IN DETAILARCH 209/262 FALL 2010 MONDAYS 9AM-12 P.M. room 170PROF. RENE DAVIDS 3 CONSTRUCTION CREDIT UNITS

The New Land Port of Entry in Calais, Maine L. Robert Siegel Architects of New York, NY, .

Planned Lecture Guests:Ross Hummel, Paul Burgin Jim Jennings ArchitectureSteve Huegli Jensen Architects’s DesignMarc L’Italien, EHDDAnne Fougeron , Anne Fougeron ArchitectureZac Rocket Aidlin Darling DesignSteve Walker. Principal Architect at Holt Hinshaw ArchitectsStanley Saitowitz Alan Tse Stanley SaitowitzDouglas Burnham, Envelope A+DDavid Maynard Elizabeth Ranieri, Kuth Rainieri ArchitectsMargaret Ikeda founded ASSEMBLY, a Berkeley-based architecture office, with Evan Jones in 1994.Stan and Jess Field, Field ArchitectureBenjamin Corotis EndresWare Architects and EngineersZach de Vito ArchitectsZoë Prillinger and Luke OgrydziakMarsha Maytum, FAIA Aaron Brumo Leddy Maytum Stacey

Fall 2010Instructor: René Davidsrdavids@berkeley.eduOffice: 341 office hrs e-mail for appointmentUnit/Credit 3 Preference given to graduate students that have taken 260 or 160 but others may apply.Monday 9 am..- 12 pm.( Reading Discussions/, Student Presentations) Room 170

This seminar will reevaluate of the material nature of buildings by studying and understanding construction details and the new technologies that are revolutionizing design construction and labor relations in architecture.

Nowhere in architecture is bodily contact felt more readily than in realm of detail. Small when compared to a building’s overall mass, details should be considered the building’s basic genetic in-print determining not just the architecture’s appearance but also its performance. Each detail contributes to the meaning of the whole and simultaneously represents a microcosm of the larger entity. For Le Corbusier this idea could be traced back to nature where the smallest cell determines the validity of the whole.

Through dedicated research, analysis, and interpretation of case studies and self generated design investigations we will explore and understand formal and material innovation and the increasingly global nature of architectural practice; consultants, suppliers, and fabricators as well as the understanding of the critical role of computers in architecture. Finally we will also discuss the ethical dimension of detailing as the choice of materials and their combination has a potential impact on world resources, environments, and economy.

StructureThe course is structured in four parts: first a series of guest lectures aiming at understanding approaches of current practices to detailing,readings exploring the historiacl, cultural and technological context of Modern Architectural contrsuction; a series of in depth case-studies of significant buildings from the last 30 years focusing on constructon technique, materials and the architect and the design and making of 1: 1 details intended to develop and advance your own design work.

Notes on Reading 1) Unless otherwise noted, all books are on reserve in the Environmental Design Library, 210 Wurster Hall.2) Reserve listings and call numbers are available through Oskicat

TASKS 1)Leading the Reading Discussion In order to lead the discussion, you will need to:a) Prepare three questions to help focus discussion in your session, and bring them to class, b) Prepare an opening statement, with some critical observations to begin your session. Your goal should be to create an interesting and provocative context for discussion of the questions you have identified. Your opening presentation should be analytical and critical, and assume that everyone has completed the readings. c) You may include power-point slides or other material to accompany discussion of your questions and or may choose to examine one of the buildings mentioned in the readings in more detail; you may also choose to introduce an example that is not included in the readings, but is a particularly appropriate illustration of the question being addressed. d) You will lead a seminar. Two weeks prior to your presentation you are required to meet with me briefly after class to discuss your session.

Weekly reading response Attendance and Participation in Discussions You are required to prepare a brief response of three critical questions to all of the assigned readings of no more than 150 words, which you may be asked to read aloud at the start of the class discussions each week. Your response should not be a summary; rather it should present critical issues/questions the reading has raised for you. You may also use it to suggest connections/conflicts with previous readings, or perhaps establish a link with work you are doing in other courses. A copy of your response must be submitted at the beginning of each class. These will form an integral part of the final grade you receive for class participation. Attendance is mandatory. Regular, enthusiastic and informed participation in class discussions is an important part of your contribution to the class.

