Lab 10: Case Study Preparation

• to demonstrate your understanding of the course material as it applies to a built structure
• to investigate a known work of interest
• to provide an opportunity to examine a number of buildings in a way that should broaden the understanding of their design

The Process
The objectives of the case study are:

• select one of the builidngs from the following list
• submit this selection to Professor Luebkeman for aproval. The structures will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis so it is encouraged that you begin as soon as possible on this project.
• if approval is received, begin to gather materials. if not, then make another selection and repeat the process
• read the requirements for the final presentation and start work

Structure Location	Designer	Date	Source	Student
Flamingo Stadium Florence, Italy	Nervi	19??	?	Andrea Whitsell
Palazzo del Lavoro Turin, Italy	Nervi	1961	?	Tiffany Lin
Hong Kong Shanghi Bank Central, Hong Kong	Foster/Arup	197?	?	Isaac Persley
Salginatobel Bridge Near Shiers, Switzerland	Maillart	1929	?	Ryunosuke Konishi
Catholic Church Bischofsheim, Germany	Dominikus Bohm	1926	?	Javorka Saracevic
Biascina Bridges San Bernadino Pass, Switzerland	Menn	19??	?	?
Hippodrome Madrid, Spain	Eduardo Torroja	192?	?	?
Sporthall of the Kopenhagen Ball Club Kopenhagen, Sweden	H. Hansen	19??	1, pp. 172 - 174	?
State Coliseum Montgomery, Alabama	Sherlock, Smith and Adams	19??	1, p. 179	Jessica A Zlotogura
Municipal Stadium (Soccer) Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	Bastos, Carnerio Azevedo	19??	1, pp. 296 - 297	?
Baseball Stadium Cartagena, Columbia	Solano, Gaitan, Ortega and Burbano	19??	2, pp. 196 - 197	?
Royal Horticulture Hall London, England	Robertson and Easton	1929	***	?
Dulles Airport Terminal Building Washington, D.C.	Saarinen	196?	***	Rob Crbsr
TWA Terminal Building New York	Saarinen	19??	***	Jessica Wu
Villa Roche	Le Corbusier	19??	***	?
Villa Savoye	Le Corbusier	192?	***	Jennifer Won
Villa Turque (Schwob) Switzerland	Le Corbusier	19??	***	?
Notre Dame du Haut Chapel Ronchamp, France	Le Corbusier	1955	***	Grace Chang
Vuoksenniska Church. Finland	Aalto	19??	***	Gene Pyo
Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco	***	19??	***	Meredith Maddox
George Washington Bridge New York	***	19??	***	Jennifer Most
Salk Institute Laboratory Building	Kahn	19??	***	yolanda denise nunn
Kimbell Art Museum Ft. Worth, Texas	Kahn	19??	***	Jackie Henke
Gallerie Des Machines Paris, France	Cottancin	1889	***	?
Firth of Forth Bridge Edinburgh, Scotland	Sir Benjamin Baker	1889	***	?
Johnson Wax Tower Racine, Wisconson	Wright	19??	***	Victoria Best
Schwandbach Bridge	Maillart	19??	***	Seiji Naito
Burgo Paper Mill Mantua, Italy	Nervi	19??	***	?
Underground Exhibition Hall Turin, Italy	Morandi	19??	***	Tara Perry
Garabit Bridge near Porto, Portugal	Eiffel	18??	***	?
Library Boston, MA	I.M. Pei	19??	***	Joy Hou
Citicorp Center Lexington Ave., NYC	Hugh Stubbins, Jr.,William J. LeMessurier	1977	***	Angela Kwan
War Memorial Milwaukee, WI	Eero Saarinen	1957	***	?
Carpenter Senter. Harvard Campus	Le Corbusier	19??	***	Gordon

Sources

1. Ortner, Rudolf. Sportanlagen. Callwey (Munich), 1956.
2. Raafat, Aly Ahmed. Reinforced Concrete in Architecture. Reinhold (New York), 1958.