Structure as Architecture - School of Architecture

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Structural (and architectural) qualities
and characteristics: (contd)
scaffolding-like, 32, 61, 200
screening, 59–63, 89
sculptural, 57, 116, 162
sensitive, 122
simplicity, 16, 27, 87, 154
skeletal, 27, 32, 57, 80, 126, 141–2
softness, 94, 156, 158
solemnity, 16
sombre, 201
spontaneity, 118
stitching, 136
strength, 13, 16
surprise, 41
symmetry, 72
texture, 23, 53, 57–9, 104
tranquility, 94
transparency, 25, 27–8, 49, 58, 65,
83, 126, 145, 155–8, 174, 176,
179–80
transportable, 76
twisting, 205
unbalance, 150
unexpected, 42, 125, 137
unobtrusive, 163
unrefined, 153
utilitarian, 151
warm, 128
web-like, 63
weighty, 179
welcoming, 195
wrap, 36, 60
Structural Rationalists, 22
Structural systems, 20, 79
Structure:
articulating circulation, 93–6
dangerous, 99
defines space, 91, 93
directionality, 79, 93, 95–6
disrupts, 15, 82, 96–100
diversity of, 208
educates, 143
expressive roles, 70–7, 121–8
functional aspects, 79–101

inhabitation of, 92, 115, 117
modulates, 52–7, 69, 95, 104–7,
117, 120
neutralizes space, 80
ordering space, 3, 120, 179
penetrations through, 11, 69,
177–9
perimeter, 53, 82–4
sagging, 39, 146
spatial, 112–21
subdividing space, 15, 85–93, 179,
191
surface, 49, 104–12
transformative power of, 63, 208
transparent, 179–80
visibility of, 12
‘Structures’, education of, 207, 210
Strut, 57, 68, 89, 91,124, 200
flying, 25, 169
StudioWorks Architects, 196
Sustainable design, 161, 201
Symbolism, 3, 13, 16, 189, 200–5,
208

Tadao Ando & Associates, 139–40
Tanner Leddy Mantum Stacy, 99
Tension
architecture of, 126
cables, 25, 56, 126
hangers, 30, 52
ring, 105
rods, 12, 24, 45, 56, 61, 82, 90
springs, 47
ties, 56
Tent, 26, 199
Terragni, Giuseppe, 34
Thorncrown Chapel, 109
Tokyo International Forum, 185
Torsion, 91, 146
Tree, 42, 66, 180, 190–4, 200
Truss, 35, 40, 48, 52, 65, 68, 84, 96,
98, 143, 145, 158, 174, 197
bowstring, 38
sag, 39

source of light, 169–70
vierendeel, 31, 54, 133, 139, 157,
160
Tschumi, Bernard, 153
Tugendhat House, 81
Tunnel, 31, 123

Underground construction, 123,
139
Ungers, O. M., 88
Usonian House, 177

Van der Rohe, Mies, 81
van Spreckelsen, Johan Otto, 31
Vault, 160, 168, 183, 201,
lamella, 109
Vicens and Ramos, 33
Viollet-le-Duc, 22
von GerkanMargPartner, 42, 95,
163

Walls, 14, 20, 22, 32–4, 36, 45, 80,
86–8, 91
curved, 58, 71
define interior spaces, 32
modulation of, 17
pierced, 31
subdividing space, 15, 85
textures, 17
Warped surface, 63
Waves, 27, 43
Welding, 59
Wilkinson Eyre, 147
Williams, Stanton, 155
Wilson, Gordon, 32
Wrought-iron, 162

Zehrfuss, Bernard, 122
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
PartnershipHDR, 107
Zoomorphic, 194–6
Zufferey, André, 40
Zumthor, Peter, 86, 92, 105

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