Wk 3: Deep Space, Tall Buildings, More Space, etc.

Deep Space, Thin Walls Exceeding the post-war allowances of resources brought out sky scrapers and vastness of potential. Suddenly, space was infinite in its possibility to reach far and wide. Artificial light vs. natural light No windows? Unhealthy!! Unnatural!! We...
Week 3 Readings

Week 3 Readings

Summaries Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper Leslie, Thomas, Saranya Panchaseelan, Shawn Barron, and Paolo Orlando. The Windowless Building of the Future (Contemporarily) horrific descriptions by Howard Constable of...
Week 3 Readings

Week 3 Readings

Summaries Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper This article provides great context on how materiality and scientific research on controlling indoor temperature and conditions lead to many choices that did not benefit...
Week 3 Readings

Week 3 Readings

Summaries “Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians by Thomas Leslie, Saranya Panchaseelan, Shawn Barron, and Paolo Orlando In the beginning, the buildings were...
Space: More Complex Than Ever

Space: More Complex Than Ever

Summaries Deep Space, Thin Walls: Environmental and Material Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper. A lot of thought has been into buildings and their exteriors. Windows within buildings has become something of a norm when looking around at buildings that surround us....