Architecture and the City - Elective Course at UNSW S1, 2009

Study models of urban places - main assignment.

Architecture and the City - Study models 1

1. University of Virginia. Architect: Thomas Jefferson [plans 1817-19] [Model by Zhao Ruyun]
2. University of Virginia. [Model by Chen Wei, Lai Disi & Zhang Xian]
3. Spanish Stairs, Rome. Architect: Alessandro Specchi, 1721 [Model by Lawrence Cheung & Huang Luohua]
4. Spanish Stairs, Rome.
5. Piazza del Popolo, Todi, Italy. [Model by Li Ding Qing, Ma Jiting & Ma Qiao]
6. Piazza del Popolo, Todi, Italy. [Model by Zhai Xiaoling]
7. Vigevano, Italy. - The Piazza Ducale. Architect: Bramante [© 1492] [Model by An Jing & Cai Zhenbo]
8. Vigevano, Italy. - The Piazza Ducale.

Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales

ARCHITECTURE: DECORUM: Elements, Themes, Ideas.

Aims:
Through a series of lectures to present some of the fundamental contributions to the Architecture of the 20 th C in the West. This is done with the bias of an architect whose interest is in how works of architecture are composed and how they contribute to architectural thinking. The relation of buildings to the city and the differences between some aspects of pre-industrial architecture and that of the 20th C will be considered.

Assignments:
Project 1 - Sketch Book
Project 2 -Thematic Studies
Project 3 - Final Drawings & Model

Louis I. Kahn - Architect

1. Esherick House 1959-61 Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. PA. USA [Model by Maria Gutierrez]
2. Goldenberg House- Project 1959 Philadelphia. PA. USA [Model by Deborah Allen]
3. Fisher House 1960-67 Hatsboro, Philadelphia. PA. USA [Model by Anna Field]
4. Mellon Centre for British Art 1969-74 Yale University, New Haven. CT. USA [Model by Lin Zhixiong]
5. Salk Institute 1959-67 La Jolla, San Diego. CA. USA [Model by Jordan Lucas & Lei Yi]

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Jorn Utzon - Architect

6. Bagsvaerd Church 1967-76 Bagsvaerd, Denmark

[Models 6 & 7 by Michael Cai, Shi Ooi, Wendy Sin & Vivien Tan]

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Steven Holl - Architect

7. Chapel of St. Ignatius 1994-97 Seattle University, Seattle. WA. USA

[Models 6 & 7 by Michael Cai, Shi Ooi, Wendy Sin & Vivien Tan]

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Alvar Aalto - Architect

8. Villa Mairea 1937-39 Noormakku, Finland [Model by Anne Colenbrander]

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Gerrit Rietveld - Architect

9. Sculpture Exhibition Pavilion 1955 Park Sonsbeek. Arnhem Holland reconstructed 1965 [Model by Alex Bryden]

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Aldo Van Eyck - Architect

10. Church for the Moluccan Community. 1983-92 Deventer, Netherlands [Model by Karina Dorman]

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