The Atomium Building - Laura Villa and Mateo Cifuentes - 3rd C

The Atomium Building

   -Main features: This building is made of stainless steel, it consists of 9 spheres: 8 in the vertices, all connected by tubes to the central sphere.

    

     There are escalators and a lift to allow access to the five habitable spheres which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. 

   

    -Main Builder (A.Waterkeyn): André Waterkeyn was born on August 1917 in Wimbledon and nacionalized Belgian and died on October 2005. He was an ingeneer best known for creating the Atomium. He was the economic director of Fabrimetal (now Agoria), when he was asked to design the Atomium in 1954

    -Opinion: In our opinion, this building does quite well a decorative purpose it can have, but it's a definatelly good building to acomplish its real purpose: Representing Belgium's scientific talent, as its atom-like shape really fits in.

   -Drawings: 

  
  By Mateo Cifuentes

By Laura Villa

HERCULES TOWERS

HERCULES  TOWERS

NAME: Hercules towers    

AUTHOR:   Architect Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys. He was  born in Córdoba in 1955, is a Spanish architect , who heads the architectural firm Rafael de La- Hoz Arquitectos , previously run by his father Rafael de La- Hoz Arderius .

MOVEMENT:  unknown

FUNCTION: An office located in the industrial area of the marshes of the Palmones River in Cadiz.           

SHAPE: cylinder     

ADJECTIVE: are very tall (          126m), modern flat and they have a kind of engraved on its facade

MATERIALS: aluminium, stainless steel and glass

OPINION: I choose this flat because it has a very original design and and it is one of the tallest buildings of Andalucía. Also, when I was looking for, I read that at first it was very difficult to build because it was done on a very unsuitable soil.

Ana Fdez. Dos Santos

                                                      MUSEUM MUMOCK

Mumock is the modern art museum best known of austria.
Famous for having over an inverted house, The house attack, is the project name of the Austrian Erwin Wurm. The house represents the everyday and yet the conservative mentality that still prevails in the minds of the Austrians. For the artist Erwin Wurm lodge was embedded on the block of stone that symbolized the narrow-mindedness of everyday life. This Austrian artist born in 1954 in Bruc an der Mur and study sculpture at the art academy of Vienna taken many steps before becoming the groudbreaking character is today. The museum has a vast collection of internal art, including works of classical modern ity, cubism, futurism and surrealism up to the art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, pop art, fluxus and Nouveau realism. If you like art, and also are one of those who are sur prised with artist like Wurn, you come to visit the mumeum mumock.

Biography of building:

Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK) pride themselves on their extensive collection of 20th and 21st century modern art, and their status as the largest art museum in Austria. This may or may not be why a small family home attempted to bring them down by hurtling itself into the roof of the museum, wedging its roof helplessly into the mammoth's frame

Artist Erwin Wurm is known for his unusual, sometimes humorous, and occasionally puzzling work. While his "House Attack" piece could fall into any or all of those categories, it's at the very least intriguing. The sensation of walking underneath a house that is perched in such a precarious position may spark a natural instinct to move out from under it with haste, but from a distance it's hard not to smirk at the implied predicament of the little guy.

Located in the heart of Vienna, House Attack is the first modern art piece you will see when arriving at the museum, but go inside to see an extensive collection of international art, including works from classical modernity, Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism up to the art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Pop Art, Fluxus and Nouveau Réalisme.Floor space: 14,000 m² of exhibition space: 4,500 m² depot area: 1,800 m²

Biography of author:

Erwin Wurm is an Austrian artist born on the 27 July 1954 (age 60).He is known for sculpture and photography.He studied in university of applied arts vine and he has an award grand Austrian state prize (2013). Since the late 1980s, he has developed an ongoing series of one minute sculptures in which he poses himself or his models in unexpected relationships with everyday objects close at hand, prompting the viewer to question the very definition of sculpture. He seeks to use the "shortest path" in creating a sculpture — a clear and fast, sometimes humorous, form of expression. As the sculptures are fleeting and meant to be spontaneous and temporary, the images are only captured in photos or on film.
Drawings:

Alba Fuertes






Javier Abaitua, Ines Diaz and Alba Fuertes

Apple cube in New York

History of the building:

·         Many stores are located inside shopping malls, but Apple has built several stand-alone "flagship" stores in high-profile locations. Flagship stores have opened in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Beijing, Bologna, Boston, Bordeaux, Brisbane, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Haarlem, Hamburg, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Montreal, Munich, New York, Osaka, Paris, Perth, Portland, San Francisco,São Paulo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Strasbourg, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Turin, Zürich and Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed]

·         Each store is designed to suit the needs of the location and regulatory authorities. Apple has received numerous architectural awards for its store designs, particularly its midtown Manhattan location on Fifth Avenue, whose glass cube was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.

