LECTURE 12 -

FUNCTIONALISM AND
HIGH TECH
ARCHITECTURE

HISTORY AND THEORY

OF ARCHITECTURE

MOHAMAD FAIRUZ
ZABADI BIN SHAHRUM
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ORIGIN
 ORIGIN

 Built to function.

 Vitruvius, 1st century BC Roman architect,

stated that buildings must be useful, stable, and
beautiful. Functionalism focuses on the useful
trait.

 “No features of a building should be built

which are not necessary for convenience,
construction…” – Augustus Pugin, 19th
Century English architect.
 Beauty And The Functionalist

1896

LOUIS SULLIVAN, Chicago Architect.

Aspects and Characteristics of buildings should

be based on the function.
OLYMPIASTADION ARMSTRONG BUILDING (PIRELLI)
HELSINKI, FINLAND
NATIONAL MUSEUM
CZECH REPUBLIC
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DEVELOPMENT
BAUHAUS (BAUHAUS ACADEMY) FUNCTIONALIST VILLA
DESSAU, GERMANY CZECH REPUBLIC
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FEATURES
United Nations
Secretariat GUARANTY
Building, BUILDING,
New York BUFFALO,
NEW YORK
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CHARACTERISTICS
 Seagram
Building in
New York

Veletržní Palace in Prague

Villa Tugendhat in Czech Republic
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MATERIALS AND COLOURS
 Villa Müller
In Czech
Republic

Aarhus University in Denmark

 CASE STUDY:
VILLA SAVOYE
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BACKGROUND
 Architect:
Le Corbusier

Location: 82 Rue de Villiers, 78300 Poissv,

France
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FEATURES AND
CHARACTERISTICS
Spiral ramp Pilotis
Ribbon windows
Roof garden Integral garage
INTERIOR

Spiral
staircases

• Built in furniture
• Non-traditional transitions between floors
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MATERIALS
 Concrete
Glass
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COLOURS
Dark green White
Pink Blue
HIGH
TECH
ARCHITECTURE
 CONTENT

ORIGIN & INFLUENCE

DEVELOPMENT
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
CHARACTERISTIC
MATERIAL
COLORS
NOTABLE ARCHITECT
 ORIGIN
HSBC Hong Kong
Headquarter

› British Modernist architecture

› Structural Expressionism

› 1970

› Revamped modernism

› 1980

› Neo Futurism

› North America and Europe

› High Tech: The Industrial Style and

Source Book For The Home

Neo Futurism
› Engineer and New Technology

› Manipulation of Space
INFLUENC
E

Lotus Building,
China
 DEVELOPMENT

John Hancock Center, Chicago Willis Tower, Chicago

 One US Plaza Tower, St.
Louis

Centre Georges Pompidou,

France
Lloyd’s Building, United Kingdom Bank of China Tower, China
 Burj Al Arab, Dubai

30 St Mary Axe,
Londont
Hearst Tower, New York
City

Kauffman Center Performing

Arts, United States of
America
Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom
 FEATURE
Exposed structure and
access S

Ventilation ducts are

show outside
 CHARACTERISTIC
Glass wall
Steel Frame/structures

Solar cell
MATERIAL
Beersheva’s double-helix foot bridge using the typical construction material.
Steel, Concrete and Timber
Photochromic glass
respond to light
Thermochromic glass respond to heat
Electro chromic technology
(Privalite glass)
Translucent concrete
COLOR

SOLID
COLOURS
Centre Georges Pompidou (Piping)
STRUCTURE ELEVATOR MOTOR
PLUMBING ROOM, SHAFTS AND
AND LARGEST AND FORE
VENTILATION ELECTRICA ELEMENTS THAT
VENTILATION CONTROL L ALLOWS MOVEMENT
COMPONENTS PIPING ELEMENTS
SILVER GREY FOR STAIRS AND ELEVATOR
 NOTABLE
ARCHITECT

Bruce Graham
John Hancock Centre, Chicago,
Illinois, United States. Barcelona, in Catalonia,
Spain.
Tom Wright
Burj Al Arab hotel, Dubai

Aeron Mall, Tehran,

Iran
Eero Saarinen
Gateway Arch, St.Luis

Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, USA

 THANK YOU!

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