image ARCH 366/666 The Tectonic Articulation of Structure
Reading: Fall 2004
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Questions for Week 6
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: October 4, 2004

6a. Fuller Moore, "Frames," Understanding Structures

1. "Lateral stability in frames may be provided by triangulation, joint rigitity, or shear walls." In Fig. 9.13 (Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation) one can see a rigid frame and shear walls providing lateral stability in the cross-sectional direction. How might stability be provided in the perpendicular (longitudinal) direction?

6b. Colin Rowe, "Chicago Frame," The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays

1. According to Rowe, how do Mies and Corb (representing the "Internation Style") and F.L. Wright differ in their approaches to space and structure?

2. How did the development and articulation of the frame differ in Chicago (representing "America") and Europe in the 1920s?