Assignment 03

The method I used to go about finding the buildings and chairs for the scavenger hunt was by researching on the internet. For most of the clues I was able to type in the name of the designer or chair and then "at OSU" to find a link that gave me the answer I needed. I also did some research online to find my interesting facts about the chairs and buildings. From there I went out to each place and took my pictures.

The Barcelona Chair was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The chair was originally made to furnish Van Der Rohe's German Pavilion at the International Exhibition in Barcelona. It was designed to serve as seating for the king and queen of Spain, while the stool, which is no shown in this picture, was intended to accommodate their attendants. Design Within Reach

The chair in this picture is Eero Aarnio's Pastil chair. The Pastil chair was designed in1967 and in 1968 the chair was awarded the Industrial Design award. The New York Times wrote about the Pastil Chair and The Ball Chair, one of Aarnio's other designs, "the most comfortable forms to hold up the human body." The magazine I am reading is the April 2011 issue of Metal Architecture. The article was about lighting up your space.
Pastil Chair

In the picture is the Wexner Center which was opened in 1989 and designed by Peter Eisenman, the first major public building he designed. Eisenman's design was driven by the overlapping grids of Columbus's street plan and our campus. The building is set between these two different grids. The Wexner Center was named in honor of  Leslie Wexner's, Chairman and CEO of Limited Brands and donor to the Wexner Center, father.
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Wexner Center
Wexner Center History

Designed by Philip Johnson the Mathematics Tower is shown in this photo. I found the four arches on the the building's face to be a really interesting detail. They draw the eye upward to the top of the building, along with across the building's face due to the curvilinear lines.

                                                          

The Thompson Library was designed by local architects Acock & Associates. The building was actually built in three different stages: "the original, a Second Italian Renaissance Revival Style Structure opened in 1913; a 14 level stacks tower with wings and pavilions completed in 1951; and a modernist addition to the west, completed in 1977."  
Acock & Associates

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