ARCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Rue Du Bac, Paris, Garabit Viaduct, Gustave Eiffel
1 Apr 2019
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Lecture 22: developments and divergences in 19th century architecture. Genevieve: paris, 1842-1850, exterior fa ade draws inspiration from renaissance palazzo, built of stone, inspired by classical architecture, foyer provides transition to reading room. Interior reading room inspired by barrel vault, but built with plaster and wire vaults resting on cast-iron semi-circular arches and columns: central reading room has nine domes, each about 35 ft in diameter, resting on sixteen iron columns. Gustave eiffel: garabit viaduct over the truyere river: garabit, france 1880-1884, the challenge here was a much deeper valley, the tallest supporting pier is 292 ft tall and the central span is 541 ft. Bon marche department store: rue du bac, paris 1867-1876 including this department store, built with an iron frame. Alexandre laplanche with louis-auguste boileau: the building was designed in the beaux-arts style by the architect jean, eiffel"s reputation for building iron structures led to other commissions, Liberty enlightening the world : new york city, usa 1881.
