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Life history
Graduated in Architecture
Association School in London
Important Buildings
Centre Pompidou, at Paris, France, 1972 to 1976.
PA Technology Center UK, at Hertfordshire, England, 1975 to
1983.
Lloyds Building, at London, England, 1979 to 1984.
INMOS Factory, at Newport, South Wales, 1980 to 1982.
PA Technology Center, at Princeton, New Jersey, 1982.
Palais des Droits de l'Homme, at Strasbourg, France, 1989 to
1995. at ArchitectureWeek
88 Wood Street, at London, England, 1993 to 2001.
Millennium Dome, at London, England, 1999.
Barajas New Area Terminal (NAT), with Estudio Lamela, at
Madrid, Spain, 2005
National Assembly for Wales, at Cardiff, Wales, 2006
Philosophy
o Inside out architecture
o Prefabrication and structural simplicity
o Exposing most of the building services (water, heating
and ventilation
ducts, and stairs)
o internal spaces open for visitors
This can be broken down around the ideas of
technology
flexibility
peoples place
experimental architecture + innovation
legible exposure of building components
Philosophy
Technology both literally and architecturally
Considering inspiration from futuristic architecture, technology has
been at the heart of bowellism.
Apart from designing generally hi-tech buildings he has made
immense use of passive heating/cooling strategies including natural
ventilation stacks, energy efficient curtain wall systems with 1 metre
air space using automatic motorized roller shades, orienting building
on site to best utilize sunlight, view cones etc.
And the hi-tech look of building is achieved with use of shiny
aluminium panels, large movable curtain walls making use of spider
clips etc.
Philosophy
Flexibility inside and outside
Buildings must be designed and positioned on site for future
expansion.
The inside of the buildings are generally large open flexible spaces
designed with movable walls since there is no interruptions from the
structure and plumbing systems.
Peoples place
Rogers buildings often have huge atriums that connect the inside to
the outside.
Special attention is also paid to the circulation in the building,
usually located centrally in the atrium space that provides a
democratic nature that serves not only the occupants but also the
public.
Even in residential designs, the living room is thought as a piazza
where the central location facilitates socializing.
Philosophy
Experimental architecture + research and development
Innovation has always been on RRs mind.
He was inspired by Buckys Dymaxion house not only in terms of
innovation but also pre-fabrication.
I specially found his Modular high-rise Industrialized housing
system project very interesting where he explores how a skyscraper
can be built with using factory assembled apartment units.
I felt so inspired by his experimental projects because they were
ambitious, innovation but also practical and well thought out.
Philosophy
Spilling the guts out
And finally, lets talk about RRs philosophy of placing the
mechanical, electrical and structural systems on the outside of the
building (bowellism).
This is done beautifully by colour coding all systems and making
them graphically legible.
It adds visual interest, clear sense of hierarchy, legibility and unique
look to the buildings.
This style makes sense since it supports technology, flexibility and
experimental nature of his work.
Lloyds
Building,
London
Section
1reception
2.exhibition
3.underwriters
4.viewing gallery
5atrium
6.office
7.roof terrace
8.cloakrooms
6
6
6
6
6
3
9.plant
3
2
8
7
6
6
6
4
Lowerbasement plan
1. Boiler
2. substation
3. generator
4. chillers
5. maintainance staff
7. strong room
8. goods lift
9. vehicle dock
1. Underwriters entrance
2. Restaurant
3. Bar
4. Kitchen
5. Conference room
6. Exhibition space
7. library
Galleries 5and 6
1. Atrium
2. Office space
Galleries 11
1. Atrium
3. Admin room
Description
The Lloyds Building, consisting of twelve
stories to the north, stepping down to six
stories to the south.
Presently, the Lloyds Building with its
52,200 square metres gross area (37,500
square metres net area)
"The Room" takes all the area of the
ground floor and extends into the upper
second, third, and fourth floors.
The basic form of the building is that of
Office
spacessurmounted
take up theby
remaining
a large
atrium,
steel and
upper
floors. roof, surrounded by galleries
glass arched
(12levels of them on the north side)
GENERAL
Natural lighting
Stepping Form
The Lloyds Building, consisting
of twelve stories to the north,
stepping down to six stories to
the south, sunlight penetration
thus utilized.
Served zone
Servant
towers with
incorporation of
raised flooring
system and
ceiling viod
Served zone
Served
zone
Typical detailed
layout services
tower
All the 33 prefabricated lavatory
pods were brought to the site on
trucks and then hoisted into
position prior to linking up to the
service riser
service risers with ducts for water,
drains, power and electronics
running vertically down the
towers and connected into each
level of the building
The style
revealed structure
exposed ducts
machine-precision aesthetics
VENTILATION DUCTS
COLOUR-CODED DUCTS
Air
Fluids
Electricity cables
Movement and flow
(elevators)
Safety
(fire extinguishers).
Inside Pompidou
Public access to the
museum areas is not from
the escalator tubes, as the
building exterior seems to
suggest, but from doors
located centrally at the lower
edge of the plaza
Double-height
interior
forum connects the street
level with the plaza level in a
single volume .
Plaza-level reception area
also looks down into a
performance-level basement
where a theater and meeting
rooms are situated.
Horizontal
circulation
platforms
As a Building
Structural exhibitionism
A symbol of process and technology
as many urban
spaces. Our vision is more oriented to
the horizontal than to the vertical.
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