Great video! Appreciate you pointing out all the clever and beautiful “hidden” features. Also, Mat and I were literally laying in bed watching this as you made the joke! Haha…
So glad you put that guy's original audio in at the end - I was dying to know what he'd said! I really appreciate you guys explaining this type of building and highlighting the cool details. On my own I would only have seen a big box hanging from some cool sleek beams 😅. Also, that Villa Fallet blew my mind! I knew Le Corbusier had designed some older-style buildings but I would never have imagined anything nearly this busy-looking!
Beautiful video team Kevin & Andrew! Probably the most influential piece of architecture as I progressed through Architecture school. To have such excellent analysis to refer back to now is bringing back some good memories and inspiration why I started down this path. Hello right back at you from 7:40 :).
The amazing thing about studying at Crown Hall was pretty much the whole undergraduate class and faculty all being in a single open room 24/7! Crits would all happen at the same time and you could pop between them, and you’d see what all the other years are working on… and yes the south porch was always filled with smokers 😂 There’s a giant Cold War style network of tunnels beneath the campus that has a massive centralised boiler system so the building is boiling hot in both summer and winter. Those ventilation openings do not help much unless you lay in front of them, which you see often. But it’s worth it for the natural light, particularly in winter! I vividly and fondly remember many mornings seeing the sun rise through 360 degree windows with a Red Bull at my drafting table 😂
@@Archimarathon Like the rest of the world it's definitely evolved over the years. The building was not in a good state before major refurbishment in 2005 and before that they were a lot less precious about the building! When I came in 2008 the majority of undergrad was still in the building and the studio culture was very much still alive. When Wiel Arets came in as dean in 2012 (my last year) they added those frosted glass offices that reduced the size of the open plan space upstairs (before that, it was only the timber partitions). From what I hear, after that reduction in area, it's more competitive to get a space in Crown Hall. So it's def less dynamic than it used to be but still such a level up from universities with standard timeslot allocated classrooms for 'studio's.
Great analysis, I never knew about those vents and the sneaky roof access! Mies' details are truly superb. I'm somewhat surprised you didn't mention the structural columns following the same grid as the facade mullions, so in elevation you almost cant tell the difference. My only issue with the building is the climate response, or complete lack thereof. But as you mention it was a different time. I could have gone here, it would have been incredible to study in a masterpiece like crown hall, though I have heard the building gets pretty cold in winter. Also the Andrew "hello" jump scare was gold, so glad you kept that in!
Hey guys. I did my thesis on architectural schools. Out of the 6 that I studied you have 2 here on this great video. When I visited it after 2 years of obsessing over it, my legs were shaking.
Beautiful, guys! Even when Mies Van der Rohe is not one of my favs of the world, I always enjoy the purity of design and the calmness that his work transmits. I agree Mies was very influential everywhere, with better or worse results, but dedication to details and almost solving a building with like two or three materials is very appreciated
A few things you guys mentioned but perhaps didn't know are some cool passive heating/cooling strategies in the building. One is the concrete floor acts as a large thermal mass and the ventilation openings were intended to flush out heat at night and keep the concrete floor cool, passively cooling the building (no one operates the ventilation openings at night/morning so this doesn't actively work). Also while the building gets cold in the winter and hot in the summer, deciduous trees were placed in front of the south facade to cast shade on the glass box in the summer and allow sunlight into the space during the winter when the leaves have fallen. Also... in center core, looking south is quite amazing seeing how the ceiling beautifully ends and all seams line up with 3410 (the building just to the south) and the tower behind that!
Recently went there for a school trip and toured the same places you did. I am also working on a document that summers the controversy around Hudson yards and the Vessel
@@Archimarathon yes we know that flw was not a teacher "per se" so burley griffin wasnt a "student" per se "student" is used here in the less literal sense and to indicate that he learned a great deal from flw
I was there on an architectural tour of Chicago on a rainy day, and the roof was leaking in several spots. They had placed buckets under the leaks.😮 That pointed out that great architecture also needs great engineering.
Great video! Appreciate you pointing out all the clever and beautiful “hidden” features. Also, Mat and I were literally laying in bed watching this as you made the joke! Haha…
I love your channel - immensely informative and entertaining.
Thanks for the “Bad Dubbing” bit - I needed the laugh.
I hope you and your wife lie in bed and watch all our episodes
@@Archimarathon HAHAHA LOL
informative and funny...like to see more
So glad you put that guy's original audio in at the end - I was dying to know what he'd said! I really appreciate you guys explaining this type of building and highlighting the cool details. On my own I would only have seen a big box hanging from some cool sleek beams 😅. Also, that Villa Fallet blew my mind! I knew Le Corbusier had designed some older-style buildings but I would never have imagined anything nearly this busy-looking!
was so funny haha
Beautiful video team Kevin & Andrew! Probably the most influential piece of architecture as I progressed through Architecture school. To have such excellent analysis to refer back to now is bringing back some good memories and inspiration why I started down this path.
