KEVIN ROCHE

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922

B.Arch. from the National University of Ireland in 1945

Professional experience in Dublin with Michael Scott and

in London with Maxwell Fry,

Came to the United States in 1948 and spent one semester in the Illinois

Institute of Technology Master's program with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

In 1950, joined Eero Saarinen and Associates at Bloomfield Hills,

Michigan.

By 1954 Kevin Roche was Saarinen's principal design associate.

1982 Roche was awarded the highest international accolade in

architecture, the Pritzker Prize

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JOHN DINKLOO

Born in Michigan in 1918.

B.Arch. the University of Michigan in 1942

chief of production at the Chicago office of Skidmore,

Owings and Merrill.

Joined he Saarinen office in 1950, became a partner in 1956.

In 1961, joined hands with Kevin Roche to complete unfinished projects.

Both started their career with General Motors Technical Center in

Warren, Michigan (1948-1956), one of the most important and technically

advanced projects of the post-war years.

General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan

“Like the automobile itself, the buildings are essentially put together as on an

assembly line, out of mass-produced

units,” Sarrinan

PHILOSOPHIES

Geometrical forms

Attention to detail.

Simplicity and monumental scale of buildings.

Roche meet requirements via contextual

design Dinkeloo reacting to that design with

technological brilliance.

Specificities of the client-needs combined with

the desire to push the boundaries of

architectural technology

Automobiles in mind.

Evolutionary possibilities instead of the

creation of revolutionary inevitabilities.

Allow the time necessary explore innovative

design strategies

Use model for studies.

GENERAL FOODS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, MICHIGAN 1983

BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA, ATLANTA 1991

CHRYSTLER BUILDING

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND 2006-10 First carbon neutral

international convention centre.Net impact of building's const. on environment is zero.

Use of low carbon cement

Offsetting all unavoidable carbon emissions by investing in carbon credit

Long-term environmental sustainability

Include recycling + reducing overall energy consumption by using a sustainable energy supplier and integrating sustainable eg. Integrated building automated system (IBAS) - an advanced building management system.

Escalators, elevators, and stairs connect to all levels from the lobby.

A tilted glass cylinder, 54 meters high and 39 meters in diameter, the striking seven-story glass-fronted atrium – a key architectural feature in the development

Number of different elements, which can function separately or in concert

8000 delegates, 22 multi-purpose meeting rooms 4500 square m. of flexible exhibition & banqueting space

thermal wheel heat recovery system and an ice storage thermal unit (ISTU), which chills water overnight to form large ice blocks that melt during the day to provide air conditioning for the entire building.

NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND

TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA, ARATA ISOZAKI, 1989-90DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, KEVIN ROCHE JOHN

DINKELOO & ASSOC., 2006-2010

COMPARISON

DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, KEVIN

ROCHE JOHN DINKELOO & ASSOC., 2006-2010

TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA, ARATA ISOZAKI, 1989-

90

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