Lecture 7 Surface and Substance - the matter of skin and ubiquitous thin-ness

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A rela=onship of the body to form in historyPA

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concep=ons of skin & surface in contemporary design

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BASILICA OF SAN VITALE Ravenna, Italy, 527—48 AD Mosaic surfaces

allowed for the DIVINE light of GOD to fill the space of the Church


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Building as TEXT, site of meaning formed through stories told on its surfaces

CATHÉDRALE NOTRE-‐DAME DE CHARTRES West Front

Chartres, France, 1193—1250


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MAESTÀ Duccio di Buoninesgna

1308–11

Stories told on both the internal and external surfaces of the building


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CATHÉDRALE ROYALE DE SAINT-‐DENIS Paris, France, 1081—1151


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PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE DRAWN FROM THE HUMAN BODY


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MOVEMENTS’CARLO ALLE QUATRO FONTANE Francesco Borromini

Rome, Italy, 1640—67

EMPATHY the architect wants

you to feel something—

to be emoRonally moved by it


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SANT’ IGNAZIO Andrea Pozzo

Rome, Italy, 1691—94

opRcal relaRons theatrical effects

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the theatrical interior Jean-‐Jacques Lequeu, c. 1790


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empathy and the emoRve force of human expression

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THE DEVELOPED SURFACE DRAWING

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SYON HOUSE Robert Adam England, 1761

the unified body of the interior


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ROOMS AT OSTERLY PARK Robert Adam

London, England, 1762


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SYON HOUSE Robert Adam England, 1761

RECREATION OF SALON DE MADAME B Piet Mondrian 1970 (1926)


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RECREATION OF SALON DE MADAME B Piet Mondrian 1970 (1926)

THE PROBLEM OF THE CORNER


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THE DAZZLE SHED Elenberg Fraser

Carlton, Melbourne, 1996


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AVONDALE HEIGHTS LIBRARY AND LEARNING CENTRE H2o architects Melbourne, 2008–10

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CARTIER Jean Nouvel

EBBERSWALDE SENIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL LIBRARY Herzog & de Meuron with Thomas Ruff Ebberswadle, Germany, 1993—9


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RICOLA FACTORY BUILDING Herzog & de Meuron with Thomas Ruff Mulhouse-‐Brunstae, France, 1993—9


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SEATTLE CENTRAL LIBRARY OMA

Seaele, USA, 1999—2004

curtain as facade curtain as skin


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CASA DE MUSICA OMA Porto, Portugal, 2001—5


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Petra Blaisse CURTAIN IN LENSVELT MULTISPACE Petra Blaisse


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CURTAIN IN SEATTLE CENTRAL LIBRARY Petra Blaisse

Seaele, USA, 1999—2004


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CURTAINS FOR THE EXHIBITION DIANA & ACTAEON Petra Blaisse

SRgung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2009

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VANNA VENTURI HOUSE Robert Venturi

Pennsylvania, USA, 1964

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‘VANNA VENTURI HOUSE’ Ashton Raggae McDougall (ARM) + photocopier 1994


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HOWARD KRONBORG MEDICAL CLINIC Ashton Raggae McDougall (ARM)

Melbourne, Australia, 1994

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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA Ashton Raggae McDougall (ARM)

Canberra, Australia, 2001

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EYEBEAM MUSEUM OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY Diller + Scofidio

New York, USA, 2002

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WITNESS FLAT Jurgen Bey, 2008


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OORSTOEL OR EAR CHAIR Jurgen Bey, 2002


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HIGH ROLLER CHAIR Karim Rashid, 2011


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SUSTAINABLE HOME WITH DUPONT CORIAN Karim Rashid, 2010

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Marc Newson

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LOCKHEED LOUNGE CHAISE Mark Newson, 1986


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WICKER LOUNGE Mark Newson, 1990

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ORGONE CHAIR Mark Newson, 1993


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HOTEL PUERTA AMERICA SUITES Zaha Hadid

Madrid, Spain, 2003—5


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GUANGZHOU OPERA HOUSE Zaha Hadid

Guangzhou, China, 2003—10

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JACK FLURO Tom Dixon, 1994

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VOID LIGHT COOPER, BRASS, POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL Tom Dixon, 2010


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COSMIC LANDSCAPE Ross Lovegrove, 2010

Ross Lovegrove

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COSMIC LEAF Ross Lovegrove, 2009


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KUNSTHAUS GRAZ Spacelab (Colin Fournier & Peter Cook)

Graz, Austraia, 2000—4

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the BIX-‐facade


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the interior/exterior is indisRnguishable

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viewing through the Kunsthaus’ pours


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de-‐skinning to get to the ‘maeer’ of the body

SUPERFICIAL BLOOD VESSELS OF THE HEAD AND NECK J. F. GauRer D'Agoty, 1748

STANDING MALE ÉCORCHÉ Juan Valverde de Amusco, 1556

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contemporary design

is about de-‐skinning

DOMESTIC SLOUGH Olivier Goulet, 2004


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—the digital skin— destrucRon of the skeleton

destrucRon of bodily substance and maeer


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BLUR Diller & Scofidio

Yverdon-‐les-‐bains, Switzerland, 2002

to find the ‘maeer’ within...

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...space as ‘maeer’

...space as sensory body


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