AHST 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Crystal Palace, London, Barrel Vault, Mass Production
13 Dec 2014
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Lecture 8 - architecture of the industrial revolution. Crisis of language in architecture representing classical concepts with new technology. 1851: changes made in bibliotheque st. genevieve put into a whole building . See: kew gardens, palm house in london use of poured glass (plate glass!) Steel frame mass produced industrial precision and fast assembly. Paxton: greenhouse master, built crystal palace to house industrial exhibition. Super speedy, easy to take down and move. Destroyed by fire - melting glass and metal. Basilica shape: barrel vault arch, rose-ish window, throwback to gothic and classical styles. Architects began building based on preference and ambience rather than exigency. So luminous inside that they built around living existing trees. Pre-assembled sections placed together paxton designed portions of construction too (built-in tracks and carts for welding) Lots of classical reference on display within new tech separation between ideas of room and content. Marshall fields wholesale store, chicago, by henry hobson richardson (of rmh!)