·         Several flagship stores feature glass staircases, which for multi-level stores was originally intended to attract customers to visit the upper floors, and some even feature a glass bridge. The New York Times wrote that these features were part of then-CEO Steve Jobs' extensive attention to detail. The first glass staircase received a design patent in 2002 from the US Patent and Trademark Office with Jobs' name first, followed by several others,[8][9] while the staircase design itself received a design patent, and the complex glass and hardware system received a separate technical patent.[10] Apple worked with architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and engineer Eckersley O'Callaghan Structural Design in designing the staircase.

·         The Apple Store in Regent Street, London, was the first to open in Europe in November 2004, and is the most profitable shop in London with the highest sales per square foot, taking £60,000,000 pa, or £2,000 per square foot.[13] The Regent Street store was surpassed in size by the nearby Apple Store in Covent Garden, which was surpassed in size by the Grand Central Terminal Apple Store, New York City, in December 2011.

·         On May 19th 2006, a Glass Cube entrance Apple Store was open in New York’s Fifth Avenue. The Apple Store Fifth Avenue is Apple’s most architecturally innovative store, featuring a distinctive 32-foot glass cube that creates a stunning new destination on Fifth Avenue, one of the world’s most popular shopping areas. The Apple Store Fifth Avenue open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to offer an unprecedented level of service.

Characteristics:

On September 19, there was a mob scene around a large glass cube at the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. Thousands of people stood in a mass, separated by rows of metal barriers. Camera crews looked on, recording the event. What might have appeared like civic unrest in another time or place was just business as usual at Apple's flagship store during the release of a new product — in this case, the iPhone 6. The scene will almost certainly repeat itself in a few months when the new Apple Watches arrive.
In 2003, when the still-aspiring property mogul Harry Macklowe finally hit the big-time with his purchase of the iconic GM Building for $1.4 billion in borrowed funds, one of his first concerns was how to fix the “problematic plaza,” as industry insiders and architects called the large and rather useless open space that extended from the front entrance to Fifth Avenue.
Macklowe had a feeling that his best bet for really transforming the property from a prestigious relic into a vibrant commercial property lay with Apple, which was on the verge of blowing up into a retail titan several years into Steve Jobs’s second stint as CEO. He pestered George Blankenship, Apple’s vice-president of real estate, until he was invited to a meeting with Jobs in November 2003.

 

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson:

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson,  is a United States-based architectural practice that was founded in 1965 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Peter Bohlin and Richard Powell. Bohlin's firm then merged with Bernard Cywinski's Philadelphia-based architectural practice in 1979. It is recognized for its distinguished portfolio of residential, university, commercial, cultural and government projects.
In 2006, Apple opened its second store in Manhattan , and becoming not only part of the history of computing but also an architectural icon of the city of New York. In the words of founder and director of Apple Steve Jobs: " We opened our first New York store in SoHo in 2002 , and has been more successful than we had ever dreamed of , so now we are proud to present our second store in the city, located on fifth Avenue . It's amazing facilities with an excellent service in an ideal location 24 hours a day. We think the Apple Store Fifth Avenue is going to become one of the favorite destinations for New Yorkers and people around the world. "

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Bohlin                                                                                   Bernard Cywinski

 

 

Our drawings:

Exterior by Andrea Rodríguez

Interior by Carmela Palacios









Project made by Sara Pantoja, Andrea Rodríguez, Carmela Palacios and Paula Pantoja

Mirror cube from Sweden

Structure and materials:

The Mirrorcube is an exciting hide-out among the trees, camouflaged by mirrored walls that reflect their surroundings. The dimensions are 4x4x4 metres. The base consists of an aluminum frame around the tree trunk and the walls are covered with reflective glass.

The interior is made from plywood with a birch surface. The six windows provide a stunning panoramic view. The Mirrorcube offers excellent accommodation for two people with a double bed, bathroom, lounge, and rooftop terrace. A 12-meter-long bridge leads up to the treeroom.