2)CASE Studies Leading to two details: Choose two buildings case studies that are of interest to you. One should be preferablyt chosen from a building on campus. Focus on the different assemblies/materials a) Give us a general context, site and climatic context\

b) General architectural context of the architect work. Illustrate the building identify the detail’s location/s c) Present the details in 11X14” sheets of paper ( as many as necessary)presented horizontally. Include a graphic scale.d) Prepare an opening statement, with some critical observations to begin your session. Your goal should be to create an interesting and provocative context for discussion of the questions you have identified in relation to the detail. Your opening presentation should be analytical and critical, and assume that everyone is not familiar with the detail. e) You may include power-point slides or other material to accompany discussion of your details. and or may choose to examine one of the buildings mentioned in the readings in more detail; you may also choose to introduce an example that is not included in the readings, but is a particularly appropriate illustration of the question being addressed. f) Choose the case studies with some thesis or subject in mind; for example staging of parts, de-mountability, ergonomics, accessibility, economy, durability or serial applicability..Please study the alternatives so that you can determine why one solution might be better than another.g) Two weeks prior to your presentation you are required to meet with me briefly after class to discuss your session.

Notes on graphic work:All sheets for this class will be on 11X 14” sheets presented horizontally using Helvetica letter point 12”

3)Design of two details. The details you select to develop may be related to a current project being developed in studio, a previous project developed in Berkeley or a fictional case of general interest to you.. - One detail that deals with changing climatic conditions- One detail that deals with human touch or the bodyYou will produce a model for one of the details.All details will have to be modeled digitally and physically at 1;1 ;1/2 or 1; ¼” scale but alternatives may be discussed.-Assignments and Grading:The total grade for this course will be based on attendance, 2 detail designs /models assignments, and three case study 10% Attendance,30% Reading responses and discussion lead,30%Case Study presentations,30% Detail model making and study and final review presentation, 3)Design of two details.

Planned Lecture Guests:Ross Hummel, Paul Burgin Jim Jennings ArchitectureSteve Huegli Jensen Architects’s DesignMarc L’Italien, EHDDZac Rocket Aidlin Darling DesignSteve Walker. Principal Architect at Holt Hinshaw ArchitectsStanley Saitowitz Alan Tse Stanley SaitowitzDouglas Burnham, Envelope A+DDavid Maynard Elizabeth Ranieri, Kuth Rainieri ArchitectsMargaret Ikeda founded ASSEMBLY, a Berkeley-based architecture office, with Evan Jones in 1994.Kate Simonen, Simonen Design.com Benjamin Corotis EndresWare Architects and EngineersZach de Vito ArchitectsZoë Prillinger and Luke OgrydziakMarsha Maytum, FAIA Aaron Brumo Leddy Maytum StaceyAnne Fougeron , Anne Fougeron ArchitectureField Architecture, Jeff and Stan Field

READINGS:Week 1 Introduction

Week 2: Theorizing on Construction and Detailing “ Introduction”Edward R. Ford The Details of Modern Architecture. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1990-c1996. NA2840 .F67 1990

“ Conclusion” Edward R. Ford The Details of Modern Architecture Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1990-c1996. NA2840 .F67 1990

Week 3Defining Detail Ashley Shaefer, Amanda Reeser “Defining Detail” in Praxis New York, NY : Praxis Inc., 2000 NA1 .P678 no.1- (2000)

Peggy Deamer “Detail Deliberations “ in Peggy Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) 080 Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010 NA1995 .B85 2010

Edward Ford The Detail as Abstraction: Place and Displacement in Five Houses, Ten Details (Writing Matters) New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. NA2840 .F68 2009

Edward Ford: “The Detail as Joint:Abstractions and Joints in Five Houses Ten Details (Writing Matters) Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. NA2840 .F68 2009

Week 4: Detail and Craft Branko Kolarevic Between Conception and Production, in Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture New Haven [Conn.]: Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. NA1995 .B85 2010

Kevin Rotheroe “Exclusive Dexterity” 074Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture New Haven [Conn.] : Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. NA1995 .B85 2010

