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Final Exame Preperation

Final Exame Preperation

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Created / Updated 09.06.2017 / 15.06.2017
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Foster - How does Norman Foster do things? What is he like?

Precisely, carefully, he's hard to read

Foster - What is he compared to?

Buildings with reflecting glass
Foster - What was Norman's first drawing about?

Aircraft

Foster - How does his ability to fly influence his architecture?

Having the control, challenges during the flight, the love of aerodinymic shapes

Foster - How does he communicate best and most?

By drawing

Foster - What does the engineer Tony Hunt say about Norman's passions?

Architecture, skiining and flying
Foster - What does George Weidenfeld say about him?

Conquers weakness through will-power

Foster - What does Richard Rogers say about his background?

He comes from working class

Foster - What did Norman's parents do for a living?

Mother was a waitress, Father pawn-shop manager

Foster - Where did he grow up?

Meanstreets of Manchester
Foster - In Bono's view, what did Norman learn from his parents and what does he regret?

Work ethic, he never got to know them so well because they were always working

Foster - What did Norman draw in his portfolio for university entry?

View from his bedroom

Foster - In what sense was Norman born 'on the wrong side of the tracks'?

He grew up in a poor, damp, humple side

Foster - How did Norman like his work at the Manchester Town Hall?

Depressing
After leaving the Royal Air Force, where did he work next?

Architecture firm

Foster - How did his boss react to his ambition and portfolio?

He gave him an office and an project to work on

Foster - What does he say about architecture's power?

Moves your spirit, spiritual experience and use all senses, makes your live feels better

Foster - Which school of architecture did he go to? When? Who was the dean?

Old Yales University, 1961, paul rudolph
Foster - What did Paul Rudolph achieve with Norman? Why?

Hen encouraged and pushed him to develope himself fully, he believed in him, and tried to bring out what he wanted to do

Foster - What did the architectural history professor Vincent Scully tell Norman an Richad Rogers?

To travel through the US

Foster - What does deBotton say about Norman's attitude to American architecture?

Admired america more than it deserved an romantic view ot the US

Foster - What is special about the Hearst building in New York?

It's a small Tower
Foster - What difficulty did he have to overcoe? Hearst building

Create a presence in spite of it's smallness

Foster - Why does the critic Goldberger call Norman 'the Mozart of architecture'?

Because his building look effortless, elegant (the hugh effort behind it doesn't show)

Foster - Why did Norman go back to London?

To join a project with Richard Rogers

Foster - What does Norman compare the TEAM4 practice to?

Like a pop group (forming and breaking up to follow individuals ideas)

Foster - Whe was Foster Associates formed?

1967

Foster - What was special about the Olson project?

Workers and managers are not separatd anymore, workes and managers had same facilities

Foster - What was special about the Willis Building?

Creating liefestyle in an office building (atrium, swimmingpool, lot of green - shape of an grand piano)

Foster - Who was Buckimnster Fuller?

Eccentric architect, visionary inventor

Foster - What was Fuller's intention wit material?

Do more with less

Foster - What did Fuller want to know about Foster's East Anglia building?

How much does it weight,Mr. Foster

Foster - What did Norman learn by this question?

Most of the weight (5328tons) is lost in the hidden substructure

Foster - What is special about the Sainsbury's centre for visual arts?

Dialogie between architect and client let to elegant precise machine

Foster - What's the difference between the Sainsbury centre and the HSBC Bank building in aviation terms?

Glider and Jumbo jet

Foster - What adjectives does the presenter use to describe them?

HSBC: Powerful, dynamic / Sainsbury: calm floating

Foster - How did Norman deconstruct the skyscraper?

He didn't copy (american) skyscraper, structure on the outside, space and air inside

Foster - Where is the structure?

On the outside

Foster - What risk did Foster take with the HSBC bank project?

Financial risk of bankruptcy

Foster - How did Norman react to problems with his practice and the death of his wife?

Life moves on, you have a better measure of satisfaction, friendship an love

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