architecture case study yale university

ROHAN BAMROTIYA (06)NISARG BHAVSAR (12)DIVYA MEHTA (19)

Yale architecture & art building

Location : - 180 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States

CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT , YALE

SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Architectural Style & Design Approach

one of the earliest known examples of Brutalist architecture in America is Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building in New Haven, Connecticut, an imposing, fortress-like building that juxtaposes masses of textured concrete with layers of steel-framed glazing.

Completed in 1963, the building is formed of intersecting volumes of bush-hammered concrete. Smooth concrete and glass horizontal elements are supported by a sequence of towers that protrude above the roof in a series of turret

GEOGRAPHIC & CLIMATIC CONDITION

COORDINATES- 41.3123°N, 72.9240°W

CLIMATE- HUMID CONTINENTAL CLIMATE, WITH COLD WINTERS AND HOT SUMMERS.

SUMMERS :- HIGH-82F TO 77F, 66F TO 60F WINTERS :- HIGH-42F TO 37F, LOW-28F TO 23F

PRECIPITATION-The annual average precipitation at New Haven is 52.73 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is May with an average rainfall of 4.70 Inches.

LANDSCAPE-Yale’s semi-urbanized campus covers over 1,100 acres of maintained and natural landscapes that range from college courtyards, quadrangles, and designated garden areas to sports fields, a golf course, and a nature preserve.

SNOW-The likelihood of snow falling is highest around February 1, occurring in 24% of days. The season in which it is relatively likely for snow to fall spans from November 26 to April 7.



•Mechanicals

•Electricals

•Services

•Workshops

•Main Hall

•Woodshop•Digital Media

Over all Noisy &

Private Areas

Plan of second-basement

•Drawing Studio

•Double heightHasting’s Hall

•Classrooms

•Lecture Room

•Offices

•Storage for the

above functions

•Entry ThroughStaircases &

Elevator

•Use of Sky lights to light

interior reading room space

Relatively Quieter &

Semi Private Areas

Plan of basement

Ground floor plan

•Library

•Department Offices

•Administration

•Public Café

•Storage & Teaching Labs

•Quiet zone near Library, Noisier Zone near the office half

Quiet & Public Areas



Second floor plan

•Public Zone

•Two Storied Exhibition Space & related pre functions

•Seminar Rooms

•Conference Rooms

•Lecture Halls

•Unhindered entry fromthe Road outside

Noisy & Public Areas

•High Crowd DensityMass student

gathering

•Departmental & Faculty rooms

•Seminar room

•Lecture room

•Interlocking planes emphasising

solid/VoidRelationship

•Administrative offices onmezzanine

Overlookingexhibition

space

Quiet & Semi-Private Areas

Third floor plan

Fourth floor plan

•4 Studios

•Terrace to sketch & Hangout space

•Threshold achieved by changing levels

•Green roof

•Natural lighting for all studios

•Common Double height Jury Space

•Print + Laser Cutting Room

Quiet & Private Areas



Fifth floor plan

Before renovation

After renovation

Sixth floor plan

•Painting and graphic art studios are on the top two levels, with an open terrace for sketching

Seventh floor planEighth floor plan

there is a penthouse apartment for guest criticsthat also has its own terrace



Facade system

• restoration specified vast glass sheets developed to reduce heat gainand energy consumption.

• After mock-ups were evaluated for aesthetics and performance. •The project team selected a glazing product that provided suitable a

insulating properties, low-emissivity (low-e), and glare reduction•the 8-by-12-foot panels were some of the largest single sheets of

insulating glass ever made in the United States.

Aluminium + Glass [Gwathmey]Reinforcing Integration and

articulation of structure.

Exposed Concrete [Rudolph]

Entry Between two massive hollow columns making this structure monumental resembling

turrets to a fortress



•PAINTING

•DESIGN

•SCULPTURING

•GRAPHICS AND DRAWING

•EXHIBITION AND LIBRARY

B

B’

A A’

SECTION AA’ SECTION BB’



MECHANICAL SERVICES

CIRCULATION SPACE

ELEVATORS

STAIRCASE

MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING THE FIRST FLOOR

ENTRANCE TO THE PUBLIC CAFE

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT FOR SERVICES

Ground floor planFirst floor plan

LIBRARY HASTINGS HALL



Second floor plan

Third floor plan

Fourth floor plan

Fifth floor plan

MECHANICAL SERVICES

CIRCULATION SPACE

ELEVATORS

STAIRCASE

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT FOR SERVICES



SIXTH FLOOR PLAN

SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN

SECOND BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN

MECHANICAL SERVICES

CIRCULATION SPACE

ELEVATORS

STAIRCASE



The 2008 renovation

restored the

original linear

lighting system which

beautifully juxtaposed

into the vertical

concrete texture

Interiors as grey [dull/neutral] concrete vs. earthy orange [bright and

exciting] Carpets and furniture

Natural light

bounces on the carpet

and illuminates the entire space as

warm interiors

imprinting warthon the

lifeless concrete

Like every brutalist buildings, this one retains all the joints and holes caused by the casting of concrete in place.

Rudolph utilised this as an opportunity to create texture.



the building is formed of intersecting volumes of bush-hammered concrete. Smooth concrete and glass horizontal elements are supported by a sequence of towers that protrude above the roof in a series of turrets.

the building's street-facing windows frame views of its Modernist forerunner, Rudolph had made a controversial turn away from the functionalism that characterised Kahn's design

Massive piers of concrete rise. Projections are over-emphasised throughout. Heavy slabs are crossed by thin slabs. Spaces inside cross too and offer sequences of most dramatic effects by unexpected vistas inside the building and even out of it

Slabs of ribbed concrete run in vertical sections on the interior and exterior of the 11,000-square-metre building. The concrete was cast in place using corrugated wooden moulds and bush-hammered to expose the aggregate.

Inside, the complex floor plan is made up of 37 terraced levels spaced across seven main storeys and two basement floors. Each level overlooks a central atrium that features a sunken pit and is topped by a series of skylights, while narrow concrete walkways connect the spaces on either side of the well.

Arts Library provides additional classroom and office space, two

lecture theatres, a cafe and a ground floor library for the

department.

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