FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Wrought Iron, Lewis Cubitt, Crystal Palace, London
Document Summary
Industrial revolution has major impact on all parts of civilization. A movement from an old society to a more modern, industrialized society, factories being put in place, technology affecting the ways ppl travel, railways being developed, etc. One of the major changes for archi is the introduction of iron as a building material, everything we were looking at before were masonry/wood. Introduction of iron will completely change the direction of buidling. First introduction of iron into structures/buildings happened in a very vernacular way. First used for factories, not considered as high architecture. In flax mill, rst time see iron frame construction. Not completely iron, combined with masonry walls. Introduction of slender iron columns is revolutionary, In order to open up the oor space to as much open areas as possible so that it could serve best as a factory, taking less footprint of the oor than the traditional columns. An economic means in constructing and getting the size they wanted.
