Yale school of art and architecture,USA

Area: 114,000 sq.ft Presented by.

K.Sadam Hussain,115012001478
Concept
•One of the earliest known examples of Brutalist architecture in America is Paul Rudolph's
Yale Art and Architecture Building USA , an imposing, fortress-like building that juxtaposes
masses of textured concrete with layers of steel-framed glazing.

• Its powerful forms, textured surfaces, complex spaces, sensitive urban presence, and many
allusions to the past demonstrated how to recover the things that Rudolph said the
debased functionalism of the 1950s and the International Style had 'brushed aside',
namely monumentality, urbanism, symbolism, and decoration.

•Massive piers of concrete rise.

•Projections are over-emphasised throughout.

•Heavy slabs are crossed by thin slabs.

•Spaces inside cross too and offer sequences of most dramatic effects by unexpected vistas
inside the building and even out of it.

Yale school of art and architecture,USA

Climate and landscape

CLIMATE
Humid continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers. Summers- high-
82f to 77f, low-66f to 60f
winters- high- 42f to 37f, low- 28f to 23f

LANDSCAPE
Yale’s semi- urbanized campus covers over 1,100 acres of maintained and
natural landscapes that range from college courtyards, quadrangles, and
designated garden areas to sports fields, a golf course, and a nature preserve.

Yale school of art and architecture,USA

Inter-related planning zones of Yale campus

1.Core Campus
2. Broadway/Tower Parkway
3. Hillhouse
4. Science Hill
5. Upper Prospect
6. Medical Center
YALE ART AND ARCHITECTURE
7. Athletic Fields
BUILDING CORE
8. West Campus CAMPUS

Yale school of art and architecture,USA

Site context Building around the corner of the street at the
L-Junction

Yale school of art and architecture,USA

Levels

Thirty-seven changes of level accommodate functional and circulation areas, and since walls are
de-emphasized these levels are defined principally by floor and ceiling planes

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 Painting and graphic art studios are
on the top two levels, with an open
terrace for sketching.

Finally, there is a penthouse

apartment for guest critics, that also
has its own terrace

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Renovating the old Architecture building &
the new Loria Art Center
•Restoring Rudolph's original plan, removing the levels added in its post-
fire reconstruction, inserting historically accurate glazing and restoring the
concrete work.
•Rudolph’s orange and grey colour scheme was honoured with the
refitting of a vibrant orange carpet that runs throughout, and new
furnishings.
•The design results from the integration of programmatic, structural and
mechanical needs.
•It includes the restoration of exterior walls; the installation of historically
correct windows; and upgrades to all building facilities including the
exhibition gallery, jury and studio spaces; study areas; and administrative
and faculty offices.
•It also introduces new lighting and furnishings throughout and brings the
structure into compliance with current building and fire code regulations.
The 2008 renovation restored the original linear
lighting system which beautifully juxtaposed into the
Meeting current disability friendly requirements by the
vertical concrete texture
codes was a difficult task. The original plan had 37
level on 9 floors rendring incorporation disability
access automatic

Natural light bounces on the carpet and illuminates

the entire space as warm interiors imprinting warthon
the lifeless concrete

Interiors as grey [dull/neutral] concrete vs. earthy

orange [bright and exciting] Carpets and furniture
•Inside, the complex floor plan is
made up of 37 terraced levels spaced
across seven main storeys and two
basement floors.

•Each level overlooks a central atrium

that features a sunken pit and is
topped by a series of skylights, while
narrow concrete walkways connect the
spaces on either side of the well.

•The main entrance is set back from

the street, accessed through a chute
and stairwell between two concrete
columns.
 Services Stacked Staircase
Void In The Middle providing Light wells &
sky lighting for basement floors

Second Basement where all mechanical room

& services are located

Between the four central piers two skylights rise as giant clerestories, intensifying
natural light in the center of the space that receives it on all four sides through
peripheral glazing
 Restrained use of lively colours—mainly orange—and
Visual quality cleverly built-in furnishings enhance the architecture, which is
intended 'to excite and challenge the occupants,' says Rudolph
The orange works remarkably well in softening the Brutalist
architecture and in reinforcing the importance of these spaces
of presentation

Carefully placed History of art building against the

A+A building results in no hindrance to the views
from the architectural sections of the building which
start from the fourth floor, also permitting usable
north light.