FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Pier Luigi Nervi, Notre Dame Du Haut, Headquarters Of The United Nations
Document Summary
As with any style, as soon as something becomes too mainstream you have people (the avante-garde) who try to turn against it and do something new. By the 40"s, 50"s, 60"s it was a very popular style. Took concepts and reduced them to the major elements that he saw in the overall universal design. Lost some practicality in terms of livability but it was mies"s concepts down to their very nature. Led to a building that people could live in, lakeshore drive apartment buildings. Steel frame skyscraper with glazed curtain wall. One of the first residential buildings with a glazed curtain wall. Reduced plan to only the elements that were required (steel frame construction and glazing) Plan is very similar to that of the farmsworth house. Site was very important, not a matter of the buildings being plonked down anywhere. Placed specifically according to each other and the street grid.