Hello right back at you from 7:40 :).
The amazing thing about studying at Crown Hall was pretty much the whole undergraduate class and faculty all being in a single open room 24/7! Crits would all happen at the same time and you could pop between them, and you’d see what all the other years are working on… and yes the south porch was always filled with smokers 😂
There’s a giant Cold War style network of tunnels beneath the campus that has a massive centralised boiler system so the building is boiling hot in both summer and winter. Those ventilation openings do not help much unless you lay in front of them, which you see often. But it’s worth it for the natural light, particularly in winter!
I vividly and fondly remember many mornings seeing the sun rise through 360 degree windows with a Red Bull at my drafting table 😂
Would you say the studio culture you reminisce is still there or a remanent of the past?
@@Archimarathon Like the rest of the world it's definitely evolved over the years. The building was not in a good state before major refurbishment in 2005 and before that they were a lot less precious about the building! When I came in 2008 the majority of undergrad was still in the building and the studio culture was very much still alive. When Wiel Arets came in as dean in 2012 (my last year) they added those frosted glass offices that reduced the size of the open plan space upstairs (before that, it was only the timber partitions). From what I hear, after that reduction in area, it's more competitive to get a space in Crown Hall. So it's def less dynamic than it used to be but still such a level up from universities with standard timeslot allocated classrooms for 'studio's.
Great analysis, I never knew about those vents and the sneaky roof access! Mies' details are truly superb. I'm somewhat surprised you didn't mention the structural columns following the same grid as the facade mullions, so in elevation you almost cant tell the difference. My only issue with the building is the climate response, or complete lack thereof. But as you mention it was a different time.
I could have gone here, it would have been incredible to study in a masterpiece like crown hall, though I have heard the building gets pretty cold in winter.
Also the Andrew "hello" jump scare was gold, so glad you kept that in!
140 William Street in Melbourne is still one of my favourites. Straight out of Chicago.
Hey guys. I did my thesis on architectural schools. Out of the 6 that I studied you have 2 here on this great video.
When I visited it after 2 years of obsessing over it, my legs were shaking.
Beautiful, guys! Even when Mies Van der Rohe is not one of my favs of the world, I always enjoy the purity of design and the calmness that his work transmits.
I agree Mies was very influential everywhere, with better or worse results, but dedication to details and almost solving a building with like two or three materials is very appreciated
A few things you guys mentioned but perhaps didn't know are some cool passive heating/cooling strategies in the building. One is the concrete floor acts as a large thermal mass and the ventilation openings were intended to flush out heat at night and keep the concrete floor cool, passively cooling the building (no one operates the ventilation openings at night/morning so this doesn't actively work). Also while the building gets cold in the winter and hot in the summer, deciduous trees were placed in front of the south facade to cast shade on the glass box in the summer and allow sunlight into the space during the winter when the leaves have fallen. Also... in center core, looking south is quite amazing seeing how the ceiling beautifully ends and all seams line up with 3410 (the building just to the south) and the tower behind that!
Recently went there for a school trip and toured the same places you did. I am also working on a document that summers the controversy around Hudson yards and the Vessel
the capitol theater in melbourne
is the best building in the city
designed by
frank lloyd wright student walter burley griffin
He was not a student of FLW. He was already a licensed architect when he worked for FLW
@@Archimarathon yes we know that flw was not a teacher "per se" so burley griffin wasnt a "student" per se
"student" is used here in the less literal sense and to indicate that he learned a great deal from flw
now at college i was tasked to research on this building a your video actually helped me to understand the design a lot better
Good to hear
“Have you been?” …no, but I have now. Touring my bucket list of architouring through you videos ❤
Cool intro!
Thanks!
Kevin hates Aalto and kicks Mies 😂😂😂 But this vid is filled with many excellent points and great jokes 👌😄
Wait till you see what I do to Corb
@@Archimarathon 😂😂😂 you are the best 😄🫶🏻
I was there on an architectural tour of Chicago on a rainy day, and the roof was leaking in several spots. They had placed buckets under the leaks.😮 That pointed out that great architecture also needs great engineering.
You can have great engineering and it would still leak
this is really quite beautiful, sanaa is totally influenced by mies
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OMG! You were here!! So excited to hear your perspective on my favorite local gems 🫶
Yeah that was actually last year. But we are back briefly in May