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Architectural Project

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The Design Brief

You have been commissioned by Canon Slade School to produce some initial design ideas for a new 6th form building.

Your designs should consider: environmental issues, the needs of the students and show clear links with the work of either, Frank Lloyd-Wright or Norman Foster.

You will need to present an exterior and interior artist impression of your final design.

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Frank Lloyd-Wright - A brief background

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frank Lloyd Wright foundation

Chicago historical society

American born in 1867 (died 1959)

Went to Second wood school

Went to University - Mechanical drawing

Turbulent personal live

Which sent him to Europe of a few years

One of his main vision was ‘the living city’

Wasn’t just an architect

‘Organic Architecture’

The site, the building and the client’s needs

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Frank Lloyd-Wright - Early work

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He had a new concept for interior space

Get away from the Victorian influence

Examples 1900-1920

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Frank Lloyd-Wright - Falling Water

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1935 to 1939

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Frank Lloyd-Wright - Guggenheim Museum

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1943 to 1959

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Norman Foster - A brief background

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Born Manchester, England 1935

Fairly normal upbringing

Rather unconventional path into architecture

Studied architecture at Manchester and Yale

Won many awards

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Norman Foster - And Foster Associates

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Huge organization

Unusual working hours

Unusual office layout

Self-sufficient

Open access to clients

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Norman Foster - Projects

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Wikipedia

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faber and dumas

30 St Mary Axe

no detail should be considered too small' foster said,' the ends are always social - generated by people rather than the hardware of buildings...

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Norman Foster - Projects

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Millau Viaduct

Wembley

The best architecture comes from a synthesis of all of the elements that comprise a building:

the structure that holds it up, the services that allow it to work,the ecology of the building - whether it is naturally ventilated,whether you can open a window, the quality of natural light,the materials used - their mass or their lightness,the character of the spaces,the symbolism of the form,the relationship of the building to the skyline or the streetscape,and the way in which the building signals its presence in the city or the countryside.

Successful architecture addresses all these things, and many more...

Norman Foster

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Maslow's - hierarchy of human needs

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Golden Section

Fibonacci Series

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, etc.(Phi)

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Proposed site

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Proposed site

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TENNIS COURTS

ASHWORTHHOUSE

S BLOCK

Not to scale

Artists’ impressions

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Artists’ impressions

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Artists’ impressions

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Artists’ impressions (CAD)

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Artists’ impressions (Models)

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Useful links

Maslow’s Hierarchy

Hadrian awards

Plan views

Model Makers

Kitchen symbols

Frank Lloyd-Wright Foundation

About Frank Lloyd-Wright

Greatest Buildings: Frank Lloyd-Wright

Contemporary Glass buildings

Architectural Symbols

Randall Paulson Architects

Future Systems

Norman Foster Biography

Greatest Buildings: Norman Foster

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