Following Slides is the comparison of works of different renowned Architects.

1. THEORY OF DESIGN
SUBMITTED TO :-
AR. RUCHI LAKHANI
AR.SANGEETA
SUBMITTED BY :-
AAKHYA (18001)
NISHTHA (18038)
NUPUR (18039)
SAHITYA (18053)

2. COMPARISON OF VARIOUS INSTITUTIONAL
BUILDINGS OF VARIOUS ARCHITECTS

3. INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS IN COMPARISON
● CARPENTER CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS - LE CORBUSIER
● HARVARD GRADUATE CENTRE - WALTER GROPIUS
● VIIPURI LIBRARY - ALVAR AALTO
● GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM - F.L. WRIGHT
● ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - MIES VAN DER ROHE

4. ARCHITECT :- LE CORBUSIER
LOCATION :- CAMBRIDGE,
MASSACHUSETTS
DATE :- 1961-1963
BUILDING TYPE :- UNIVERSITY ART CENTER
CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM :- REINFORCED
CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE MASONRY
CONTEXT :- URBAN CAMPUS
1. CARPENTER CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS

5. ● THE CARPENTER CENTRE FOR THE VISUAL
ARTS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IN
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS IS THE ONLY
BUILDING ACTUALLY DESIGNED BY LE
CORBUSIER IN THE UNITED STATES, AND
ONE OF ONLY TWO IN AMERICA.
● LE CORBUSIER DESIGNED IT IN
COLLABORATION WITH CHILEAN ARCHITECT
GUILLERMO JULLIAN DE LA FUENTE.
● THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN 1963.

6. ● IT IS BUILT ON A SHORTCUT
BETWEEN QUINCY AND PRESCOTT
STREET.
● DURING THE MID 1950’s, THE IDEA
OF CREATING A PLACE FOR VISUAL
ARTS AT HARVARD BEGAN TO
TAKE SHAPE.
● A BUDGET FOR 1.3 MILLIONS WAS
SET, AND THE PROPOSAL WAS
INCLUDED IN HARVARD
FUNDRAISING PROGRAM.
● A COUPLE, ALFRED ST. VRAIN
CARPENTER AND HELEN BUNDY
CARPENTER, DONATED 1.5 MILLION
FOR THE INSTITUTE.

7. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
● THE ALLOTTED SPACE FOR THE BUILDING
WAS QUITE SMALL, SO THE FINISHED
BUILDING PRESENTS ITSELF AS A
COMPACT, ROUGHLY CYLINDRICAL MASS
BISECTED BY AN S-SHAPED RAMP ON THE
3rd FLOOR.
● CORBUSIER PROPOSED THAT THE
BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE ALL HIS
ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE:-
1.)RAMP
2.)PILOTIS
3.)FREE PLAN
4.)BRISE SOLEIL
5.)ROOF GARDEN

8. ● THE BEAM WAS PUT ABOVE THE SLAB SO THAT
THE RAMP DOESN’T LOOK HEAVY AND THE
BEAM ALSO FUNCTIONS AS A GUARD RAIL.
● TO SUPPORT THE SLABS ON PILOTIS, CAST IN
PLACE CONCRETE WAS USED ON TOP OF
PILOTIS TO SUPPORT THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF
AUDITORIUM’S ON THE SLAB.
● A PINWHEEL EFFECT WAS USED ON THE
FINALLY EXECUTED DESIGN, 2 HALVES MEET AT
A VERTICAL CORE THAT HOUSES AN ELEVATOR.

9. ● THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING PRESENTS
ITSELF VERY DIFFERENTLY FROM DIFFERENT
ANGLES.
● THE BUILDING NOW HOUSES THE
DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, AND IS THE
VENUE FOR SCREENINGS FOR THE HARVARD
FILM ARCHIVE.

10. LE CORBUSIER’S DRAWINGS

11. THIRD FLOOR PLAN FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

12. 2.) HARVARD GRADUATE CENTRE
-WALTER GROPIUS
ARCHITECT :- WALTER GROPIUS
LOCATION :- CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
DATE :- 1950
BUILDING TYPE :- ACADEMIC CENTER
CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM :- CONCRETE WITH BRICK
EXTERIOR
CONTEXT :- URBAN CAMPUS
STYLE :- MODERN

13. ● THE HARVARD GRADUATE CENTER, ALSO
KNOWN AS “THE GROPIUS COMPLEX”, WAS
THE FIRST MODERN BUILDING ON THE
HARVARD CAMPUS.
● IT WAS THE PRODUCT OF EARLY YEARS OF
TEAM ORGANISATION i.e, TAC (THE
ARCHITECTS COLLABORATIVE).
● IT IS A GROUP OF EIGHT ARRANGED SMALL
BUILDINGS AND LARGE COURTYARDS WHICH
ARE HUMANLY SCALED.
● IT WAS BUILT TO HOUSE 575 GRADUATES.
● THE BUILDING COMPLEX CONSISTS OF A MAIN
BUILDING, SEVEN DORMITORIES, A DINING
HALL, AND RECREATIONAL ROOMS.

14. ● IT CONTAINS CHARACTERISTIC
FEATURES OF HIS PAST-BUILDINGS SUCH
AS FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS,USE OF
CURVES AND PILOTIS TO HOLD UP
GROUND FLOOR LEVEL.
● IT HAS A SENSE OF AIRINESS AND
LIGHTNESS DUE TO THOSE
WINDOWS,CURVES AND PILOTIS.