorMurcia Town Hall, Murcia, Spain, 1998, Rafael MoneoRue des Suisses Housing, Paris, France, 2000, Herzog and deMeuron 497 Greenwich Building, New York, New York, 2004, Archi-tectonics-Winka DubbeldamSpertus Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, Krueck + SextonFormosa 1140, West Hollywood, 2008, Lorcan O’Herlihy