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SPIRITUAL TECTONICS CHAD SCHWARTZ | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | SPRING 2014 PRIMARY CONCEPTS systemic thinking = architecture as a series of intersecting systems PRIMARY CONCEPTS studying and building

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SPIRITUAL TECTONICS

CHAD SCHWARTZ | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | SPRING 2014

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PRIMARY CONCEPTS

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systemic thinking = architecture as a series of intersecting systems

studying and building relationships and emphasizes connectedness

PRIMARY CONCEPTS

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PRIMARY CONCEPTS

design technical theory

architectural academia

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PRIMARY CONCEPTS

architectural academia

design technical theory

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PRIMARY CONCEPTS

architectural tectonics is a systemic endeavor

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KENNETH FRAMPTON | RAPPEL A L’ORDRE: THE CASE FOR THE TECTONIC

PRIMARY CONCEPTS

architectural tectonics is a systemic endeavor

Tectonics is the formal amplifi cation of the structural presence in relation to the assembly of which it is a part.

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GOTTFRIED SEMPER | FROM CAROLINE VAN EYCK | FIGURATION, TECTONICS, AND ANIMISM

PRIMARY CONCEPTS

architectural tectonics is a systemic endeavor

The origin of architecture is not construction, but the visible representation of closed space originating from human dress.

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KARL BOTTICHER | FROM KENNETH FRAMPTON | BOTTICHER, SEMPER, AND THE TECTONIC

PRIMARY CONCEPTS

architectural tectonics is a systemic endeavor

There are two components within a tectonic construction: the ontological kernform (work form) and its cladding of the representational kunstform (art form).

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PRIMARY CONCEPTS

architectural tectonics depicts the poetic integration of assembly, materiality, representation, space, and environment.

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SACRED + TECTONIC

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SACRED + TECTONIC

T E C T O N I C

STEREOTOMIC

tectonic + stereotomic

tectonic = frame or assembly (sky, light, dematerialize) stereotomic = mass or piled (earth, dark, solidity)

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duality and spirituality

Sacred architecture must recognize its position at the center, on an axis between earth and sky. The power of the sacred radiates from this center with centrifugal force, but it also returns centripetally.

SACRED + TECTONIC

EMILE TOWNES | CONSTRUCTING THE IMMATERIAL

EARTH SKY

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sacred center

The sacred center also appears in tectonic theory prominently in Semper’s four elements.

  • framework
  • enclosing membrane
  • earthwork
  • hearth

The hearth incorporated into a single element the public and spiritual nexus of the built domain.

SACRED + TECTONIC

IMAGE: KENNETH FRAMPTON | BOTTICHER, SEMPER AND THE TECTONIC

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ROBERT VISCHER | ON THE OPTICAL SENSE OF FORM

SACRED + TECTONIC

empathy

We have the ability to develop empathy with static form: A looming cliff face stands proudly at attention and seemingly in defi ance; its

  • utward projection instills the

feeling of a lunging forward, perhaps in curiosity, perhaps in anger.

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SACRED + TECTONIC

empathy

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THE STUDIO

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structure

  • fi

ve linked problems

  • centered on the study of sacred

space

  • multiple scales and mediums
  • varied working perspectives
  • each problem began with a

critical reading and written response

THE STUDIO

CASE STUDY INTERVENTION SITE ANALYSIS CHAPEL DETAIL

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P1: CASE STUDY

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task 1

Select a project to study

P1: CASE STUDY

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P1: CASE STUDY

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DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK

P1: CASE STUDY

task 2

Analyze the project to learn its essential lessons, focusing on the tectonic

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DRAWINGS: D. AMISI

P1: CASE STUDY

task 2

Analyze the project to learn its essential lessons, focusing on the tectonic

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DRAWINGS: A. NEAL

P1: CASE STUDY

task 2

Analyze the project to learn its essential lessons, focusing on the tectonic

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DRAWINGS: B. BECKMAN

P1: CASE STUDY

task 2

Analyze the project to learn its essential lessons, focusing on the tectonic

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DRAWINGS: D. GRANT

P1: CASE STUDY

task 2

Analyze the project to learn its essential lessons, focusing on the tectonic

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P2: INTERVENTION

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P2: INTERVENTION

task 1

Identify a location in the case study to which can be added a place for a visitor to pause and rest.

  • zooming in
  • assembly
  • attention to detail
  • bodily interaction with

architecture

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DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK

P2: INTERVENTION

task 2

Design the intervention paying close attention to the relationship between the new element and both the tectonics of place and the human body: two key contexts.

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CONSTRUCTIONS: A. NEAL + W. CHURCHILL

P2: INTERVENTION

task 3

Build the intervention at full scale as accurately as possible.

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CONSTRUCTIONS: A. NEAL + W. CHURCHILL

P2: INTERVENTION

task 3

Build the intervention at full scale as accurately as possible.

