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ARCH 5590-10 – Spring 2014 IMPROVING THE WEATHER: ON THE BOND ON ARCHITECTURE AND ENERGY Fridays, 10:15 -1:30 Knowlton Hall, Room 258 Andrew Cruse Office: Knowlton 235 Knowlton School of Architecture The Ohio State University, College of Engineering

The Discovery of Fire Anatomy of a Dwelling Cesariano’s Vitruvius 1521 François Dallegret, 1965

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Energy brings architecture into the world of process and life. But it also bestows architecture with consumption, fugacity and irreversible time. Architecture brings together fire and hut, chaos and organization.

Luis Fernández-Galiano Fire and Memory This seminar will examine historical and contemporary relationships between architectural form and thermal vitality. Linking construction and combustion, sight and touch, it will investigate how energy has been and continues to be an important ingredient in architectural expression. Many contemporary discussions of architecture

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and energy often tend toward the moral imperatives created by climate change, the material limits imposed by resource constraints, or the financial benefit associated with conservation. Without denying these arguments, this seminar will use a wider lens with which to view specific buildings and texts to bring energy on par with form, space and tectonics as a theme driving architectural creation and debate. The seminar will be structured around class discussions of readings, as well as in-depth case studies by students of different building types.

COURSE STRUCTURE

This seminar will meet Fridays from 10:15-1:30. Class sessions will begin with a review of themes of each class, a short presentation by the instructor (for most classes), and a discussion of the readings. A portion of each class will also be spent discussing the class assignment with each group. This will be similar to a studio pin-up, and groups are expected to prepare accordingly.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

There are three requirements for this class: • Each week, all students will prepare a response to that week’s readings consisting of

a paragraph summarizing their content and proposing three topics for class discussion. Responses will be collected each week by the instructor;

• Each week, one student will be designated as the discussion leader for that week and they will lead the discussion among their peers;

• Students will work in groups of three or four on the class research project. The assignment is to diagram the relationship of buildings to energy. See the separate assignment for more details.

COURSE MATERIALS

Required readings will be available as PDF’s on Carmen. Materials for research projects may not be available from the school’s library. Be sure to allow adequate time to get materials from inter-library loan.

COURSE EVALUATION AND GRADING

Final grades will be based on the following weighting of assignments: 30% Class Participation, weekly reading responses and discussion leadership 30% Class Presentation of Research Project 40% Class project


COURSE POLICIES

• Readings must be completed before class; • Attendance is mandatory for the scheduled duration of class periods. Arriving late or

leaving early, unless authorized by the instructor, will be considered an unexcused absence. More than two unexcused absences may constitute grounds for reducing your final grade. Alert your instructor if you know that you will miss a class session for either academic or personal reasons;

• Sexual Harassment: OSU’s Sexual Harassment policy, which applies to all faculty, staff and students, includes lewd remarks and inappropriate comments made in the studio environment, classrooms and computer labs, as well as the “display of inappropriate sexually oriented materials in a location where others can see it.” Students can file a complaint by contacting Student Judicial Affairs at 292-0748. Sanctions include reprimand, suspension and dismissal from the university;

• Students with Disabilities: If a student requires accommodation for a disability, he or she should immediately arrange an appointment with the professor at the Office for Disability Services. At the appointment, the professors, disability councilors and the student can discuss the course format, anticipate needs and decide upon accommodations. Professors rely on the Office for Disability Services for assistance in verifying the need for accommodations and developing accommodation strategies;

• Academic Misconduct: It is critical that you take responsibility for your academic work. It is expected that all work will be done with honesty and rigor. You are encouraged to read the Ten Suggestions for Preserving Academic Integrity (http://oaa.osu.edu/coamtensuggestions.html). You are required to familiarize yourself with the Code of Student Conduct, which covers academic and social misconduct issues(http://studentaffairs.osu.edu/csc/).


COURSE SCHEDULE

This schedule is subject to change.

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WEEK 1 January 10

THEME Introduction Course overview, organization, readings, assignments and schedule.

