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| What is the name of the school of art in Detroit designed by Eliel Saarinen? |
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| "The thing itself" was the objective of whose work? |
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| Crow Island School, which set the model for the design of the post-WWII elementary school in the US was designed by: |
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| Eliel Saarinen with Perkins, Wheeler, and will |
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| What grade school established the prototype for the post-WWII baby boom and who designed it? |
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| Crow Island School by Eliel Saarinen with Perkins, Wheeler, and Will |
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| Sketch the typical floor plan of a classroom wing in the crow island school: |
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| straight hall, classrooms across from each other on either side |
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| List 3 technological innovations in construction developed by Eero Saarinen that would become standard technique during the late 1960's: |
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1. Solar shading
2. Neoprene gaskets
3. Isolated fireproof structural system |
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| What technology did Eero Saarinen adopt from the automobile industry in the detailing of the GM Tech Center? |
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| Neoprene gasket glazing on windows |
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| The inspiration for the scale of Eero Saarinen's site plan of the GM Tech Center was: |
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| Who was given responsibility for the design of all the buildings at the Cranbrook School of Design? |
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| What two major reservations about the design of Kresge auditorium did Larson express? |
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1. Acoustically inappropriate shape for an auditorium
2. Not enough foundation for the visual weight of the dome |
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| Name two details Eliel Saarinen employed in Christ Lutheran Church in order to minimize acoustic shadows: |
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1. Sloped ceiling
2. Undulating walls with sound absorption |
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| What one major reservation about the design of Dulles did Larson express? |
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| Puts a drain in the middle rather than the side, its visually disturbing |
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| Sketch the transverse cross-section of the Yale Hockey Rink: |
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| looks like a circus tent, slightly slope ceilings up to a point |
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