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CONSTRUCTIONS: C. SMITH

P2: INTERVENTION

task 3

Build the intervention at full scale as accurately as possible.

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CONSTRUCTIONS: A. EILERS + A. NEAL

P2: INTERVENTION

task 3

Build the intervention at full scale as accurately as possible.

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CONSTRUCTIONS: A. EILERS + A. NEAL

P2: INTERVENTION

task 3

Build the intervention at full scale as accurately as possible.

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CONSTRUCTIONS: S. ABELL

P2: INTERVENTION

task 3

Build the intervention at full scale as accurately as possible.

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P3: SITE ANALYSIS

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task I: groupwork

Analyze the city of Carbondale, IL through the lenses of the sacred, infrastructure, socio-political, and environmental contexts

  • zoom out

P3: SITE ANALYSIS

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task II: individual

Select and analyze a site within the context zone for the building of a new chapel for the town.

P3: SITE ANALYSIS

DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK

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P3: SITE ANALYSIS

DRAWINGS: B. BECKMAN

task II: individual

Select and analyze a site within the context zone for the building of a new chapel for the town.

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P4: CHAPEL

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P4: CHAPEL

task I

Building on the fi rst three problems, design a new chapel for Carbondale, IL.

  • analysis of the case study
  • construction of the intervention
  • context of the site

Develop a program for this small space building on the given outline.

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P4: CHAPEL

task II

Contemplate the questions:

  • What is the purpose of a chapel?
  • What is the narrative of the place?
  • How does the tectonic expression
  • f the chapel refl

ect its purpose?

  • How is the project contextually

driven?

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P4: CHAPEL

task III

Design the chapel.

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DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK

P4: CHAPEL

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DRAWINGS: A. NEAL

P4: CHAPEL

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DRAWINGS: D. AMISI

P4: CHAPEL

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DRAWINGS: D. AMISI

P4: CHAPEL

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DRAWINGS: B. MACANDER

P4: CHAPEL

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DRAWINGS: B. MACANDER

P4: CHAPEL

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DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK

P4: CHAPEL

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P5: DETAIL

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P5: DETAIL

task I

Select a critical moment in the design of project 4 to investigate in greater detail.

  • zooming back in
  • tectonic assembly
  • part to whole relationships
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P5: DETAIL

task II

Analyze this area of the building and fi gure out how it is constructed.

DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK

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P5: DETAIL

task II

Analyze this area of the building and fi gure out how it is constructed.

DRAWINGS: D. AMISI

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P5: DETAIL

task II

Analyze this area of the building and fi gure out how it is constructed.

DRAWINGS: B. BECKMAN

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P5: DETAIL

task II

Analyze this area of the building and fi gure out how it is constructed.

DRAWINGS: B. MACANDER

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P5: DETAIL

task II

Analyze this area of the building and fi gure out how it is constructed.

DRAWINGS: A. NEAL

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P5: DETAIL

task II

Analyze this area of the building and fi gure out how it is constructed.

DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK

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P5: DETAIL

task III

Zoom in further and build one key detail from the zone of investigation at full scale.

CONSTRUCTION: R. LEX

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P5: DETAIL

task III

Zoom in further and build one key detail from the zone of investigation at full scale.

CONSTRUCTION: W. CHURCHILL

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P5: DETAIL

task III

Zoom in further and build one key detail from the zone of investigation at full scale.

CONSTRUCTION: J. WEST

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P5: DETAIL

task III

Zoom in further and build one key detail from the zone of investigation at full scale.

CONSTRUCTION: P. MCKISSACK

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REFLECTIONS

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REFLECTIONS

successes

  • rigorous investigation was well

received by students

  • plenty of moments of success

from each student in the class

  • tangible connections to

architecture through full scale work

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REFLECTIONS

challenges

  • diffi

culty in translating lessons of the case study to the problem 4 chapel

  • intensive case study driving the

project caught some of them off guard

  • need more time for problem 4

to allow for more contemplation throughout the design

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REFLECTIONS

challenges

  • the site selection in problem 3

was poor

  • problem 3, in general, was

relatively disconnected from the rest of the series

  • created a fi

ssure in the semester

  • this problem needs to be much

more tightly controlled as far as selection goes

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REFLECTIONS

Tectonics depends on the fundamental aspects of the world: gravity, the structure of the materials we use, and the ways in which we put these materials together.

CARLES VALLHONRAT | TECTONICS CONSIDERED

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REFLECTIONS

DRAWINGS: A. NEAL

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REFLECTIONS

DRAWINGS: D. AMISI

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REFLECTIONS

DRAWINGS: B. MACANDER

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REFLECTIONS

DRAWINGS: Y. SUN

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REFLECTIONS

DRAWINGS: P. MCKISSACK