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WEEK 2 January 17

THEME Ingredients: Architecture, Technology, Climate, Ecology and Comfort The relationship of architecture to technology; active and passive systems;

the role of climate and ecology; the idea of comfort READINGS

• Banham, Reyner. Chapts 1-2 “Unwarranted apology” and “Environmental Management” in The Architecture of the Well-tempered

Environment. 2nd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1984.

• Fernández-Galiano, Luis. Chapt. 7 “Thermal Space in Architecture” in Fire and Memory: On Architecture and Energy. Trans. Gina Cariño. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.

• Heschong, Lisa. “Necessity” in Thermal Delight in Architecture. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1979.

SUPPLIMENTAL READINGS

• Lechner, Norbert. Chapts 3-4. Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable

Design Methods for Architects. 3rd. ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2009.


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WEEK 3 January 24 THEME Early Environmental Management From the sun to systems.

BUILDINGS John Soane, Dulwich Picture Gallery (1814); Henri Labrouste, Bibliothèque St. Geneviève (1850), Bibliothèque Nationale (1868).

READINGS

• Banham, Reyner. Chapt 3 “A dark satanic century” and “Environmental Management” in The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment. 2nd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1984.

• Loos, Adolf. “Plumbers: Baths and Kitchen Ranges at the Jubilee Exhibition.” in Loos Ornament and Crime: Selected Essays, Adolf Opel ed., translated by Michael Mitchell. Riverside: Ariadne Press,1998.

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WEEK 4 January 31 THEMES The House: Localized Heat The hearth; localized heat; technology in the home.

BUILDINGS Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House (1910), Frist Jacobs House (1937), Second Jacobs House (1948); Pierre Chareau, Maison de Verre (1931); Passivhaus; Solar Decathlon.

READINGS

• Banham, Reyner. “Frank Lloyd Wright as Environmentalist” Arts and Architecture, 83 (September 1966), 26-30.

• Banham, Reyner. Chapt. 6 “The Well-tempered home” in The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment. 2nd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1984.

• Banham, Reyner. “A Home Is Not a House” reprinted in Design by Choice ed. by Penny Sparke New York: Rizzoli, 1981.


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WEEK 5 February 7 THEMES Canonical Modernism, the vernacular and the environment The relationship of canonical modernists to the vernacular and the

industrial.

BUILDINGS Le Corbusier, the brise-soleil, Villa Baizeau (1929), Villa de Mandrot

(1931), Villa Errázuriz (1930), Villa Shodhan (1956), Maisons Jaoul (1956); Richard Neutra, Lovell Beach House (1926); Walter Gropius; Marcel Breuer; Mies van der Rohe.

READINGS

• Rudofsky, Bernard. Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture. New York: MoMA, 1964.

• Colquhoun, Alan. “Regionalism 1” and “Regionalism 2” in Collected Essays of Architectural Criticism (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2009) 280-86 and 287-291.

• Frampton, Kenneth. “Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance.” The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture. edited by Hal Foster (Seattle: Bay Press, 1983) 16-30.

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WEEK 6 February 14 THEMES The Tower: Distributed Services

BUILDINGS Alphabet City; Le Corbusier ‘exact respiration’ and the ‘neutralizing wall’; Frank Lloyd Wright, Larkin Building (1906); Louis Kahn, Richards Medical Research Laboratories (1960), Salk Institute (1965); SANAA, Zollverein School of Management and Design (2006);

READINGS

• Leslie, Thomas. “Hollow floors, extruded shells: dialogues between sectional servant and served spaces in the work of Kahn” in Roberto Gargiani L’architrave, le plancher la plate-forme: Nouvelle histoire de la


construction. Lausanne: Presse polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012

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WEEK 7 February 21 THEMES Cooling Active and passive cooling; the role of air-conditioning in architectural

form;

BUILDINGS George Howe, PSFS (1932), VJAA, Lavin-Bernick Student Center (2007); Francisco Mangado, Spanish Pavilion (2008).