Impressions:

The Mirror Cube is a hotel which offers you the possibility of getting close to nature. You merge with the fascinating landscape and it makes you feel relaxed and peaceful. Its location amidst the trees, suspended at 4-6 metres above the ground, is amazing. It is also environmentally friendly which nowadays is very important. It's a modern construction which has a minimal impact on nature, it is nearly invisible. The whole design is unique.

Our drawings:

Exterior by Carmela Palacios

Interior by Andrea Rodríguez








Project made by Sara Pantoja, Paula Pantoja, Andrea Rodríguez and Carmela Palacios

Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart

The Stuttgart City Library was completed in 2011. It was designed by Yi Architects and it is a 9-storey building which rises up in the área of the Mailänder Platz. It is an area which is perceived to be a future city centre. Inside it looks like a painting by Escher with all the stairs going up and down.

Eun Young Yi:

He was born in 1956 in Daecheon, in Korea. He studied architecture first at Hanyang University in Korea (1976-1983) and then in Aachen, Germany (1984-1990) where he was a pupil of Prof. Peter Kulka.
He started working as "Yi Architects" in 1994 in Köln and he still continues working there. He has also been professor at the University of Hanyang since 2000. Some of his Works are the Nationalmuseum in Korea, 1995; the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus in Osnabrük, 1995; the library in Nanjing, 1999; the Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre in Berlin, 2004; and the Central Mosque in Köln in 2006. In 2013
the Stadtbibliothek in Stuttgart received the
national award for the best libray in Germany.

History of the building:

The building, a detached, monolithic cube, is a symbol of the significance of the library as a new intelectual and cultural centre. In earlier years, it was a church or palace that marked the centre of a town. but nowadays it is a place for individual knowledge, a Storey of words.
It has 20.225 square metres and the overall cost 79.000.000€. The interior design includes intelligent shelving, shelf-steering holleys, touch screens which provide information about events and new library passes which contain a chip for payment.

Structure and materials:

the building has a great physical presence. It takes the form of a cube with an edge length of 45 metres. It is constructed out of pale-grey concrete framing frosted glass bricks. It has a double façade, so it has a thermal shell.
The square construction can be accessed from all four sides and it includes at entry level a central space, te heart of the building, which is a 4-storey space. Above it is a 5-storey pyramid-shaped reading room, which is surrounded by various study romos and which is illuminated by a glass ceiling above. Finally there is a roof terrace with views over the whole town.

Impressions:

The mighty cube is impressive. At night it looks like a lighthous, glowing in blue light, creating a mysterious effect. It is an amazing book palace.

Our drawings:

Exterior by Sara Pantoja

Interior by Paula Pantoja












Project made by Sara Pantoja, Paula Pantoja, Andrea Rodríguez and Carmela Palacios

The Prism Tower

By: Unai Loidi and Cristina Rojas

The building was made in Mexico, Mexico City. The architects were Ramón Torres and Salvador Aceves.

The History of the building:

In 1965 they began planning the project of a building of more than 90 meters, and construction began in 1970 and ends in 1971. in which it was one of the highest constructions of Mexico City.
It became into the second seat of  the offices of the National Lottery. Then it was occupied by the administrative offices of the SAT. And finally, since September 2013 the building has been occupied by the National Institute of Fine Arts.

Characteristics:

-It is anchored to the ground with 190 piles of concrete that perforate 60 meters.

-After the 1985 the earthquake in Mexico City is considered one of the world's safest skyscraper.

-It has supported six earthquakes along its history.

-It has a height of 120 meters, with 28 floors.

-The structure is steel covered with brown smoked glass along the entire building, also making it the first  building in Mexico to bring a structure of this type.

General Impressions:
We found the building safe and strong considering it is 120 meters high.. I´s amazing the construcction has survived to 6 earthqueakes, and we think this is the most important fact of the building. The construction is beautiful too, it still looking modern, however, we know it is 44 years old, this data makes the edifice different from others.

san sebastian cathedral- sao paulo

Our building is the Cathedral sao paulo.The church was opened in 1976. The  architect is  Edgar Oliveira da Fonseca.

THE ARCHITECT

The architect of the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro was Edgar Oliveira da Fonseca. This Brazilian architect was inspired by the Maya pyramids to create the cathedral. We search

for information in the internet, but we only found that he was A professor at

thea PUK University in Rio. We wrote an Email to the communication department

of the University and they will send us any information they can found.

