UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & GEODESY – FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
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CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE USA ••
• TRENDS OF THE WORLD BIGGEST CITIES’ URBAN DEVELOPMENT •
A course of lectures (in Bulgarian), established in 1992, open to the public,
held by Dimitar L. Andreychin, Architect, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the UACG.
2013/2014 Fall Term: on Thursdays, 6:15-8:00 PM, Hall 230, 1 Christo Smirnenski Blvd. UACG (the new wing).
•• HOUSING IN THE 20TH CENTURY: MILESTONES AND CLICHÉS ••
26.09.
Thurs.
03.10.
Thurs.
10.10.
Thurs.
17.10.
Thurs.
24.10.
Thurs.
31.10.
Thurs.
07.11.
Thurs.
14.11.
Thurs.
21.11.
Thurs.
28.11.
Thurs.
05.12.
Thurs.
12.12.
Thurs.
19.12.
Thurs.
02.01.
Thurs.
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE – THE MUTUAL INFLUENCES
The true “Leonardo’s Code” – in the film of the series “Stories About Kings and Castles”
“The Chambord Castle” at the Loire River by Leonardo da Vinci, built by the French king François I.
THE HOUSING COMPLEXES – PART I: COLLECTIVE HOUSING – THE UTOPIA OF THE 20TH CENTURY
The workers’ housing estates built by the industrial concerns in the beginning of the 20th century.
From Le Corbusier’s “L’ésprit Nouveau” to the decline of the social (and the socialist) housing.
THE HOUSING COMPLEXES – PART II: PARALLELS OVER THE OCEAN
Housing areas in the US, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Sweden – compared with those in Bulgaria.
Where we are and where to go to? Possible and Impossible solutions.
THE MULTISTORY GARAGES – THE "NESSESSARY EVEL" IN THE CITY?
Some urban concepts concerning the parking in the housing areas and buildings.
Models of parking lots and garages – function and façade solutions.
THE APPARTMENT BUILDINGS – BASIC SCHEMES AND TYPES:
An apartment in the US – a makeshift lodging? The similarity between an apartment building and a hotel.
Advantages and disadvantages of the two types of apartment buildings. Some "classical" examples.
THE ‘ROW’ HOUSES – A CONCEPT FOR COLLECTIVE OR INDIVIDUAL WAY OF LIVING?
The attached low-storey housing in the US as a heritage from England. The same model now-a-days.
One example of a ‘utopian’ collective housing in Pasadena (L.A.), California (1920-1930).
THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE ON THE ONE-FAMILY HOME
Mies van der Rohe’s image of the modern dwelling. His houses in Europe and in the US.
Arch. Philip Johnson following his idol Mies van der Rohe. His estate with the Glass House.
FAMOUS HOUSES DESIGNED BY FAMOUS ARCHITECTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Houses by Le Corbusier, Marcel Breuer, Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto, Eero Saarinen, Richard Meier, etc...
Some different trends in the US housing: houses by John Lautner, Bruce Goff, Bart Prince.
LIVING IN A LIVING MUSEUM – STORIES FROM THE NEUTRA HOUSE
Modernism in California. The role of Rudolph Schindler as a ‘pioneer’ of the International Style in L.A.
The houses by Richard Neutra in the US and Europe. His great influence on generations of architects.
THE ‘CASE STUDY HOUSES’ PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA (1945-1966)
The architects involved in this program by the publisher John Entenza: Richard Neutra, Craig Elwood,
Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, Raphael Soriano, Pierre Koenig, David Thorne, and others.
‘CALIFORNIA DREAMING’ AND CALIFORNIA REALITY
Legendary residences in Los Angeles – ‘Life as in the movies’. A glance over the fences:
Mansions and houses in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Malibu, Venice, Manhattan Beach, etc…
A HOME FOR THE NEW CENTURY – 001-STOREY OR 100-STOREY AMERICA?
The 21st Century challenges to the American House as a part of ‘The American Dream’.
The vans from California: houses by Frank Gehry, Eric Owen Moss, Thom Mayne, Steven Ehrlich, etc…
TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – WITH REVERENCE! (constant theme)
A Genius at the Drawing Desk – his biography and his designs.
Extracts from the inexhaustible treasure-house of his works: houses and interiors not showed yet.
LAS VEGAS AND RENO – CITIES OF GAMBLE AND CITIES OF HOTELS
Monotony hidden behind a lustrous decoration: the uniform pattern of the hotels in Las Vegas.
Some special features of the American hotels – in the cities and in resort places.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, TEACHERS, COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS, ARCHITECTS AND NON-ARCHITECTS,
YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO SHARE THE "BEST OF" THE LECTURER’S SLIDES AND EXPERIENCE!