ARCHITECTURE

Architecture Merit Badge

1. Tour your community and list the different building types you see. Try to identify buildings that can be associated with a specific period of history. Make a sketch of the building you most admire.

2. Arrange to meet with an architect. Ask to see the architect's office and to talk about the following:

1. Careers in architecture 2. Educational requirements 3. Tools an architect uses 4. Processes involved in a building project.

3. Arrange to visit a construction project with the project's architect. Ask to see the construction drawings so that you can compare how the project is drawn on paper to how it is actually built. Notice the different building materials. Find out how they are used, why they were selected, and what determines how they are being put together.

Note: This requirement necessitates advance planning and permission from your parents, your counselor, and the manager of the construction site. While on site, you must closely follow the safety procedures of the construction site, including wearing a hard hat.

4. Interview the owner or occupant of a home or other building (your "Client"). Find out what your client's requirements would be for designing a new home or business facility. Write down all of your client's requirements that you think would affect layout or design of the new facility.

5. Measure your bedroom. Make an accurately scaled drawing of the floor plan indicating walls, doors, windows, and furniture. Neatly label your drawing, including your name and the date. (Drawing scale: 1/4 inch = 1 foot).

Architecture Merit Badge

1. Tour your community and list the different building types you see. Try to identify buildings that can be associated with a specific period of history. Make a sketch of the building you most admire.

2. Arrange to meet with an architect. Ask to see the architect's office and to talk about the following:

1. Careers in architecture 2. Educational requirements 3. Tools an architect uses 4. Processes involved in a building project.

3. Arrange to visit a construction project with the project's architect. Ask to see the construction drawings so that you can compare how the project is drawn on paper to how it is actually built. Notice the different building materials. Find out how they are used, why they were selected, and what determines how they are being put together.

Note: This requirement necessitates advance planning and permission from your parents, your counselor, and the manager of the construction site. While on site, you must closely follow the safety procedures of the construction site, including wearing a hard hat.

4. Interview the owner or occupant of a home or other building (your "Client"). Find out what your client's requirements would be for designing a new home or business facility. Write down all of your client's requirements that you think would affect layout or design of the new facility.

5. Measure your bedroom. Make an accurately scaled drawing of the floor plan indicating walls, doors, windows, and furniture. Neatly label your drawing, including your name and the date. (Drawing scale: 1/4 inch = 1 foot).

ARCHITECTURE

Mario Botta

Disney – Epcot

Le Tour Eiffel

Homes

Falling WaterFrank Lloyd Wright

Homes

Homes

Taj Mahal

Entertainment Architecture

Form is Everything

Form Follows Function Rome and Louisianna

Sky ScrapersSears Tower – China Bank

Sky ScrapersRockefeller Center - Chrysler Building

Municipal-Monumental

Town Halls

New Municipal BuildingsMuseum of Art and Science

New Municipal BuildingsMuseum of Art and Science

Museum

Aquarium / IMAX

Sydney Opera House

Centre PompidouBuilding Systems on Outside

Modern OfficesStructure on Outside

Notre Dame, Paris(Also-Structure on outside)

Cathedral Ceilings

Building a Cathedral

Doors

Doors

Art or Architecture?

Plazas / Monuments

Folded Form

Models

Outdoor Space

Imagine Reality

Imagine Reality

Design Steps

1. Programming Concept2. Schematic Design3. Design Development4. Construction Documents5. Bidding6. Construction (Administration)

Design Steps

1. Programming Concept2. Schematic Design3. Design Development4. Construction Documents5. Bidding6. Construction (Administration)

Design Steps

1. Programming Concept2. Schematic Design3. Design Development4. Construction Documents5. Bidding6. Construction (Administration)

Design Steps

Choose Finishes-Colors

Installation-Construction

STYLES

Modern

Modern

Modern

Modern

Neo-Classical

Neo-Classical

Special Purpose

Colonial

Salt Box

Georgian

Federal

Greek Revival

Civic – Neo Classical

Second Empire

Victorian

Prairie Style Frank Lloyd Wright

Robie House - Plans

More Prairie Style

ModernChurch – Richard Meier

ModernHouse– Richard Meier

ModernHouse

ModernOffice - Hospital

ModernGuggenheim at Balboa and Habitat at Montreal

ENERGY MANAGEMENT

CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

COMPUTER MODELS

COMPUTER MODEL

MODELS

ARTISTIC DRAWING

COMPUTER DRAWING

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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