Project 2 - Historical Model

Project 2 requires an architectural model of a building from the time period between the 1960’s to 1970’s. The building that I have chosen is the Lutheran School of Theology, the building construction finished in 1968.

The reason why I chose this building is because I found the façade, particularly the south façade to be an interesting and elegant design that does not look too complicated to unpack.

The design is modernistic with clean lines. Although there is still a complexity to the windows that are not on the same plane or even the same size on the façade. The following analysis will look at the wall/window detail from the buildings facade below. PROCESS DRAWING:

For me the detail that I have chosen is quite interesting. It really shows a range of composite materials used together to enclose the building. This is essentially an envelope detail. And it shows the difference between the inside and the outside of the building. The detail, illustrates the wide range of options one has to design a window sill or even a window lintel for instance. This is an assembly of aluminium components . I think this is a good example of modular construction. As I see each window as a modular panel, combined together to make an entire facade. When I first analyzed the drawings it looked like a solid metal section that was used to express the window sill.

But through closer inspection it is hollow (probably saving on materials costs and aluminium is not typically used as a structural material, more of a finish material (smooth), it also need minimal maintenance compared to steel and timber window frames). Its interesting that one can choose 2 different areas of the sill to place the window. The sill is also angled as to allow for more direct southern sunlignt into the building (Northern hemisphere) and it helps to quickly drain water off the building.

This if you look on page 2 of the report, you can see it creates a textured/3D effect on the facade. I think with the use of mullions it adds to the textured affect. The mullions on the exterior can also be used to block some sunlight from the east and west. However not a large amount of sunlight would be blocked in the summer due to how the window frame is angled. Overall, I think its an interesting detail and it can be easily adapted onto other buildings.

Figure 4: Callout A of perimiter (Drawn by Stefan van Heerden, 2021)

Figure 5: Callout B of perimiter (Drawn by Stefan van Heerden, 2021)

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Figure 7: Hand drawn analysis (Drawn by Stefan van Heerden, 2021) Final Model Image

- Recycled Triplex (From previous projects) card as an expression of something that is light weight like the aluminium window frame.

- Recycled Grey Board (From previous projects) used to express something heavy like a concrete floor.

Figure 9: Final Model image 1 (Photograph by Stefan van Heerden , 2021)