Coren D. Sharples “Technology and Labor” in Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor)Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture New Haven [Conn.] : Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. NA1995 .B85 2010

Week 5: Detail and the Body Flora Samuel “ Somatic Detail” in Le Corbusier in Detail Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2007. NA1053.J4 S27 2007

Week 6: Architects DetailsMichael Cadwell and Nader Tehrani Strange Details (Writing Architecture NA680 .C25 2007

Week 7: The Culture of BuildingHoward. Davis, “Shared Architectural Knowledge” in The Culture of Building New York : Oxford University, 1999. TH153 .D374 1999

Week 8: Detail and New Modes of PracticeJohn E.Taylor “Innovation Rates and Network Organization” Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture . New Haven [Conn.] : Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 6

Phillip G. Bernstein “Models for Practice: Past, Present, Future” in Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture . New Haven [Conn.] : Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2010 NA1995 .B85 2010

Reinhold Martin, “Postscript “ Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture [Paperback]\ (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture . New Haven [Conn.] : Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2010 NA1995 .B85 2010

Week 9: Detail and LaborKenneth Frampton “Intention, Craft, and Rationality “in Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) 028 in Building

(in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture [Paperback] New Haven [Conn.] : Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2010 NA1995 .B85 2010

Scott Marble “Imagining Risk Marble”, in Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture New Haven [Conn.]: Yale School of Architecture ; New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010 NA1995 .B85 2010

Week 10: Material ExpressionToshiko Mori “Roundtable Discussion with Jacques Herzog in Immaterial Ultramaterial, Architecture Design Materials. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard design School in association with George Braziller, 2002, NA2543.T43 J47 1998

Rafael Moneo “Herzog De Meuron” in Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects, Cambridge Ma. The MIT Press NA680 .M65 2004 Week 11: Building EconomicsWolfgang Ott “Cost Efficient but not Cheap” in Chrisitan Schittich ( ed.)In Detail, Basel; Boston : Birkhauser, 2007. TH437 .C678 2007“The Value and the Flow of Money” in Howard. Davis, “Shared Architectural Knowledge” in The Culture of Building New York : Oxford University, 1999. TH153 .D374 1999

Week 12: Tectonics as reflection of a VisionEdward R. Ford. “Le Corbusier: The Classic Villas” in The Details of Modern Architecture. Cambridge: The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. London, England. NA2840 .F67 1990

Week 13: On Detailing and SustainabilityMark Jarzombek Sustainability - Architecture: between Fuzzy Systems and Wicked Problems,” Blueprints 21/1 f NA1 .B55

“Sustainable Architecture in the US An Interview with Kieran Timberlake” in Detail Green 01/09 NA2542.36 .D483

Martin Zeumer , Viola John, Joost Hartwig “Sustainable Use of Materials Grey Energy in the Life Cycle” in Detail Green 01/09 NA2542.36 .D483

http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/11/frank-gehry-calls-sustainable-design-political/

Building Science InsightsJoseph Lstiburek “Prioritizing Green—It’s the Energy Stupid”

http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-007-prioritizing-green-it-s-the-energy-stupid

Week 14: Detail and Standardization Flora Samuel “Standardization and Unity “in Le Corbusier in Detail Amsterdam; Boston : Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2007. NA1053.J4 S27 2007

Peggay Deamer. Introduction in Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) Building (in) the Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture New Haven [Conn.]: Yale School of Architecture; New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. NA1995 .B85 2010

Week 15: Building Details and Time.Mohsen Mostafavi On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, ©1993.TH9039 .M67 1993

Reference:Leonard Koren Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers: Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 1994. BH221.J3 K67 1994

Reference Material ManifestoesBuckminster Fuller. “Designing a New Industry”.Joan Ockman; Edward Eigen; Architecture Culture 1943-1968 : a Documentary Anthology New York: Columbia Books of Architecture : Rizzoli International Publications, 1992. NA680 .A57 1993

Frank Lloyd Wright “In the Nature of materials: A Philosophy”. Joan Ockman Edward Eigen;.;Architecture Culture 1943-1968 : a Documentary Anthology New York: Columbia Books of Architecture: Rizzoli International Publications,1992. NA680 .A57 1993

Mies Van der Rohe. “With Infinite Slowness arises Great Form” in Joan Ockman; Edward Eigen; Columbia University. Architecture Culture 1943-1968 : a Documentary Anthology New York : Columbia Books of Architecture: Rizzoli International Publications,1992. NA680 .A57 1993

SCHEDULE

For the most part the seminar will be organized in three segments:

1 hr visting Architect

1 hr case study or detail development presentation

1 hr discussion of weekly reading

W1 Aug.

