image ARCH 366/666 The Tectonic Articulation of Structure
Reading: Fall 2004
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Questions for Week 2
Briefly answer each question (1-3 sentences should do in most cases). Please type (or print neatly) and submit at the end of class on the date due.
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Due: September 6, 2004

Sekler, "Structure, Construction, Tectonics\," Structure in Art and in Science

1. What is the difference between structure and construction, and in what ways are the words confused?

2. In what ways are the corner conditions of Mies that are illustrated as Figs. 5-8 examples of "tectonic expressiveness refined to an extreme degree?"

Herrmann, "Semper and the Archeologist Botticher," Gottfried Semper: In Search of Architecture

1. What is the difference between core- and art-form, according to Botticher?

2. Did Semper agree with Botticher that the Greek temple embodied the concept of core- and art-form?

Anderson, "Modern Architecture and Industry: Peter Behrens, the AEG, and Industrial Design," Oppositions

1. Of the lamps pictured as Nos. 2, 3, and 4 (p.80), which embodies the engineer's "pseudo-aesthetic?"

2. According to Anderson, Behrens is willing to go beyond the logic of "material conditions." Explain how this is manifested in Behrens's arc lamp design.

3. How does Semper relate Greek form to the problem of streamlining?

4. What did Reuleaux find significant in American machinery?