Unfortunately we didn’t receive it on time for this Project.

THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING

The Cathedral of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, is dedicated to St. Sebastian, patron saint of the city. It was built between 1964 and 1976; yes, it is a work of contemporary architecture and no, it's no Oscar Niemeyer, for once. It is a project of the architect Edgar de Oliveira da Fonseca and some say it was inspired by the Mayas pyramids. Others believe that he was inspired by nothing less than the Apollo Project. No matter, what matters is the result: a work that it scary outside but inside conquest, with its beautiful stained glass cross on the dome forming a cross through which sunlight enters into a sacred space that can hold no fewer than 20,000 religious

STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS

The Metropolitan Cathedral is a modern building with a capacity for about 20 thousand people. It is tapered and an imposing structure which differs from the old churches for their sobriety.

Inside are the 4 windows of various colours with a cross, which start on the floor and culminate in the ceiling, totalling 60 meters high, which accentuates the imposing character of the work.

The front door is lined with 48 bronze plaques with bas-reliefs concerning faith and gave the building a modern architectural air. The interior of the ship has stunning windows 60 meters high, which give the church a beautiful natural lighting.

It has a collection of sculptures, murals and works of art inside, and a Museum of Sacred Art, with sources that were used to baptize the princes of the imperial house.

The structure stands out among the buildings that are located in that part of town. Definitely a place that tourists can not miss if you travel to the welcoming city of Rio de Janeiro.

IMPRESSIONS

This building was very interesting and impressive. I think it is a cathedral that certainly if you ever go to Rio de Janeiro will not stay without her.

        

      

BY: MARTA DEL CASTRO, DANIEL BALIELA AND ELENA ARIAS

Helicoide

HELICOIDE

Introduction: 
As we had to talk about a pyramidal-shaped building, we chose this one, called "Helicoide" , that has a triangular pyramid shape. It is located in the capital of Venezuela, Caracas,  above a hill, between the parish of San Pedro and the parish of San Agustín. It was built by the architects Pedro Neuberger, Dirk Bornhorst and Jorge Romero Gutiérrez. Now, it is used for the headquarters of the SEBIN -Bolivarian Intelligence Service-. 

Name: Helicoide

Location: Caracas, Venezuela

Architects: Pedro Neuberger, Dirk Bornhorst and Jorge Romero Gutiérrez.

Chronology of its construction: 1956-1982 (26 years)

Dimensions:
Total surface area: 101,940 m²
Constructed surface area: 77,748 m²

Floors: seven

Architect's biography:
Dirk Bornhorst:
He was born in Lübeck in 1927. He studied Architecture in Venazuela in 1951. He has got several condecorations for cultural and universitary activities in combination with his works, between others : The Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The other two architects weren't very famous, so we couldn't find any other information abuot them.

History of building:
Its construction was undertaken by a private company in 1956, during the gobernment of the president Marcos Pérez Jiménez. The previous idea included a shopping thentre, an art gallery, a luxury hotel, a park, a club for the owners and a theatre on the top. The works stopped in 1961 because of the low budget, and in 1965 they tried to resume them in order to finish the construction in 1967, including a private aerodrome, but they didn't finished in time. In 1982, they concluded the aluminium dome on the top. Since 1984, they installed some State's organisms, like the Direction of the Intelligence and Preservation Services. Because of this, the dome was seriously affected by a bombardment in November of 1992, in a coup d'état. Then, the dome was repared. Since 2010, a part of the building works as the headquarters of the National Experimental University of Security.

Structure and materials:
The structure of the building is made of reinforced concrete, steel and glass. It has seven floors, and there is a geodesic dome made of aluminium on top of the building. You can see it on the images below. The peculiarity of this construction is that you need to drive your car till the top of the building using a ramp, to get into it from the higher level. It is like an spiral. They call it the "tropical Tower of Babel", because of its apperance.

 Impressios:
I think that this is a fascinating building, with an amazing and fresh structure. At first, I thought  that it was a bit strange, but then I realized that it was very modern, innovative and creative; and really different from the rest of buildings we can see nowadays. I hadn't seen anything like this before. Even though it has a huge size, it is very well-balanced, and everything seems to be perfectly distributed.

