Presentation Sainsburys3-Foster

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Francisco Alcazar



June and July is the season for end of year Architectural Shows..

Previous years have focussed almost exclusively on parametric forms and glossy images.



Though still dominant there is a noticeable change.....



more hand drawing, sketching and even buildings.















Recently unfashionable in architectural education, the 1970’s and 1980’s are being reinvestigated...



The hand drawn sections and axonometrics, the consideration of materials and engineering belong very much to this time



I recently went to Norwich to visit two of the nest examples of this architecture, that still look fresh and exciting today...



Norman Foster’s Sainsbury Centre and Denys Lasdun’s Student Housing at the University of East Anglia



The Sainsbury Centre houses the Sainsbury art collection together with research and student facilities..



A simple ‘shed’ drawing on factory technologies the form, proportions and park setting create a modern day temple made from

everyday materials



The form was designed to be exible and extendable with facade panels being moved around to suit internal arrangements



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Anthony Hunt were the engineers- and as in much of the early work by Foster the architecture and engineering are one

and the same..



37 welded tubular prismatic steel

trusses spanning 35m supported

on similar lattice towers creating acolumn- free tube 133m in length.

clear heigth of 7.5 m permits dis-

play of large works of art and in-

seertion of independent mezza-

nines.

Foundations are 3m continuous

concrete strip footings with an in-

tegral oating ground oor.

But the simple neat solution and form hides a sophisticated and carefully worked out building





Cladding: 2.4 by 2.1m panels of sandwich construction with a moulded outer skin of highly reective anodised aluminium

and 100mm foam lling giving a high insulation value: both important part of the scheme low energy concept. Each pane

ts into a continuous net of neoprene gaskets which double as rainwater channels. Final design consist of four types of

panels:glass, solid, grilled and curved panel. All are interchangeble by unfastening six bolts.



The facade panels have been updated over the years and moved to suit changing needs



An elegant bridge aligned on the geomtery of the student housing pierces the building’s skin..



and terminates at a generous spiral stair that leads to the reception







Gable wall system:

Clear glass walls at east and west ends. 30m by 7.5m high. each sheet of glass (7.5m by 2.4m) and its supporting n is

supported by purpose made steel channels anchored into the oor slab. Jointing with high grade silicone sealant.



Though intended to expand, the shed was left untouched as the recet extension- also by Foster- was build underground,

doubing the accommodation







The Lasdun student halls sit like step pyramids or mountains- forming the backdrop to the classical white Foster temple.





On the corners the common rooms and kitchens function as originally designed.

Despite some corossion the concrete walls and dramatic rainwater spouts still function



Repetitive concrete boxes are stacked up to create complex forms that maximise views and give each

room a terrace









The recently opened design museum in the suburbs

of Tel Aviv was built in hopes of transforming the city

of Holon into an epicenter of culture and education.

To that end they brought in a famous architect and re-

nowned group of international guest curators to make

the museum famous. The Design Museum Holon was

designed by Ron Arad Architects, led by Tel Aviv born

industrial designer and architect, Ron Arad. After four

years of construction the museum was inaugurated

on January 31st, 2010 and its rst exhibition just

opened.

The structure itself is not merely a box to house

works of art and design, rather it is meant to be the

rst exhibit visitors see when coming to the museum.

Arad’s creation is most notably characterized by the

metal ribbons wrapping around the building. Five sin-

uous bands of varying shades of Corten weathered

steel form the exterior facade casting curvaceous

shadows down onto an outdoor courtyard, by which

the visitors enter. Inside are various exhibition halls,

gallery spaces, a design lab and an archival collec-

tion for the many shows the museum soon hopes to

hold within its connes. Tel Aviv



On a visit to Tel Aviv in June the newly completed Design Museum by furniture designer Ron Arad takes the simple gallery

box and tries to hide the form with a series of steel ribbons















Five undulating horizontal ribbons of weathered steel—in bright orange, deep red, and rust brown—wrap the

Design Museum Holon













These ribbons shade and enclose spaces that can be used in the middle of the day without the use of air-conditioning or

other ventilation







This is a deliberately sculptural building, creating a setting within a bland and boring commercial district.



Both approaches have their place- but the elegance and simplicity of Foster and Lasdun may endure longer than the more

obvious appeal of Arad.

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