literature study of 'college of architecture building' in university of houston.

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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTEN
LITERATURE
STUDY REPORT

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3. Address: Room 122 Hines College
of Architecture and Design, Gerald
D. Hines College of Architecture,
Houston, TX 77204, United States
THE WHOLE SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY FASES EAST ON THE ROAD OF GULF FWY.
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4. Average Houston temperatures
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73 53 March 23 11
80 59 April 26 15
86 68 May 30 20
91 73 June 33 23
94 75 July 34 24
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THE WIND DIRECTION IS PREDOMINANTLY
NORTHWEST.

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7. THE FIRST BUILDING
DEDICATED TO
ARCHITECTURE WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 1953 AND
DESIGNED BY ONE OF THE
DEPARTMENT’S FIRST
GRADUATES, EDMUND
FURLEY JR.
THE BUILDING, KNOWN AS “BUILDING
X”, WAS A ONE-STORY SIMPLE LIGHT-
STEEL-FRAMED BUILDING USING
STEEL ROOF DECKING AS CLADDING
AND RECLAIMED WINDOWS FROM
JOBSITES AROUND THE CITY.
THE BUILDING WAS
PRIMARILY OPEN SPACE
STUDIOS WITH A CLUSTER OF
CLASSROOMS IN THE CENTER.
THERE WAS NO
AUDITORIUM OR
LIBRARY IN THE
ORIGINAL DESIGN.
IN 1965, THE ENTRANCE, A
SPACE ANCHORED BY A
CONCAVE ORANGE BRICK
WALL, WAS CONCERTED TO
THE FIRST LIBRARY AND
COLLECTION DEDICATED TO
ARCHITECTURE.
COST OF CONSTRUCTION:
THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR
$160,000 (PRESENT VALUE OF $1,416,000
) AND WAS INTENDED AS A TEMPORARY
FACILITY UNTIL A MORE PERMANENT
STRUCTURE COULD BE FINANCED.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHITECTURE WAS
SETUP IN 1945 BY
RICHARD LILLIOT JR.
LILLIOT WAS A
GRADUATE OF THE
RICE INSTITUTE IN 1935

8. BY THE LATE 1970S, THE NAAB HAD
COMMENTED ONCE AGAIN THAT THE
COLLEGE’S SPACE WAS INADEQUATE.
THE “TEMPORARY FACILITY” BUILT IN
1953 WAS FAR BEYOND ITS USE. IN
1980, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
UNIVERSITY, BARRY MUNITZ,
APPROACHED THE STATE LEGISLATURE
WITH A PROPOSITION FOR A NEW
ARCHITECTURE BUILDING FOR THE
CAMPUS.
COST BUDGET FOR NEW BUILDING: $20
MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO BUILD A
153,000 SQ FT NEW BUILDING TO
ACCOMMODATE UP TO 640 STUDENTS.
WALTER EUGENE GEORGE JR.
(U.TEXAS ’49, HARVARD ’50) WAS
PULLED FROM KANSAS AND
APPOINTED THE NEW DEAN AND
GIVEN THE TASK AT BRINGING THE
PROGRAM UP TO NAAB STANDARDS.
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9. A UNIVERSITY
MASTER PLAN
DONE IN 1977
SET OUT A
FRAMEWORK
FOR A NEW
ACADEMIC
BUILDING TO ACT
AS A GATEWAY
BETWEEN THE
VAST AMOUNTS
OF PARKING ON
THE NORTH SIDE
OF CAMPUS TO
ITS CORE. WITH
FINANCES FOR A
NEW
ARCHITECTURE
BUILDING
SECURED, IT WAS
DECIDED THAT
IT SHOULD ACT
AS THE
GATEWAY.
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10. IN MAY OF 1983,
JOHNSON AND
BURGEE
PRODUCED
PRELIMINARY
PLANS OF THE
NEW BUILDING TO
THE BOARD OF
REGENTS.
THE
BUILDING
HAD NEVER
BEEN
REALIZED
UNTIL ITS
OPPORTUNI
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HOUSTON
WITH
JOHNSON.
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$20 MILLION WAS
ALLOCATED TO BUILD A
153,000 SQ FT NEW
BUILDING TO
ACCOMMODATE UP TO
640 STUDENTS

