Everything's Fine Here by scarlson94

Steven Carlson

Steven Carlson Thesis Prep Document Midterm Review 11.10.16 Nicole McIntosh SinĂŠad MacNamara Roger Hubeli / Julie Larsen Themes Durability, Sustainability, Typologies, Domestic, Preservation ...

6 - Contention 8 - Background 12 - Case Studies 18 - Public x 21 62 - Apartment x 8 80 - House x 19 120 - Folly x 5 132 - Score Sheet 134 - Epilogue

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“Humans speak and buildings don’t, buildings last (or some do) but humans don’t. This causes confusion as to their respective significance and it raises doubts about the conventional presumption in favor of buildings, the more so as humans increasingly outlive buildings.” - 6a Architects Never Modern

This project seeks to hold up to the light architecture that explicitly references the past, and favors use of durable materials (especially concrete) in a primal and charming way.

Contention

Jessie Brennan - A Fall of Ordinariness and Light - 2014

“ What characterizes the New Brutalism in architecture as in painting is precisely its brutality, its j-m’enfoutisme, its bloody-mindedness.” - Reyner Banham The New Brutalism 1955

What incited this trajectory, is my interest in the tenuous situation faced by the architectural style â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brutalismâ&#x20AC;?. In recent years, a cult following has grown up valuing its quirky charm, alien nature and solid, durable appearance. Still, many notable structures have been demolished in recent years; unable to be preserved through litigation because they are not old enough, and unable to gain the support of the community as a whole because of their harsh appearance. Brutalist architecture (born in the mid 20th century) explicitly references ancient architecture in its massing and materiality. These buildings were built to be immortal! Yet ironically, Brutalist buildings are being torn down in droves, replaced by monotonous glass boxes that value the ethereal and temporary over the substantial and eternal.

Background: Brutalism, Hated and Loved

“Alison Smithson described Noah’s Ark ‘as a withdrawal to survive, or the idyll in the extreme’ - in this way the Ark can also be seen as a ‘place apart’ where the residents can gather new strength (‘re-energise’) and from which they can once again go forth into the collective.” - Max Risselada From the House of the Future to a House of Today 10

Re·fu·gi·um: an area in which a population of organisms can survive through a period of unfavorable conditions. This project suggests the possibility for architecture to act as a ‘refugium’. The forthcoming examples could all act as such, with their massiveness, durability and sheltering natures. Collages dispersed through this booklet speak to this type of architecture’s potential to adapt to climate change and endure the harsh climates that will result. This project asks ‘how can architecture respond to today’s environmental cues to act as a place of consistency, refuge and shelter in an age of short attention spans and desire for rapid change?

Background: Refugium Architecture

public apartment house folly

I have collected a series of projects that demonstrate my efforts to understand this mode of architecture with breadth and depth. Desiring a reasonable level of objectivity, this research emphasizes the figure ground plan and the image as primary modes of investigation. What at first may seem like architectural potpourri (with great variation in scale, age, vintage, geographic location and program) is in fact a conscientiously curated collection of projects that share qualities of primal-ness, austere charm, and durability. I present to you four (4) categories: Public - non-domestic large scale structures Apartment - domestic large scale structures House - small scale domestic structures Folly - micro-scaled projects

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hansvartiel balfron tower kafka castle barbican estate sirius building WHITE TOWER BODIAM CASTLE DOUNE CASTLE PALACE PLAN VILLA SHODAN RETIREMENT HOUSE ESHERICK HOUSE UPPER LAWN PAVILION SHEATS GOLDSTEIN TOWER HOUSE ATELIER ROSA ERNEST HOUSE VAN WASSENHOVE LA FABRICA MAISON BORDEAUX CASA EN ALENQUER K N RESIDENCE CASA CIEN ANTIVILLA fallout shelter the truffle bruderklaus chapel cerro del obispo occupation of loss

i m pei meets star wars

Public

Basilica of Maxentius Emperors Constantine & Maxentius Meeting Place Rome

312 A.D.

Unity Temple Frank Lloyd Wright Unitarian Church Oak Park, Chicago

1905

Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier Pilgrimage Church Ronchamp, France

1954

Torre Velasca BBPR Partnership Office Building Milan

1958

Yale Art and Architecture Building Paul Rudolph School of Architecture New Haven, CT

1963

Economist Building Alison and Peter Smithson Office Complex London

1964

Leรงa Swimming Pools Alvaro Siza Community Recreation Facility Leรงa, Portugal

1966

Whitney Museum of American Art Marcel Breuer Art Museum New York City

1966

Creative Arts Center Colgate University Paul Rudolph Performing Arts Center, Gallery Hamilton, NY