Thu. 26 Instruction begins. W2 Sept. Mon. 30 Introduction

W3 Mon 06 Labor Day HolidayW4 Mon 13 Theorizing on Construction and Detailing W5 Mon 20 Defining DetailW6 . Mon 27 Detail and Craft CASE Studies PresentationsW7 Mon 04 Detail and the Body CASE Studies Presentations

W8 Mon 11 Detail and the Body CASE Studies PresentationsW9 Mon 18 Architects Details CASE Studies Presentations /Steven HuegliW10 . Mon 25 The Culture of Building DEVELOPMENT PresentationsW11 Nov Mon 01 Detail and New Modes of Practice DEVELOPMENT Pres.W12 Mon 08 Detail and Labor INFORMAL detail DEVELOPMENT PresentationsW 13 Mon 15 Material Expression DETAIL MODEL Presentations

W 14 Mon 22 Building Economics DETAIL MODEL PresentationsW 15 Mon 29 Tectonics as reflection of a Vision DETAIL MODEL Pres.W 16 Dec Mon 06 FINAL REVIEW

Consultation/Book/Manuals .The following are reference books and documents useful for the students in this course.Students may also find other information and Internet resources..

Francis D.K. Ching and Cassandra Adams. In: Building Construction Illustrated, 2000. TH146 .C52 2001

Edward Allen. Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods 2002. TH145 .A417 2004

”Edward R. Ford The Details of Modern Architecture Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1990-1996. NA2840 .F67 1990

/Edward Allen Architectural Detailing : Function Constructibility Aesthetics ; drawings by Joseph Iano, . 1938-New York: Wiley, c1993. NA2718 .A44 1993

Francis D.K. Ching and Steven R. Winkel. Building Code Illustrated – A Guide to Understanding the International Building Code: TH420 .C49 2007

Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake: Refabricating Architecure – How Manufacturing Methodologies are praised to Transform Building Construction, McGraw-Hill, 2004 TH213.5 .K54 2004

Klaus Daniels. IThe Technology of Ecological Building: Basic Principles and Measures, Birkhauser Basel-Boston-Berlin, 2000 NA2542.35 .D3613 1997

Klaus Daniels. Advanced Building Systems: A Technical Guide for Architects and Engineers, Birkhauser Basel-Boston-Berlin, 2002 TH845 .D35 2003

Manual Helmut C. Schulitz, Werner Sobek, Karl J. Habermann In Detail: Steel Construction Manual, 2000TA684 .S352 2000

Kaunston, Barkauskas, Polo, Friedbert Kind-Barkauskas, Bruno Kauhsen, Jorg Brandt In Detail: Concrete Construction Manual by, 2002 TH1461 .C6 2002

Christian Schittich In Detail: Building Skins: Concepts, Layers, Materials , 2001 NA2840 .I45 2001

Schunck, Oster, Barthel, Kiessl In Detail: Roof Construction Manual 2003 TH2401 .R65 2003

Julius Natterer, Thomas Herzog, Roland Schweitzer, Michael Volz,Wolfgang Winter,In Detail: Timber Construction Manual by completely revised, edition 2003 NA2542.3 .H331 1985

Ken Yeang. In: The green skyscraper – the basis for designing sustainable intensive buildings, Prestel Publishing House, Munich (Germany)- London-New York, 1999 NA6230 .Y43 1999

Norbert Lechner. Heating, Cooling, Lighting – Sustainable Design Methods for Architects John-Whiley-Sons,Inc., Boston-Weinheim-New York-Chichester-Singapore, 2009 TH7222 .L33 2009