11. JOHNSON
PROPOSED A NEAR
REPLICA OF THE
HOUSE OF
EDUCATION BY
CLAUDE-NICOLAS
LEDOUX AS THE
DESIGN BASE FOR
THE SCHOOL
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12. AT A TIME WHEN THE MAJORITY OF HOUSTON’S CAMPUS LACKED
CHARACTER, SIZE OR PERMANENCE, THE NEW COLLEGE OF
ARCHITECTURE BUILDING BECAME AN INSTANT ICON AND
IDENTITY FOR THE UNIVERSITY. THE BUILDING WAS HIGHLY
VISIBLE FROM HOUSTON’S DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE
ADJACENT GULF FREEWAY. THE STRATEGIC POSITIONING ACTED
PRECISELY AS THE 1974 MASTER PLAN CALLED FOR AND
CREATED A NEW MAJOR AXIS ON THE CAMPUS WHICH WAS
LATER EMPHASIZED AS NEW BUILDINGS WERE ADDED IN THE
1980S AND 1990S WITH THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE
HELM.
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14. ELEVATION : A PLAIN FAÇADE WITH ARCHED WINDOW SERIES AND A
SERIES OF ARCADES ON THE TOP SERVES THE AESTHETIC VALUES.
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15. THE GF PLAN IS ELONGATED ON THE HORIZON. THE WHOLE PLAN IS
CENTRALIZED BASED ON WHICH OTHER SPACES ARE ALLOCATED. A TYPICAL
COURTYARD IN THE CENTER HELPS IN VISUAL ACCESS TO THE VARIOUS
PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING.
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16. THE BUILDING WAS FIXED ON A
CENTRAL COURT MEASURING
FORTY FEET SQUARE AND
EIGHTY FEET HIGH.
40’
40’
THE COURT IS SKY-LIT FROM
ABOVE AND ACTS AS THE
CENTRAL LIFE TO THOSE IN THE
COLLEGE, AND AS THE ENTRY
SEQUENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR
THOSE WHO ARE NOT.
THE COURT HAS BEEN USED OVER
THE YEARS TO HOLD EXHIBITIONS,
BALLS, IMPROMPTU SPORTING
EVENTS, AND MOST NOTABLY
GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
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17. THE UPPER STOREY COMPRISES OF STUDIOS FOR I,II,III,IV,V AND A STUDIO FOR THE
GRADUATES.
THIS IS A TYPICAL PLAN FOR ALL THE UPPER STOREYS.
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18. TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
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19. THE THREE UPPER LEVELS OF STUDIOS ARE
CLUSTERED AROUND THE COURT, WHICH IS
USED AS A WAY TO CONNECT ALL OF THE
STUDIOS TOGETHER BOTH VISUALLY AND
AUDIBLY.
STAIRS AT BOTH OPPOSITE ENDS
OF THE COURT ARE USED TO
PROGRESS STUDENTS BETWEEN
FLOORS, FURTHER STIMULATING
THE COURTS USE AND STUDENTS’
INTERACTION.
JOHNSON WAS CAREFUL TO KEEP THE
ELEVATORS HIDDEN TO ENCOURAGE
STAIR USE BY THE STUDENTS.
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20. THE SECTION OF THE BUILDING RESEMBLES THE CHRISTIAN “CHURCH”
ARCHITECTURE WHERE THE STUDIOS ARE ON EITHER OF THE SIDES (NAVES)
AND THE CENTRAL COURTYARD ALSO ACTS AS A LINK BETWEEN ALL THE
FLOORS (AISLE).
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21. VIEW
•THE COLUMNS ARE OF
THE ROMAN CLASSICAL
ORDER.
•THE RAILING OF THE
STARICASE ARE
DECORATED
INTRICATELY.
•COFFERED CEILING
SLABS ARE ALSO SEEN.
•THE INTERIOR IS MOSTLY
WHITE WITH BLUE.
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22. THE EXTERIOR VIEW RESEMBLES THE ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE.
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23. THE TOP OF THE ATRIUM IS COVERED
WITH FRAME AND GLASSES .
THE ATRIUM SPACE IS QUITE LARGE.
ATOP THE COURT, OUTSIDE OF THE
SKYLIGHT, SITS A SQUARE TEMPLE. IN
HIS PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD
OF REGENTS, JOHNSON SAID,
“GENTLEMEN, I UNDERSTAND THAT A
PERCENT OF THE BUDGET HERE AT
UH GOES TO ART IN THE WAY OF A
PIECE OF SCULPTURE… BUT YOU
DON’T HAVE TO SPEND THAT!” HE
PROCEEDED TO OPEN A
BLOOMINGDALE’S BAG AND PULLED
OUT A LITTLE TEMPLE AND SAT IT ON
TOP OF THE MODEL. WHEN
CONFRONTED BY ONE OF THE
REGENTS WHO EXCLAIMED THAT THE
TEMPLE LOOKED EXPENSIVE AND
UNNECESSARY, JOHNSON ARGUED
THAT IT WAS A “DIVERTER TO
SCREEN THE HOT SUN FROM THE
SKYLIGHT THAT LIGHTS THE
ROTUNDA OF THE BUILDING.” THIS
RESPONSE PLEASED THE BOARD
AND THE TEMPLE WAS INCLUDED.
SKYLIGHT
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