Project 1: Precedent Study

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Pin-up: Wednesday, September 5 (digital model completed)
Due date: Wednesday, September 12

Through a set of building precedents teams of two students will explore typologies of bridge structure: truss, arch, girder, cantilever, cable-stay, and suspension. Rather than bridges, students will study buildings which perform like bridges through their structural system but require enclosure supporting occupiable and programmatic space. This project will assist students in understanding structural systems and how they can be used to organize and define space.

Student will focus their study of precedents through digital and physical model simultaneously developed in studio and the digital media course. Development of a digital and physical model will generate drawings: sections, details, axonometrics and diagrams. Models and drawings should reflect a study of all of the following: tectonic strategies, structural and circulation systems, programmatic organization, environmental performance, material studies, urban condition, and spatial qualities.

READINGS:

Atlas of Novel Tectonics, Reiser and Umemoto, Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition, 2006

REQUIREMENTS:

-Title, architect, location, sq.ft, project description

-Research Material (photos & drawings);

-Digital Model (Rhino)

-Physical Modes: study models, detail model

-Axonometric Structural, Program and Circulation Diagram

-Building sections; minimum 2

-Details: minimum 2

-Presentation: material above presented on 2 boards- 36”wide x 72”long

NOTES:

-Students are expected to use TTU library resources for research, in addition to internet and books.

-Please contact your instructor if you have difficulty finding material.

-Scales will be determined on a project by project basis by instructor.

-Digital model will be developed in Rhino.

-High level of craft and precision is required. Poor constructions and lack of detail is unacceptable and will greatly reduce your grade.

-ONLY the following materials are permitted for physical model construction:

• Bass wood, acrylic, white matte board, mdf, piano wire, waterbased, paint, tacky glue, micro hardware.

Teams must choose two precedents within their catgory.

Precedents are not to be divided up per student rather developed together, realizing a cohesive presentaiton.

1_TRUSS
Milstein Building, Cornell University by OMA
BMW Welt by Coop-Himmelblau
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
The Birds Nest by Herzog de Meuron

2_ARCH
Zentrum Paul Klee by Renzo Piano
Santa Caterina Market by EMBT
Nestlé Application Group by Rojkind Arquitectos
Tama Art University Library by Toyo Ito

3_CANTILEVER
Nanjing Sifang Art Museum by Steven Holl
ICA Boston- Diller Scofidio Renfro
The Sharp Center for Design by Alsop Architects
New Tamayo Museum by Rojkind Arquitectos and BIG

4_SHELL/SURFACE
Rolex Learning Center by SANAA
Shenzhen Airport or Fiera Milano by Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto
St Petersburg Pier by Michael Maltzan
Yokohama International Ferry Terminal by FOA

5_SUSPENSION
Marquette Plaza, Gunnar Birkets
Yoyogi National Gymnasium by Kenzo Tange
David L. Lawrence Convention Center by Rafael Viñoly
Braga Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura

6_CABLE-STAY
Torre de Collserola by Foster + Partners
Horizontal Skyscraper- Vanke Center by Steven Holl
LM Project Gateway by Steven Holl
Quadracci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava

7_BEAM/COLUMN
Madrid-Barajas Airport by Richard Rogers Partnership
Brazilian Museum of Sculpture by Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Sendai Mediateque by Toyo Ito
Vigo University by EMBT