You should also visit Taliesin and Taliesin West. It's probably a complete 180 of most architecture schools and school buildings out there, but that's what I find so interesting about it.
I've only really spent any length of time in two arch schools, UW-Milwaukee and Taliesin, and they're complete opposites, UWM was more about making the building as functional as possible, sacrificing creativity for it. Taliesin was more about making a building that was visually exciting and interesting, with the function part kinda figured out as you go.
I haven't heard of any research or publications on the design of architecture schools, but perhaps somebody else has.
displaced, that's actually 4 words... but yes, IIT is a good one.
jump might have some thoughts on his school (manitoba, i think?)
UVA's just had a significant reno, with an interesting addition by w.g. clark (anyone know if it's successful or not?)
GSD's gund hall
Yale's a&a building
JVA's oslo school of arch(or is it just design)
UMN's rapson hall
Aravena's school of arq. in chile
SANAA's zollverein
gropius' bauhaus
lots has been written about most of these, articles are avail. online or at your nearest library.
I spent 3 years in knowlton hall at osu by mack scogin/merrill elam. a very interesting building on many different levels. everywhere you turned there were 163 things going on at once, some good some bad, but offered an endless amount of discussion from students and faculty alike.
by contrast I will be spending 2.5 years in anderson hall at rice. not quite sure what to think of that one yet considering i've only visited once.
I dislike michigan's one giant studio space, and actually quite like the chaos of Cincinnati and gsapp. also, not a fan of crown hall.
No one's mentioned Sci-Arc. They're repurposed building and school layout is pretty different from other schools I've seen. Also, haven't been to either of these schools, but Delft & Michigan both seem to have pretty cool layouts and some innovative organizational schemes from the little I've seen.
UVA's Campbell Hall has two new additions - one by WG Clark and one by William Sherman. Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects did an outdoor space as well. http://www.arch.virginia.edu/theschool/addition/
For a crummy little program, FIU has an interesting bldg.
Designed by Tschumi , I think.
I forget how to attach images to the posts, [img], {img}, <img>?, so sorry for the copy & paste.
Clemson has an old Bauhaus style building, which they are going to expand in 2011/12 I believe. That one is designed by one of Richard Meir's former partners, whose name I can't remember.
University of Detroit Mercy has a nice looking place. Jesuit/Spanish missionary built in the 20's.
Thats the old [west] entrance that is not used anymore. Good place to lounge though. The interior was modernized some time ago and it leaves many original details.
Steven Holl's College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
Tschumi's School of Architecture, Marne-la-Vallée, Paris: similar to the FIU one except all enclosed -- organized around an atrium -- where the FIU one is organized around exterior space
Koolhaas at Cornell... Actually, the whole history of 3 or 4 different schemes by different offices for the new building there might be worth studying...
And it's not quite the same, but the small structures that the Rural Studio built for itself are fascinating as well.
PJ copied the Salt Works and made it UH's Architecture school. I hate it. I hated walking into it each day. It's about as bad as it gets. Our first faculty meeting starts out with yet another story, by the Dean, about how he couldn't figure out a way to burn it all down.
I'm not a huge fan of Peter Eisenman's new DAAP building at the University of Cincinnati (which actually ties together several older buildings), but I'll admit it's got some interesting spaces.
The Royal Danish Academy of the Arts is a repurposed military barracks on the island of Holmen in Copenhagen.
This one might be a little harder to dig up information on, but Lehigh University's Chandler Ullmann Hall, which currently houses the Art & Architecure department, was originally an award winning building (3rd Prize Paris International Exposition late 1880's - same year Eiffel Tower received first prize) - it was designed as a chemistry building - the first of its kind - with an innovative use of chimineys to act as ventilators... really beautiful stone building - i just find it ironic how it never carried through with its original intentions.
good luck! this is a fascinating subject I have thought about a lot.
I think Phillip Johnson even said his dream commission was to design a building for architecture students.
Georgia Tech's old bldg is OK (not great, though), but the 'new' one is pretty reminiscent of just about any corporate box in America....plus, you've gotta take a walk up the main stair. I dare you to not trip on the onemisdimensioned step that is +/-1" off. Over the years, it has been marked w/ lotsa yellow warning paint.
If you want a tour in concrete, storefront, quarry tile & crummy lighting - put this on your list!
From personal experience: Thomas I. Storrs at UNC Charlotte by Gwathmey Siegel. I went to school there for my Masters and taught for a year. It's not the best building ever aesthetically, but it functioned fairly well minus the ill proportioned crit rooms on the bottom floor and the poor HVAC system. It worked well in diagrams to show first year students fundamental design concepts.
Gwathmy Siegel also did the architecture and design building at Lawrence Tech University in Southfield, Michigan. I taught there for a bit. This building is also not ground-breaking but it is a good example of the firm's work of late. Its a very corporate sort of environment with carpeted studios and open plans, generous light.
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one word IIT. Go to crown hall. its like having Michael Angelo's all around you.
i know its actually 3 words (Illinois Institute of Technology)
You should also visit Taliesin and Taliesin West. It's probably a complete 180 of most architecture schools and school buildings out there, but that's what I find so interesting about it.
I've only really spent any length of time in two arch schools, UW-Milwaukee and Taliesin, and they're complete opposites, UWM was more about making the building as functional as possible, sacrificing creativity for it. Taliesin was more about making a building that was visually exciting and interesting, with the function part kinda figured out as you go.
