TEXAS TECH HUCKABEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 1311 Design, Environment and Society

LECTURE 23 TECTONICS - MAGIC OF MATERIALS  
Urs Peter "Upe" Flueckiger

November 08, & 13, 2023


Key Personnel
The Shakers ca. 1780-1960
Gottfried Semper 1803-1879 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Semper 
Renzo Piano 1937-
Mario Botta 1943-
Peter Zumthor 1943-
Rick Joy 1958-
D U S T   Architects https://www.dustdb.com/
Herzog DeMeuron and Partners

Books/News Media
Semper, Gottfried. Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts; or, Practical Aesthetics. 
Getty Research Institute; 1 edition 
2004.

Key Word Places
Natural Disasters & Cities
Tornados, Hurricanes
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Structural Engineer
Civil Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer 
Tectonic for Architects is : The structural arrangement of materials in a building
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
Mario Botta, Chapel on Monte Tamaro
Mario Botta, Chapel in Mogno, Switzerland
Peter Zumthor, Bruder Klaus Chapel, Germany
Rick Joy, Desert Works, Tucson Arizona and area
D U S T   Architects, Cade Hayes, Jesus Robles, Casa Caldera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7wZ_jGRJgU
D U S T   Architects, Marfa Suite
Pleasant Ville Shaker Village, Kentucky
Infill Housing Project in Basel Switzerland, Herzog and DeMeuron
Ricola Storage Warehouse, near Basel, Switzerland.
Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky 
Nasher Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Renzo Piano

Smart Materials:
"Smart Materials or designed materials are materials that have one or more properties that can be significantly changed in a controlled fashion by external stimuli, such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, electric or magnetic fields."
Dan Rockhill, Architecture Research Building University of Kansas.


Links:
FEMA: https://www.fema.gov/ 
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/arts/design/renzo-pianos-nasher-museum-in-dallas-has-sunburn-problem.html