Pneumatic Systems: How Air Effects Space

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2017-04-01
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Cordaro, David
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Architecture

The Department offers a five-year program leading to the Bachelor of Architecture degree. The program provides opportunities for general education as well as preparation for professional practice and/or graduate study.

The Department of Architecture offers two graduate degrees in architecture: a three-year accredited professional degree (MArch) and a two-semester to three-semester research degree (MS in Arch). Double-degree programs are currently offered with the Department of Community and Regional Planning (MArch/MCRP) and the College of Business (MArch/MBA).

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The Department of Architecture was established in 1914 as the Department of Structural Design in the College of Engineering. The name of the department was changed to the Department of Architectural Engineering in 1918. In 1945, the name was changed to the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering. In 1967, the name was changed to the Department of Architecture and formed part of the Design Center. In 1978, the department became part of the College of Design.

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  • Department of Architectural Engineering (1918–1945)
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“The sky starts under our feet” Air is one of the most fundamental, yet forgotten, elements within the architectural discourse. It is something not seen, but felt; smelled, but not experienced. Air, in practical discourse, is something that is always referenced. Formulating an air-tight façade is something of high importance to architects. In large cities, air rights become valuable property. In Chicago, the Boeing tower spans atop rail lines that terminate at Ogilvie station a few blocks away. However important this air space may be, one does not purchase the air, but rather a volumetric area that matter is constantly moving through, blurring boundaries. Challenging air as matter, medium, site, and collaborator, this series of projects seeks to explore how air can be made physically manifest, through data-set representation, air-fed mega-structures, and wind. Beginning with drawing, I move onto a collaborative visual data-set, a large air-fed reflective pavilion, and return to the idea of drawing with a kite-directed mechanism for drawing.

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