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In this channel, Kevin Hüi (Archimarathon) and Andrew Maynard (Austin Maynard Architects) make the topic of architecture more accessible to everyone. We will be talking about architecture, architectural travel, design education and all the other fun things in life.
Kevin Hüi has planned some of the best architectural tours for over 2 decades. Many cities in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia have been thoroughly explored by either Hüi alone or with his Archimarathon travel companions.
Andrew Maynard is an award-winning architect and director of Austin Maynard Architects. The practice was established to strike a balance between built projects and bold, polemical design studies. The resulting highly crafted built work and socio-political concepts have garnered global recognition.
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I’m wondering if the Japanese style, shoji-style sliding windows tilted slightly to facilitate installing and removing them. In Japan, they have to be taken out regularly to repair the screens.
Such a clever home with a warm hug feel. I love the idea of kids down the back and the little hidden secrets hidden in plain sight. I had this dream of finding a secret Boyd house last year when we moved. Did consider the Ringwood one, but didn’t work for us as much as I wanted it to.
Been trying to post here and my comments won't take. Perhaps YT has a rule about external links... So, my apologies for you having to possibly google some things: The orange glass w/ straws product was manufactured by Panelite, who appears to be defunct as of 2022 (unless it was absorbed by a larger entity and they didn't provide any redirects from their website). We specified a similar version for one of the largest installations in the US as part of the Raleigh Union Station design. I was the Project Architect working with Clearscapes, the design team lead, at the time. If you search for Clearscapes in Raleigh, NC, you can find some interior and exterior photos the conveys the effect and scale. The idea was that the facade faced south and the 'plastic straws' inserts act as dynamic shading as the sun crosses the sky, reducing the need for exterior louvers (aka dust/debris/bird shelves). Hope you look it up and enjoy.
I'm a bit disappointed now that the OMA building on our campus (Educatorium, Utrecht) isn't as wacky and colourful as this - no orange either, even though it's literally in the Netherlands! 😆 But I do see a lot if similarities now, and there are some more restrained colours and blob like shapes - which I usually don't notice as I try to get 100-120 undergrads to sit their exam in an orderly fashion and then I'm tired 😅
Amazing! I love the complexity and yet fluidity of the space. The constant reminder of the train presence it’s like the building compass. I’d loved the pipe to be a train station as well
As an IIT Alumni and former architectural tour guide on the Mies campus, I have a few things to add! As you walk through the building, you can see that there are three independent structures - the 1892 steel structure of the train line (which has been encased in unfinished concrete where within the building), the sloped black concrete columns which hold up the metal tube, and black I-beams that hold up the building itself. If you look closely, the Miesian black steel structure does not follow the angular form of the building, instead adhering rigidly to the column grid that Mies used across his campus masterplan. All three are completely isolated and do not touch each other (you can see the rubber movement joints in the ceiling). The transit authority allowed the construction only because it was done around the active train line without affecting operations in any way. The 'tube' was first conceived as a closed pipe shape in the original competition scheme, but acoustic studies showed that it would have amplified the sound, which led to the open-top tube design. I've heard that the university wanted the (expensive) tube to completely eliminate all train noise within the building, so the design team faked that result but instead designed for the maximum sound level that would not interrupt a conversation, as Koolhaas wanted students to be able to hear that the train was going past! OMA were a bit cheeky in the design of the building, leaving permanent reminders of the design development process in the final design of the building. The soffit and roof fascia of the building were all intended to be plasterboard with pricey zebra wood cladding, and the university wanted to swap this for a cheaper material during design stage. Koolhaas instead suggested revealing the unfinished patched plasterboard underneath, as a tongue in cheek way to teach architecture students about construction processes. After specifying perfectly spaced screws and consistently patched joints, the budget for the ceiling eventually exceeded the original estimates for zebrawood! OMA later re-used this detail. On the external fascia, patched weatherboards are painted in a zebrawood pattern. The graphics are designed by 2x4, a frequent OMA collaborator, and the icons depict all the activities they imagined would go on within the building, and there are a few naughty ones if you know where to look! The glass icon mural depicts figures from the history of the university including it's founder and Mies. & that's just scratching the surface of this conceptually fascinating yet esoteric structure!
