Assignment 4- Precedent Studies

Due – posted to your blog by next class.

Global Housing Typology (G)

  1. Cité de Refuge, Le Corbusier (Paris, France, 1933)
  2. Hansaviertel Apartment Hous,e, Alvar Aalto (Berlin, Germany, 1955)
  3. Guild House, Venturi Scott Brown (Philadelphia, 1961)
  4. Linked Hybrid, Steven Holl (Beijing, China, 2009)
  5. Gifu Kitagata, Kazuyo Sejima (Gifu, Japan)
  6. Saishunkan Seiyaku Womens’ Dormitory, Kazuyo Sejima (Kumamoto, Japan)
  7. Kanchanjunga, Charles Correa (Bombay, India)
  8. Kasbah, Piet Blom (Hengelo, NL)
  9. Madrid Social Housing, Morphosis (Madrid, Spain)
  10. Habitat ’67, Moshe Safdie (Montreal, Canada)
  11. Unité d’Habitation, Le Corbusier (Marseille, France)
  12. Mirador, MVRDV (Madrid, Spain)
  13. Yerba Buena Lofts, Stanley Saitowitz (San Franciso, CA) 14. Le Nemausus, Atelier Jean Nouvel (Nimes, FR)
  14. Hansaviertal Tower, Van den Broek en Bakerma (Berlin, DE)
  15. Nakagin Capsule Tower, Kisho Kurokawa (Tokyo, Japan)
  16. Robin Hood Garden Apartments, Alison and Peter Smithson (London, England)
  17. Jacques Forte (Postal Worker Housing), Philippe Gazeau (Paris, France)
  18. KNMS and Java Eiland, Diener and Diener, Architects (, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  19. Schots 1+2, S333 Architecture + Urbanism (Groningen, Netherlands)
  20. Silodom Complex, MVRDV (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  21. Borneo, MAP Architects with Josep Lluis Mateo (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  22. Hook at Holland, J.J.P. Oud
  23. Bouca Housing Complex, Alvaro Siza (Porto, Portugal)
  24. Nexus World Housing, Steven Holl (Fukuoka, Japan)
  25. Funabashi Apartments, Ryue Nishizawa (Chiba, Japan)
  26. Eda Housing, Chiba Manabu Architects (Yokohama (Kanagawa), Japan)
  27. Langham Court, Goody Clancy & Associates (Boston, MA)
  28. Peabody Terrace, Sert, Jackson and Gourley (Cambridge, MA)
  29. Lafayette Park Apartments Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (Detroit, MI)
  30. Marina City, Betrand Goldberg Associates (Chicago, IL)
  31. VM Houses, BIG and JDS
  32. Quinta da Malagueira Housing, Alvaro Siza
  33. Housing on Lutzowplatz, O.M. Ungers
  34. Crawford Manor, Paul Rudolph (New Haven, CT) 

NYC Housing Projects (NYC)

  1. Via Verde, Grimshaw& Dattner
  2. West 57th– BIG
  3. 251 1st Street / ODA New York
  4. 15 Renwick / ODA New York
  5. 56 Leonard Street / Herzog & de Meuron
  6. Clinton Park/ Ten Arquitectos
  7. Beekman Tower, Frank Gehry
  8. The Dillon / Smith-Miller+Hawkinson Architects
  9. 459 West 18th Street / Della Valle + Bernheimer
  10. Waterside, Davis & Brody Associates
  11. First Houses, New York City Housing Authority
  12. OlympicTower, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  13. Silver Towers/University Village, I.M. Pei
  14. 160 East 22nd Street / S9 Architecture
  15. 580 Carroll Street / TEN Arquitectos
  16. The Dunbar Apartments

 

Alcantara, Cristian X: G1,G2,NYC1
Bravo, Johan: G3, G4, NYC2
Fahmy, Carolin: G5, G6, NYC3
Gonzalez, Abraham: G7, G8, NYC4
Gonzalez, David R: G9, G10, NYC 5
Guerroro, Jovanny: G11, G12, NYC6
Haque, Ahasan: G13, G14, NYC7
Lema, Cristian: G15, G16, NYC8
Li, Shixin: G17, G18, NYC9
Martinez, James: G19, G20, NYC10
Mendoza, Edwin A: G32, G34, NYC11
Meuenala, Inkary: G23, G24, NYC12
Ramirez Sr, Scarlet: G25, G26, NYC13
Corrale, Allen: G27, G28, NYC 14
Tseten, Ngawang: G29, G30, NYC15

PART 1: Use the template and assignment below to diagram your precedent.

Analysis template

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/arch3610spring2014/files/2014/01/ARCH-3610-Analysis-document.pdf

PART 2:

On a separate sheet add drawings, diagram, images that best explain your precedent and answer the following questions:

  1. What is the approach and path of entering the building and getting to individual apartments?
  2. What are the amenities of the building – inside and outside?
  3. What are the elements of the design that work well?
  4. What elements of the design do not work well or need to be corrected?
  5. How does the building relate to the site and neighborhood?