2017 – Spring

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1. Architect Presentations of the class (9th Feb 2017)

Louis Barragan

Phase 1 – Architect Presentation

Francis Kere

Phase 1 – Architect Presentation

Very good presentation. Good introduction to the architect. Background of the architect.

Read a little more into the philosophy, get a book about him.

Looking forward to your next presentation

Oscar Neimeyer

Phase 1 – Architect Presentation

Good presentation. Good background info.

Please look into books, written critiques about the project.

2016 – Fall

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1. Architect Presentations of the class (08/09/2016)

Louis I Kahn

Phase 1: Architect Presentation

1. Good Presentation but the images could have more connection with text. There could be more specific imagery with concepts.
2. Lacks bibliography, contect mainly from the internet.
3. Please read/ go through Louis I. Kahn: conversaciones con estudiantes (biblioteca ITESM QRO)
   

   por Bell, Michael, Lerup, Lars

   Editorial

   Editorial Gustavo Gili

   Fecha

   January 2002
4. As well as
   Louis I. Kahn : in the realm of architecture
   Brownlee, David Bruce
   New York, NY : Universe Pub. ; Los Angeles, CA : Museum of Contemporary Art ; [New York : Distributed to the U.S. trade by St. Martin’s Press], 1997.

And Schedule a meeting with your instructor before your second review. Without reading both, will not accept advance to Phase 2.

Mario Botta

Phase 1: Architect Presentation

1. Very weak presentation with only 8 slides. Does not conform to the pecha kucha format. Not doing justice to the time spent by your peers in class!
2. Presentation has very little theoritical value and does not cover many of his main concepts.
3. No bibliography included
4. Please read the following before your next presentation.
5. Mario Botta : architectural poetics
   Botta, Mario, 1943-
   London : Thames & Hudson, 2001, c2000

And Schedule a meeting with your instructor before your second review. Without reading the book and more, will not accept advance to Phase 2.

Wang Shu

Phase 1: Architect Presentation

1. Very good presentation, includes good information and is interesting. Yet a lot of his philosophical concepts are yet to be explored.
2. Please get one of his books to be able to share more with class. Some writing on his sustainable design is here.
3. One of these pritzker essays was a good read. The Infinite Spontaneity of Tradition
4. Talk about the terms regionalism( what kind of regionalizm, critical?) , variability, primitive culture, cellularity… How is he unique in these aspects?

See how these terms are visible in your project before your second review. Keep up the good work.

Sanaa

Phase 1: Architect Presentation

1. Presentation well done but concepts and images per slide did not have much relation. Select composition of images with words to give better understanding.
2. Please read one of the many books in the library.
3. Talk about terms Nothingness, Critical functionalism, Contradiction between information and experience, Read this
4. Explain all the main japanese traditional architecture explained through SANAA´s work.
5. Look at their abstract respresntation of the complexity in architecture. Phenomenology and mathematics. Read this. There is more in their books.

Make sure you have explored the above topics before your second review. you will be asked for details. Keep up the good work.

Enrol in this if you can: https://www.edx.org/course/four-facets-contemporary-japanese-utokyox-utokyo004x#!

Shigeru Ban

Phase 1: Architect Presentation

1. The presentation was good interms of content but what you spoke did not relate to the slide you were showing. Make sure your lide points are related to the slides you show.
2. Secondly, do read and include more about his architectural theory, Materiality, Temporality, Accesiblity, Felixibility, Adaptability and explain these terms in his project.
3. Read more of his books that are available in hsi library to understand these themes in his work .

Make sure you have explored the above topics before your second review. you will be asked for details. Keep up the good work.

Enrol in this if you can: https://www.edx.org/course/four-facets-contemporary-japanese-utokyox-utokyo004x#!

Renzo Piano

Phase 1: Architect Presentation

1. Surprizingly good presentation.  Includes main information and theories by the architect.
2. Please comment on his type of innovation, futurism, regionalizm while looking at your project.
3. Make sure you have read the books available at the library here.
4. You have to incldue a bibliography.. and sources of information.

Keep up the good work.

Peter Zumthor

Phase 1: Architect Presentation

1. Good presentation touching about the main theories of Zumthor.
2. Take a deep dive into Phenomenology, poetics of his spaces, atmospheres, Multiplicity and Memory
3. Read the following books before your next presentation.
   

Thinking Architecture, 3rd Edition-Peter Zumthor

In Praise of Shadows-Junichiro Tanizaki

The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses-Juhani Pallasmaa

Meet your instructor after reading at least one of the above books.

Keep up the good work!

Tadao Ando

Phase 1: Architects presentation

1. Unfortuante performance, lack of any architectural theory of his work.
2. Read aboutNorberg Schulz’s “Genius Loci” theory and Donald A. Norman’s emotional design theory, postmodern narrative theory and the Zen theory. here
3. Read his phenomenological discourse. The different narratives explained.  Also, read one of the books I have prescribed for the group with Peter Zumthor.
4. Talk about Light, Shadow, Taditional Japanese architectural theory, poetics of the procession.. .etc here.

Make sure you have covered these above topics before your second review. You have to catch up.. you have a very tough architect to explain!!!!

Louis Barragan

Phase 1: Architects Presentation

1. Good presentation, covers general theories.
2. Look at how he deals with the private realm as a theory (half light spaces), Mythical physicality, phenomenology, overexplosed landscape.
3. Meaning and mythicism in color.
4. See how he refers to both mediterranean and mesoamerican archtiecture here
5. Read more of his work criqued by others..

Keep up the good work!

Mies Van Der Rohe

Phase 1: Architects Presentation

Misses a lot of important theory of classicism, minimalism, monumentality.. read Mies van de Rohe: Critical Essays Franz Schulze. Or other critical essays by Phil Johnson.

1. Bibliography is very weak.. as compared to the stature of the archtiect you are trying to study.
2. Please read more more more!!!

Daniel Liebskind

Phase 1: Architects Presentation

1. Insufficient theoretical information in the presentation, wak or no bibliography.
2. Please read at least 2 of his books available in the library before.
3. Talk more about Deconstructicism, metaphor, voids. Read Curtis, W. J. R. (1996). Modern Architecture since 1900. talking about him.
4. Talk about Geometry, transcendentalism and historycism and explain how he addresses it.
5. Read this

Make sure you have covered these above topics before your second review.

Antonie Gaudi

Phase 1: Architects Presentation

1. Very good presentation touchign the main theories.
2. Try to represent the theories through images, please read more from the many books available in the library.

Over all a very good presentation. keep up the good work.

Jean Nouvell

Phase 1: Architects Presentation

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