1966

Everson Museum of Art IM Pei Art Museum Syracuse, NY

1968

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art IM Pei Art Museum Ithaca, NY

1973

Prentice Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital Bertrand Goldberg Hospital Chicago

1975

Sesc Pompeia Lina Bo Bardi Cultural Center Sao Paulo, Brazil

1977

Therme Vals Peter Zumthor Spa Graubunden, Switzerland

1996

CaixaForum Herzog & de Meuron Art Musuem, Converted Power Station Madrid

2007

SOS Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Center Studio Gang Community Center Chicago

2008

National Park Centre Valerio Olgiati Visitors Centre Zernez, Switzerland

2008

1111 Lincoln Road Herzog & de Meuron Mixed Use Parking Garage Miami

2010

WohnWerk Basel Christ & Gantenbein Offices, Production Basel, Switzerland

2010

Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership Studio Gang Meeting Space, Offices, Collaboration Space Kalamazoo, MI

2014

Kunstmuseum Basel Christ & Gantenbein Art Museum Basel, Switzerland

2016

erno goldfinger meets noah

Apartment

Cliff Palace Ancestral Puebloans Ancient Settlement Southwest Colorado, USA

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Unite dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Habitation Le Corbusier Apartment Complex Marseilles

1952

Price Tower Frank Lloyd Wright Apartment Building Bartlesville, Oklahoma

1956

Hansaviertel Housing Oscar Niemeyer Apartment Building Berlin

1957

Balfron Tower Erno Goldfinger Apartment Building London

1967

Kafka Castle Ricardo Bofill Apartment Building Barcelona

1968

Barbican Estate Chamberlin, Powell and Bon Apartment Complex London

1969

Sirius Building Tao Gofers Apartment Building Sydney

1979

brandlhuber+ emde, schneider meets an oil spill

House

The White Tower William the Conqueror Castle London

1080

Bodiam Castle Sir Edward Dalyngrigge Castle Sussex, England

1385

Doune Castle Robert Stewart Castle Doune, Scotland

1400

Ground Plan for a Palace Degana Palace Paper Project

1800

Villa Shodan Le Corbusier Private House Ahmedabad, India

1951

Retirement House Alison and Peter Smithson Private House, Paper Project Kent, England

1959

Esherick House Louis Kahn Private House Philadelphia

1961

Upper Lawn Pavilion Alison and Peter Smithson Private Weekend House Wiltshire, England

1962

Sheats Goldstein House John Lautner Private House Los Angeles

1963

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Tower House Takamitsu Azuma Private House Tokyo

1966

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Atelier Rosa Hermann Rosa Workshop and Gallery Munich

1968

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Ernest House Robert Ernest Private House Atlantic Beach, Florida

1970

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Van Wassenhove House Juliaan Lampens Private House Saint Martens Latem, Belgium

1972

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La Fabrica Ricardo Bofill Private House and Offices, Converted Factory Barcelona

1973

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Maison Bordeaux OMA Private House Bordeaux, France

1998

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Casa en Alenquer Aires Mateus Private House Alenquer, Portugal

2002

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K N Residence Valerio Olgiati Private House Zurich

2005

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Casa Cien Pezo Von Ellrichshausen Private House Concepcion, Chile

2011

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Antivilla Brandlhube + Emde, Schneider Private House Potsdam, Germany

2014

ensamble studio meets the martian

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Folly

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Phoenix Fallout Shelter Phoenix Company Backyard Bomb Shelter Midwest, USA

1958

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The Truffle Ensamble Studio “House-ette” Costa da Morte, Spain

2010

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Bruder Klaus Field Chapel Peter Zumthor Chapel German Countryside, South of Cologne

2011

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Cerro del Obispo Christ & Gantenbein Tower San Luis Potosi, Mexico

2012

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“An Occupation of Loss” OMA + Shohei Shigematsu Art Installation Park Avenue Armory, New York City

2016

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Scoresheet

Michael Hirschbichler - There is no There There - 2013

“What we want to do is to reanimate the old, solid, creative kind of architectural thinking in modern building.... the outside is a precise expression of the purpose of the building and the inner rooms are not created arbitrarily but are determined by the necessities of domestic living. Here material, construction, and way of life become one.” - Werner Blaser The Rock is My Home 134

Building from the mode of architecture presented by the preceding case studies, I will seek to codify a durable architecture that is able to remain relevant over many generations. I am interested in testing this mode of architecture against everyday American domestic architecture, seeking out the best in each model, creating a new ideal hybrid of the two; presenting a model of building tailored to our present and able to stand up to many generations of use, adaptation, and continued relevancy. Continuing my investigation into these examples, immediate testing will use cast model making as a primary method.

Epilogue