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Name, date and notesVietnam Veteran War Memorial, Maya Lin, 1982, Washington USA -it was a war that was shameful -site specific -relative to human scale
Name, date and notesNational Memorial to Peace and Justice Alabama, USA 2018 -untold history:about American slavery -cast iron columns each represents a county where slavery was taking place with at least 4000 names engraved on it -
what is fordism-pioneered by Henry Ford -large scale mechanised mass production -concept: how to design for efficiency
Name, date and notesInside Out school, Ghana, 2017 -andrea tabocchini and Frnacesca Vittorini -built by local materials and was built in 60 days
Name, date and notesMakoko flooding school, Lagos, Nigeria, 2013 Khun Yemi -innovated design using local materials -can adapt to change in water levels
Name, date and notesSouth Health Campus, 2012, Canada -has a library, kitchen, wellness centre
Name, and explainPont de Gard Aqueduct, 1st century AD, Rome
Name, date and notesBath of Caracalla, 211-217AD Rome, -can accommodate up to 3000 people -free or small entry fee -Roman in style: Corinthian columns, round vaulted ceiling -had a public library- mak a space of learning -a theater space, meeting room- where decisions were made -underground furnaces to heat the water -men and women would be separated but not by class
Explain Bauhaus1919-1934 -return to craftsmanship and quality -combination of art and design school -form follow function -modern design -first director: Walter Gropius and last: mies van de Rohe
Name, date and notesFagus Shoe Factory, 1911, Germany, Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer -curtain windows for ventilation and illumination
NameBauhaus, Dessau, Germany, 1925 -flat roof, white facade, colourless- modern architecture -form follows function
Name, date and notesTaliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1911-1959, Wisconsin-USA -burned down in 1914 and 1925 -unesco site -east and west- this is east -inspired by Japanese architecture, vernacular- stone
Explain Arts and CraftWilliam Morris- socialist -1860-1925 -primarily in Britain but there is also in the USA -return to hand craftmanship -textile, wallpaper and tapestry -using natural dies -Moris and company- his company Pimpernel wallpaper- 1876- famous wallpaper- using vegetable dying
Name, date and notesWightwick, 1887, England, William Morris -organic architecture -use of patterns: wallpaper, area rug, drapery -mediaeval style