I haven't heard of any research or publications on the design of architecture schools, but perhaps somebody else has.
displaced, that's actually 4 words... but yes, IIT is a good one.
jump might have some thoughts on his school (manitoba, i think?)
UVA's just had a significant reno, with an interesting addition by w.g. clark (anyone know if it's successful or not?)
GSD's gund hall
Yale's a&a building
JVA's oslo school of arch(or is it just design)
UMN's rapson hall
Aravena's school of arq. in chile
SANAA's zollverein
gropius' bauhaus
lots has been written about most of these, articles are avail. online or at your nearest library.
Cowgill at VT?
quit reading my threads as if they are contracts Holz take it easy on me.
ok holz lol
here i go again just for you
IIT 3 letters
siza's faculty of architecture comes to mind -- esp since there is a good documentary on it as part of the Architectures DVD series
I spent 3 years in knowlton hall at osu by mack scogin/merrill elam. a very interesting building on many different levels. everywhere you turned there were 163 things going on at once, some good some bad, but offered an endless amount of discussion from students and faculty alike.
by contrast I will be spending 2.5 years in anderson hall at rice. not quite sure what to think of that one yet considering i've only visited once.
I dislike michigan's one giant studio space, and actually quite like the chaos of Cincinnati and gsapp. also, not a fan of crown hall.
No one's mentioned Sci-Arc. They're repurposed building and school layout is pretty different from other schools I've seen. Also, haven't been to either of these schools, but Delft & Michigan both seem to have pretty cool layouts and some innovative organizational schemes from the little I've seen.
UVA's Campbell Hall has two new additions - one by WG Clark and one by William Sherman. Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects did an outdoor space as well. http://www.arch.virginia.edu/theschool/addition/
For a crummy little program, FIU has an interesting bldg.
Designed by Tschumi , I think.
I forget how to attach images to the posts, [img], {img}, <img>?, so sorry for the copy & paste.
Clemson has an old Bauhaus style building, which they are going to expand in 2011/12 I believe. That one is designed by one of Richard Meir's former partners, whose name I can't remember.
University of Detroit Mercy has a nice looking place. Jesuit/Spanish missionary built in the 20's.
Thats the old [west] entrance that is not used anymore. Good place to lounge though. The interior was modernized some time ago and it leaves many original details.
I don't believe anyone's mentioned these yet:
Steven Holl's College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
Tschumi's School of Architecture, Marne-la-Vallée, Paris: similar to the FIU one except all enclosed -- organized around an atrium -- where the FIU one is organized around exterior space
Also, Michael Rotondi's Architecture and Art Building, Prairie View A&M University
arizona state has a good architecture building. for better or worse, i'd say it's postmodernism at it's best. ut austin has a nice historic building.
Thanks guys. These are really helpful. Keep them coming!
Thanks guys. These are really helpful. Keep them coming!
Steven Holl, Pratt Institute SOA
Koolhaas at Cornell... Actually, the whole history of 3 or 4 different schemes by different offices for the new building there might be worth studying...
And it's not quite the same, but the small structures that the Rural Studio built for itself are fascinating as well.
bruce mccarty...a+a building utk
PJ copied the Salt Works and made it UH's Architecture school. I hate it. I hated walking into it each day. It's about as bad as it gets. Our first faculty meeting starts out with yet another story, by the Dean, about how he couldn't figure out a way to burn it all down.
I'm not a huge fan of Peter Eisenman's new DAAP building at the University of Cincinnati (which actually ties together several older buildings), but I'll admit it's got some interesting spaces.
The Royal Danish Academy of the Arts is a repurposed military barracks on the island of Holmen in Copenhagen.
This one might be a little harder to dig up information on, but Lehigh University's Chandler Ullmann Hall, which currently houses the Art & Architecure department, was originally an award winning building (3rd Prize Paris International Exposition late 1880's - same year Eiffel Tower received first prize) - it was designed as a chemistry building - the first of its kind - with an innovative use of chimineys to act as ventilators... really beautiful stone building - i just find it ironic how it never carried through with its original intentions.
good luck! this is a fascinating subject I have thought about a lot.
I think Phillip Johnson even said his dream commission was to design a building for architecture students.
Georgia Tech's old bldg is OK (not great, though), but the 'new' one is pretty reminiscent of just about any corporate box in America....plus, you've gotta take a walk up the main stair. I dare you to not trip on the onemisdimensioned step that is +/-1" off. Over the years, it has been marked w/ lotsa yellow warning paint.
If you want a tour in concrete, storefront, quarry tile & crummy lighting - put this on your list!
Saarinen at Cranbrook near Detroit
Wurster Hall - Brutalism high rise at UC Berkeley, studios have the highest floors with a penthouse conference room at the roof.
Antoine Predock's Architecture building at UNM in Albuquerque
Kevin Roche's Fine Arts Center at UMass Amherst (a huge bridge containing classrooms and climbable, largely underground bunker style music areas.
From personal experience: Thomas I. Storrs at UNC Charlotte by Gwathmey Siegel. I went to school there for my Masters and taught for a year. It's not the best building ever aesthetically, but it functioned fairly well minus the ill proportioned crit rooms on the bottom floor and the poor HVAC system. It worked well in diagrams to show first year students fundamental design concepts.
Here's a link to the GS site:
http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/portfolio/proj_detail.php?job_id=198607
Gwathmy Siegel also did the architecture and design building at Lawrence Tech University in Southfield, Michigan. I taught there for a bit. This building is also not ground-breaking but it is a good example of the firm's work of late. Its a very corporate sort of environment with carpeted studios and open plans, generous light.
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