Section as Generator The creative step in skyscraper design, from the Chicago forward, had been to turn to the plan as generator of form. But today a similar creative step has been the turn to the building section as the modus operandi of exploration in the contemporary tall building.
Section as Generator 1.) Environmental Sustainability Issues 2.) Social Sustainability Issues 3.) Cross-Programming and Spatial Interweaving
Section as Generator 1.) Environmental Sustainability Issues Historically the section has been used to study: Day lighting Control Passive Solar Natural Ventilation
Double Skin Facades
Portcullis House, London, Michael Hopkins
Landmark Lofts, New York, Jean Nouvel
Section as Generator 2.) Social Sustainability Issues Historically Architects have been concerned with the social possibilities of architectural space.
Larkin Building, Buffalo NY, Frank Lloyd Wright
Guggenheim, NY,NY & Johnson Wax, Racine, WI Frank Lloyd Wright
HSBC, Hong Kong, China, Norman Foster
Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany, Norman Foster
Section as Generator 3.) Cross Programming & Spatial interweaving Issues Increasingly architects are becoming interested in the sectional possibilities of program interaction.
Project, Rem Koolhaus, OMA
Museum of Art & Technology Diller Scofidio + Refroe
London Bridge Tower, London England, Renzo Piano
Central European Bank, Frankfurt, Germany, Coop Himmelblau, 2010
Central European Bank, Frankfurt Germany, Coop Himmelblau, 2010
Central European Bank, Frankfurt, Coop Himmelblau, 2010
Central European Bank, Frankfurt Germany, Coop Himmelblau, 2010
World Trade Center Proposal, Think Architects