READINGS

• Addington, D. Michelle. “The History and Future of Ventilation” in Indoor Air Quality Handbook, eds. Spengler, Samet and McCarthy New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

• Atelier Ten “Collecting Coolth: Labyrinth Thermal Storage Systems” in Praxis 6, March 2004.

• Cooper, Gail. Air-conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1998.

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WEEK 8 February 28 THEMES High-Tech The iconography of performance;

BUILDINGS Cedric Price Fun Palace (1965); Buckminster Fuller; Archigram; Piano and Rogers, The Pompidou Center (1977); Rogers, Lloyd’s of London (1986).

READINGS

• Banham, Reyner “Stocktaking” reprinted in Design by Choice ed. by Penny Sparke New York:Rizzoli, 1981.

• Frampton, Kenneth. “A note on the tectonic of the soffit in the evolution of architecture” in Roberto Gargiani L’architrave, le plancher la plate-


forme: Nouvelle histoire de la construction. Lausanne: Presse polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012

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WEEK 9 March 7 THEMES Simple technology and Embodied Energy

The greenhouse effect; mass-enhanced R-value; radiant heating; Heliophily; Atmosphere.

BUILDINGS Joseph Paxton, Crystal Palace (1851); Sauerbruch Hutton, Federal Environmental Agency (2005); Gian Caminada; Peter Zumthor, Therme Vals (1996), Kunsthuas Bregenz (1997); Lacaton and Vassal, Latapie House (1993); SANAA, Toledo Glass Pavilion (2006); Gilles Perraudin, Wine Cellar Solan (2008).

READINGS

• Addis, Bill. “Eco-floors” in Roberto Gargiani L’architrave, le plancher la

plate-forme: Nouvelle histoire de la construction. Lausanne: Presse polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012.

• Ingels, Bjarke. “Engineering without Engines” interviewed by Jeffrey Inaba in Volume no. 37, Fall 2013.

• Kiel Moe “Matter is but Captured Energy” in Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production, edited by Gail Peter Borden and Michael Meredith (New York: Routledge, 2011) 313-327.

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WEEK 10 March 14 SPRING BREAK

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WEEK 11 March 21 During this week, we will schedule group meetings to discuss research projects.


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WEEK 12 March 28 THEMES Rehabilitation Origins of the idea of architectural rehabilitation/renovation.

BUILDINGS Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu , Ningbo History Museum (2008); David Chipperfield and Julian Harrap, Neues Museum renovation (2010); Lacaton and Vassal with Frédéric Druot, Tour Bois-le-Prêtre (2011); Herzog & de Meuron, Park Avenue Armory (2012).

READINGS

• Craig Buckley, “Never Demolish: Bois-le-Pêtre Regrows in Paris” Log 24 (Winter/Spring 2012), 43-50.

• David Chipperfield “The Neuse Museum Architectural Concept” in The Neues Musuem Berlin, Leipzig: Seemann Verlag, 2009, p. 56-59.

• Claudia Fuchs, “There’s no Future without Tradition – Interview with Wang Shu” Detail 7+8 (2012): 734-741.

• Jorge Otero-Pailos “Restoration Redux” Architectural Record (February 2012) pp42-43.

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WEEK 13 April 4 THEMES Sustainability and Contemporary Practice Making sustainability visible; the role of morality. READINGS

• Ingels, Bjarke. “Hedonistic sustainability” http://www.ted.com/talks/bjarke_ingels_hedonistic_sustainability.html

• Ingersoll, Richard. “The Ecology Question and Architecture” n.p. • Koolhaas, Rem “Sustainability: advancement vs. apocalypse”

http://www.oma.eu/lectures/sustainability-advancement-vs-apocalypse • Sauerbruch, Matthias and Louisa Hutton “What does Sustainability look

like?” in Sauerbruch Hutton Archive. Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2006.


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WEEK 14 April 11 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

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WEEK 15 April 18 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

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