Oesterle-Lieb-Lutz-Heusler.: Double-Skin Facades – Integrated Planning, Building Physics, Construction,Airophysics, Air-Conditioning, Economic Viability, Prestel publishing house Munich-London-New York, 2003 TH2238.7 .D68 2001 Japanese craft + Construction: Student essays 2003 + 2005. NA1555 .J37 2006

Architecture Materials :Glass = verre = glass NA7186 .G58 2008

Dana Buntrock Material and Meaning in Contemporary Japanese Architecture : Tradition and Today. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2010 NA1555.6 .B86 2010

Lynne Elizabeth, Cassandra Adams, Alternative Construction : Contemporary Natural Building Methods /edited by Env.Design TH146 .A48 2005 TH146 .A48 2000

Rob Nijsse Basel, Switzerland ; Boston, Mass.: Birkhauser-Publishers for Architecture,2003 Glass in Structures : Elements, Concepts, Designs /foreword by MVRDV. Env. Design TH 1560N54 2003

John Fernandez. Material Architecture :Emergent Materials for Innovative Buildings and Ecological Construction. Amsterdam ; Boston :Architectural Press, 2006. TA403.6 .F47 2006

Christine Killory and René Davids, editors “AsBuilt.” Detail in Contemporary Architecture.. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c007. NA2840 .D454 2007

Christine Killory and René Davids, editors “AsBuilt.” Detail in Process. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. NA712.7 .D48 2008

Oliver Herwig Featherweights: Light, Mobile and Floating Architecture (Architecture in Focus)NA4160 .H47 2003 Victoria Ballard Bell Materials for Design by Transmaterial 3: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine our Physical Environment [Paperback]

Blaine Brownell (Editor) Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment [Paperback]Blaine Brownell TA403.6 .B76 2006

D M Gann. Building innovation: Complex constructs in a Changing World HD9715.A2 G365 2000

Michael Cadwell and Nader Tehrani Strange Details Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007. (Writing Architecture NA680 .C25 2007

Davis, Howard. The Culture of Building New York : Oxford University, 1999. TH153 .D374 1999

Bell, Michael, Kim, Jeannie Engineered Transparency: The Technical, Visual, and Spatial Effects of Glass NA4140 .E46 2009

Branko Kolarevic , Kevin Klinger Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture NA2750 .M25 2008

Andrea Deplazes Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures TH153 .C66 2005

Banham, Reyner Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment Chicago : University of Chicago, 1969 NA680 .B29 1969 c.4

Farshid Moussavi (Author, Editor), The Function of Ornament (Paperback) Michael Kubo Barcelona : Actar ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 2006 NA2940 .F86 2006

Michael Benedikt For an Architecture of Reality New York : Lumen Books, 1987. NA682.P67 B46 1987

Steven Holl Alberto Perez-Gomez Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture San Francisco, CA : William Stout, ©2006, NA680 .H641 2006

Mohsen Mostafavi On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1993.TH9039 .M67 1993 Peggy Deamer “The Subject of the Object “ in Praxis: Praxis Inc., 2000 NA1 .P678 no.1- (2000) Phillip Bernstein (Editor), Peggy Deamer (Editor) NA1995 .B85 2010

Five Houses, by Edward R. FordTen Details (Writing Matters) NA2840 .F68 2009

Fisher, Thomas, Architectural Design and Ethics : Tools for Survival Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2008. NA2500 .F57 2008

Bell, Michael, Kim, Jeannie Engineered Transparency: The Technical, Visual, and Spatial Effects of Glass NA4140 .E46 2009

Barbara Golter Heller Red Business, Blue Business in Design Intelligence MAY 30, 2008 http://www.di.net/•George M Beylerian; Andrew Dent; Bradley Quinn “ Material Matters” in Ultra Materials : how Materials Innovation is changing the World New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2007. TA403.6 .B45688 2007

•George M Beylerian; Andrew Dent; Bradley Quinn “ Material Overviews” in Ultra Materials : how Materials Innovation is changing the World New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2007. TA403.6 .B45688 2007

Jessie Scanlon” Frank Gehry for the Rest of Us “ in Wired . Issue 12.11 - November 2004

Magazines

Detail MagazineArchitect’s Journal TH153 .A171 c.2Architecture MagazineThe Plan, Architecture and Technologies in Detail( Bologna)