The organization of milwaukee art museum

The organization of milwaukee art museum is clearly set to enhance the waterfront view. Instead of designing a typical beautiful structure by the lake, the architect designed the structure to harmonize with the lake. Although the wind of the structure is eye-chatching, and look like it is all about the structure, building itself under the wind have many spaces inside. The wind is just part of the roof. In my opinion, the designed of the Milwaukee art museum is very sophisticated. The designed which is intend to look like bird and boat is blended in so well, so when you look at it, you kind of forget it is a building.

The Nerman Museum Set-Up

The Nerman Museum at JCCC was built to act as a kind of "doorway" into a campus full of art. The structure itself has a very open feel to it, the rooms are separated and defined by stairways, level changes, and walls. All of the transitions are very smooth. Glass was used frequently in the design to enhance the building's connection with the outdoors, and to frame views of the JCCC campus. The organization of the structure is asymmetrical, which is even visible from the exterior. The cantilevered room that overhangs the entryway is balanced by the weight of the huge campus on the other side of it.

The Bird's Nest

My favorite building that we saw in the presentation was the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. After seeing it on TV for so many months during the Olympics, I think this building has made a huge impact on the world's view of China. The "nest" theme of the building suggests not only that China is a nation ready to take flight, but also draws its inspiration from nature - this coming from a country that is trying to move in a more ecologically sound direction as it continues to grow at an unbelievable rate. I think it is architecture that is meant to reflect good intentions, which is the best kind.

Organization of Taliesin West

Im not quite sure if Frank Lloyd Wright had a set organization for Taliesin West, but i do know that he designed it so that the majority of the buildings would face the Mountains. Wright patterned it to resemble the flow of and feeling of the desert surrounding it. So the organization of each sector was rather random, but Wright tried to encorporate the building into the surrounding features of the desert terrain and mountains.

WTC Organization

The World Trade Center's organization was just like many of the office buildings you see around the world today. The Twin Towers were 2 100+ story office buildings located in downtown Manhattan. They were structured like any other office building - many stories high, with many floors of office space. The proportion and scale of the 2 were identical, giving them the infamous nickname of the "Twin Towers."

Building Organization

I do not think that the building that I did (The Aronoff Center) had a set organization structure, or a particular proportion and scale. I think that it does not have one becasue of the way it was designed and built. It was designed to have slanted wall, windows, and floors; which created different scales and proportions for each room.

The Gateway Arch by Eero Saarinen is a very simple design and every line of the arch fits perfectly into a very simple parabolic equation. Also known as an inverted catenary arch it's equation is -127.7ft x cosh(x/127.7ft) + 757.7ft
Nathan Rasmussen

The building I found most interesting was the extension to the Denver Art Museum by Daniel Libeskind. It's sharp straight lines should appear as if parts of the building are toppling over, but instead they appear to be reaching out to the sky and almost float.
Nathan Rasmussen

Organization Aspects of Bloch Bldg

The organization of the Bloch addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum is similar to that of any museum. It is a series of halls with galleries branching off all the way down through the five linked buildings. Just looking at the Bloch addition is deceiving as far as scale goes though. The five buildings are set up in a manner that is supposed to represent lenses. These five lenses are all connected underground. They appear as one main building and four smaller offshoots... but really they are one large space that exists as much underground as it does above. This smaller appearance in above-ground size was to achieve a sense of balance with the grand original Nelson building. This way the two parts, new and old, of the Nelson can appear proportional while still giving more needed space underground.

Favorite Building

Of all the buildings available to research, my favorite was the Beijing National Stadium by Herzog & de Meuron. It was impressive that the inspiration for the stadium came from a piece of Chinese culture and heritage, their ceramic pottery. So often the designs of new buildings seem arbitrary and of a more personal artistic view than they seem to represent the area or culture they are to be a part of. The architects managed to create a new piece of original architecture, while keeping it relevant to the heritage of the country it would reside in.

most interesting building(s)

Out of all the buildings from the presentation last Monday, the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Taliesen West house both stood out to me. I really liked the interior and exterior design of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The interior design was really cool and the exterior kind of reminded me of a whale's tail. With the Taliesen West house, I thought it was cool how it wasn't just Frank Lloyd Wright lived in it, but his students lived and learned in it too. It was like a combo of a school and dormitory.

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Insight on which building we found most interesting

The building that I found most interesting, other than my own, was the World Trade Center. I think I found this building the most interesting because of A. the attacks of 911. B. The designer was afraid of hieghts. and C. It was once the tallest building in the world, and the amount of steel used to make it was outrageous. I found it a little odd that the designer was afraid of hieghts and he made one of the worlds most renowned tallest structure. I though it was funny that he made the windows some 18" wide because he wanted to make the people inside feel safe considering he himself was afraid of being up so high. It was this factor that he got a lot of criticism for. I also found it interesting that he thought his building was so safe and still the attacks of 911 brought them down within an hour or two. Just goes to show that it doesn't matter how much steel you use and how safe you think it is; there's still a possibilty of it coming down. I also liked this building because of its symbolism and because I actually visited them before 911

Most Interesting

The building that I found most interesting was the World Trade Center. I think the reason that I liked it the most was because the design was simple, it simply looked like a giant box. It also had new designs that also made the building. For example the building was built with an outer shell for support, which meant that there was no need for supports on the floors; which gave it more floorspace. Also the elevator system which stopped only at certain floors, which was a way for people to interact with each other.

the most interesting building in all presentation

The building the found most interesting is actually the building that do, Milwaukee Art Museum, but since I should be writing about one of the other buildings, my second find most interesting building is Bejing National Stadium(Bird Nest). I like the idea of taking natural structure and make structure out of it. Moreover, i like the design of complex of the structure, and steel use.

Architectural Research Project and Presentation

My favorite building from the architectural research presentation was the San Francisco Federal Building. I thought it was great how they were trying to integrate a very "green" office space into an area of San Francisco that city planners wanted to revitalize. The building had a very unique design, and ran extremely efficient. An idea I also found very interesting was the fact that the elevators only stopped on every 3 floors in order to promote employee health and interaction. An idea as simple as this really could help improve the quality of life for many of its employees.