Some images and drawings:

Carlos' drawing

Lucia's drawing

By: Carlos Ménguez Hernandez, Lucía del Riego Nozal and Javier Gurpegui Güevea

Transamerica Pyramid

AIR FORCE ACADEMY CHAPEL

Hi! We're going to talk about the Air Force Academy Chapel in Colorado,USA

 DATA:                                                                       

Type	Chapel
Architectural style	Modern
Location	U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
Construction started	1959
Completed	1962
Height	150 feet (46 m)
Technical details
Floor count	2 floors
Design and construction
Architect	Walter Netsch, Jr., Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Main contractor	Robert E. McKee, Inc

Awards and prizes	AIA National Twenty-five Year Award U.S. National Historic Landmark, 2004
United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	United States Air Force Academy
Built	1962
Architectural style	Modern Movement
Governing body	Federal
Part of	United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area

THE STRUCTURE AND THE MATERIALS:

The structure is a tubular steel frame of 100 identicaltetrahedrons, each 75 feet (23 m) long, weighing five tons, and enclosed with clear aluminum panels. The panels were fabricated in Missouri and shipped by rail to the site. The tetrahedrons are spaced a foot apart, creating gaps in the framework that are filled with 25 mm colored glass. The tetrahedrons comprising the spires are filled by triangular clear aluminum panels, while the tetrahedrons between the spires are filled with a mosaic of colored glass in aluminum frame.

The Cadet Chapel itself is 150 feet (46 m) high, 280 feet (85 m) long, and 84 feet (26 m) wide. The front façade, on the south, has a wide granite stairway with steel railings capped by aluminum handrails leading up one story to a landing. At the landing is a band of gold anodized aluminum doors, and gold anodized aluminum sheets apparently covering original Windows.

HISTORY OF THE BUILDING:
The United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, completed in 1962, is the distinguishing feature of the Cadet Area at the United States Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs. It was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Construction was accomplished by Robert E. McKee, Inc., of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Originally controversial in its design, the Cadet Chapel has become a classic and highly regarded example of modernist architecture. The Cadet Chapel was awarded the American Institute of Architects' National Twenty-five Year Award in 1996 and, as part of the Cadet Area, was named a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2004

It's divided in 5 WORKSHIPS AREAS:

THE PROTESANT CHAPEL:

The Protestant Chapel is located on the main floor, and is designed to seat 1,200 individuals. The nave measures 64 by 168 feet (51 m), reaching up to 94 feet (29 m) at the highest peak.

THE CATHOLIC CHAPEL:

The Catholic Chapel is located below the Protestant Chapel, and seats approximately 500 people. The nave is 56 feet (17 m) wide, 113 feet (34 m) long and 19 feet (5.8 m) high. The focal point of the Catholic Chapel is the reredos, an abstract glass mosaic mural designed by Lummen Martin  Winter and composed of varying shades of blue, turquoise, rose and gray tessera to form a portrayal of the firmament.







JEWISH CHAPEL:

The Jewish Chapel is also on the lower level. Seating 100, it is circular in shape, with a diameter of 42 feet (13 m) and a height of 19 feet (5.8 m). The circular form and transparent walls were used to suggest a tent-like structure. The floor is paved with Jerusalem brownstone, donated by the Israeli Defense Forces.

 

FALCON CIRCLE:

                                                                                                                                                           The worship area known as the Cadet Chapel - Falcon Circle came about through a request from the Air Force Academy's followers of Earth-Centered Spirituality, an umbrella of traditions that includes Wicca, Paganism and Druidism. The large stones comprising the circle were removed from the side of the hill overlooking the Academy's visitor center, where erosion threatened to collapse them onto the visitor center. The circular nature in which the stones were placed lent itself to facilitating outdoor worship services.







BUDDHIST CHAPEL:

The Buddhist Chapel (Vast Refuge Dharma Hall) is 300 square feet and was designed and built by Ed Shure. Donated in 2007, the Dharma Hall was built freestanding within the existing structure. It is made of Port Orford cedar, a rare, fragrant wood used for temple building in Japan, and its simply proportioned design welcomes Buddhists of all denominations as well as guests.











DRAWINGS:





Drawing by Lola Maujo

Drawing by Noa Rodríguez

By:Lola Maujo 1º,Noa Rodríguez 1º,Carla Serantes 3º



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