Not been in the fortunate situation yet of experiencing the building in real life, only through the photos on our server... Great guys, thank you so much! Love your casually wondering comments, and pleasantly surprised that, looking through your lens, after 20+ years it seems the building is in a fair decent state despite the seamingly low budget ;) Love your video channel!! Architect@OMA
My grandfather went to IIT (the Armour Institute of Technology, at the time) and graduated in the class of ~1907. As both an engineer and a man with a wonderful creative side (in retirement, he reinvigorated the Chicago Horticultural Society in the 1940’s and 50’s), he would have loved both the Mies buildings and this new student center. Thanks for your thoughtful vid.
OKAY you guys missed the coolest part about the organ he wall!!! When you walk along it creates a perfectly round “portal” that’s like 2’ in diameter that you can see through and everything thing else is fuzzy. 🤦♂️ it’s killingme that you missed it!!! I wish I could attach a video to this to show you! Ffs
Can we get a link to the Kevin eye-roll gif, please 😂 Also, Andrew. I've only recently (yesterday) become aware of the video of your Fast Forward 2024 talk at the University of Auckland. I just love how you keep it honest and cut the bullshit. It's wonderfully inspiring 💚
Thank you Kevin and Andrew for visiting IIT, what a playful student centre showcasing new materials, and a joy to hear your banter and learn at the same time.
I also went to IIT for architecture, and one of my friends said it best when he said that the tube was a bat OMA was taking to a Mies building - hence the V profile on the southern and northern ends.
Also there was a competition for this project, and I believe OMA were the only ones who occupied the space under the train, all other submissions favored one side of the bifurcated site. Apparently Helmut Jahn was so pissed he lost that the school basically handed him SSV (the dorm project just south of the MTCC you showed that has the glass wall facing the train) to make it up to him!
Seriously. So much architecture content online is so obnoxious, pretentious and generally up its own arse. It's always such a welcome relief coming back to an Archimarathon video that is genuine, casual, and full of banter, whilst not eschewing (a word those other arch videos would use 😅😂) the core content and fundamental principles required. It makes it soooooooo much more engaging and fun to watch and learn from without the wankey single-voicey punditry.
as a former architecture student who studied at iit, both crown hall and MTCC ended up being my favorite buildings on campus. they contradict each other while also completing each other. in MTCC there are so many weird little nooks and crannies, quite a lovely building. Amazing to bounce back and forth between Crown and MTCC. also it was initially proposed to be a train stop for campus, but budget and bureaucratic constraints lead to its demise. would have be interesting to see how students and the public both interact with the project.
this is a great inspiration and starting point for the uni project I am working on atm, about an art gallery/ tea bar that is meant to adapt seasonally
i am an architecture student and this is insanely helpful. i usually have a hard time putting my vision into words and stage fright doesn’t quite help either haha but this video really gives such a nice logical framework to follow in order to organise my thoughts
It will still take many rewatch and application to eventually get it. It sounds simple but it takes time. Best to practice on trying to see good building and try to describe them
Thanks for sharing. I lived for years two blocks from this house at Caroline Street and never had the chance to look inside (I wish) during my walks around the neighborhood.
Tear it down,and try harder.Or softer. Hideous would be an upgrade. These two boy benders would wax poetic about a gulag shitter. THEBESTHOUSEINAUSTALIA? FAKInELmAte.
yeah teshima is a museum and this is a park, i am certainly amused by teshimas experience, but i see just how different they are even if they have shape wise similarities
I've been to both! Teshima was definitely better, nothing readies you for what you experience in there. Both have zero columns but Teshima is more like a cavern unlike KAIT Plaza which is like a tent maybe?
Hey, would love to watch you guys explore the new Metro stations in Sydney! They look gorgeous and surely there are a few unique architectural features to discuss!
Interesting discussion at the end. You might be interested in visiting Columbus Indiana as another town that put a lot of money into architectural projects.
Amazing sense of peace and calm even viewing on a screen, and it induced an urge to lie down even in me as a viewer ... then the workshop space was instant hype ... and back to the quiet again. Wonderful and thank you for sharing it. And "intro" is a star and a real team player.
Beautiful place. But, you are right that it won’t work in other countries. In Anglo countries it would be covered with graffiti and dominated by a..holes playing rap music. In China, it would be full of grannies line dancing to blaring, repetitive music
In the United States, OSHA requires all doors open that way, too. Of course OSHA regulations are not the same as building regulations, but at least in manufacturing home in the doors must open in the direction of egress.
About the foam models you showed used to show the parti main concept gesture is always a last minute thing done at the end with extensive post-rationalization, at least at O/|/|A
