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KEVIN ROCHE
Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922
B.Arch. from the National University of Ireland in 1945
Professional experience in Dublin with Michael Scott and
in London with Maxwell Fry,
Came to the United States in 1948 and spent one semester in the Illinois
Institute of Technology Master's program with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
In 1950, joined Eero Saarinen and Associates at Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan.
By 1954 Kevin Roche was Saarinen's principal design associate.
1982 Roche was awarded the highest international accolade in
architecture, the Pritzker Prize
ARCHITECT SEMINAR GAURAV MANGLA B.ARCH IV
JOHN DINKLOO
Born in Michigan in 1918.
B.Arch. the University of Michigan in 1942
chief of production at the Chicago office of Skidmore,
Owings and Merrill.
Joined he Saarinen office in 1950, became a partner in 1956.
In 1961, joined hands with Kevin Roche to complete unfinished projects.
Both started their career with General Motors Technical Center in
Warren, Michigan (1948-1956), one of the most important and technically
advanced projects of the post-war years.
General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan
“Like the automobile itself, the buildings are essentially put together as on an
assembly line, out of mass-produced
units,” Sarrinan
PHILOSOPHIES
Geometrical forms
Attention to detail.
Simplicity and monumental scale of buildings.
Roche meet requirements via contextual
design Dinkeloo reacting to that design with
technological brilliance.
Specificities of the client-needs combined with
the desire to push the boundaries of
architectural technology
Automobiles in mind.
Evolutionary possibilities instead of the
creation of revolutionary inevitabilities.
Allow the time necessary explore innovative
design strategies
Use model for studies.
GENERAL FOODS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, MICHIGAN 1983
BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA, ATLANTA 1991
CHRYSTLER BUILDING
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND 2006-10 First carbon neutral
international convention centre.Net impact of building's const. on environment is zero.
Use of low carbon cement
Offsetting all unavoidable carbon emissions by investing in carbon credit
Long-term environmental sustainability
Include recycling + reducing overall energy consumption by using a sustainable energy supplier and integrating sustainable eg. Integrated building automated system (IBAS) - an advanced building management system.
Escalators, elevators, and stairs connect to all levels from the lobby.
A tilted glass cylinder, 54 meters high and 39 meters in diameter, the striking seven-story glass-fronted atrium – a key architectural feature in the development
Number of different elements, which can function separately or in concert
8000 delegates, 22 multi-purpose meeting rooms 4500 square m. of flexible exhibition & banqueting space
thermal wheel heat recovery system and an ice storage thermal unit (ISTU), which chills water overnight to form large ice blocks that melt during the day to provide air conditioning for the entire building.
NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND
TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA, ARATA ISOZAKI, 1989-90DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, KEVIN ROCHE JOHN
DINKELOO & ASSOC., 2006-2010
COMPARISON
DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, KEVIN
ROCHE JOHN DINKELOO & ASSOC., 2006-2010
TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA, ARATA ISOZAKI, 1989-
90
ARCHITECT SEMINAR GAURAV MANGLA B.ARCH IV
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