Oral+Presentations

=Oral Presentations=

Glass. Ma Corina Jimenez and Danit Shneiderman
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 * Glass, cretates a relationship with the exterior and interior.
 * Use for Windows and as a decorative element.
 * Stained Glass Windows. Express how glass could be an art.
 * At the Beginning Egyp and Mesopotamia start use this type of decorative glass
 * Examples: Notre Dame stained Glass.
 * Depends of where the building is located glass could be helpfull or not.
 * Example: Seagram Building
 * In history of architecture, glass has been a beautiful element for decoration.



Wood. Josymar Rodriguez and Fernando Ron Pendrique
__Notes of Presentation:__
 * Wood has a huge enviromental benefits over other building materials. It is completely biodegradable.
 * Construction System:
 * 1) Log Contruction. Consist of four walls built together. Uncut logs and joined at the corners.
 * 2) Framing. Requires precise cutting and shaping of lumber. It provides a rigid framework. This method is use in USA and Australasia.
 * Wood continues to be used in a growing number of techniques and products.
 * Wood is recyclable, biodegradable and reusable.
 * Requires less energy to heat and cool for houses.
 * "Wood becomes more precious as our country grows older" Frank Lloyd Wright.

Spatial Organization. Jessenia Clemente, Jesus Zambrano
__Notes of Presentation:__
 * Definition:
 * 1) Spacial Organization, arranged of some element in a space.
 * 2) Order the differente element in a set.
 * 3) The relation that exists between me, the other people, the objects.
 * Words: location, distance, direction, density, and arragement.
 * Components: Spacial orientation (back, front, right, up.) Spacial structuration (abstraction and reasoning)
 * Spacial relations: Topological (order, interirity) Proyective Relations (perspective) Metrics (maps, measures)
 * Examples: Mexico, Nezahualcoyotl, Murcia Office Building, Spain.
 * Organizing spaces depends on the sale, use of the space.



Structure. Simonnett Rosenberg, Gabriela Di Lorenzo
__Notes of Presentation:__ "It is not the elements use in structure what makes it particular, but the structure itself "
 * Refers to any large, man made object.
 * Columns: Vertical structural element. Element below and above.
 * Beam: element that carries load, usually carry vertical and horizontal forces.
 * Cantilever:
 * Wall: solid element, separates rooms in buildings.
 * Frame: is a rigid structure
 * Arch: could be a decorative element, curved, for spanning and open.
 * Foundation: transfers loads to the earth.
 * Vault: arched structure of stone brick or concrete. Forming the rood.
 * Dome (poliedro)
 * Truss
 * Space Frame light weight rigid structure. Geometric Pattern.
 * Tensile structure: carrying only tension and no compression.
 * Buttress: built against or project.
 * Gable: triangular portion of a wall between the edges.
 * Flying buttress: free standing buttress attached to the main structure.



Arch. Erik Feder and Cesar Fragachan
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 * Structure that spans, supporting weight.
 * Parts of arch: Keystone, Voussoir, back, impost, intrados, rise, clear span (separation), abutment (forces).
 * History: they were known by the mesopotamian, urartian, egyptian, greek civilizations.
 * Construction: Requires elements to hold together.
 * Triumphal arch.
 * Conclusion: arches have been used throughout history, they are strong



Wall. Aixa Polisano and Tabatha Gonzalez
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 * Wall defined areas and protect a space. Have their origin in the fortifications of the cities.
 * Use, wall support other structure, provides protection and also could be decorative.
 * Parts of wall, beam gives the load to the pilar, than then is recieved by the foundation.
 * Types of walls, walls become works of art external and internal. Boundary wall, separates populations, a border or a certain line. Retaining walls are usually used in place that separates stone or gorund.



Post and Lintel. Estefania Salami
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 * Lintel: a horizontal beam used in construction
 * This a techinique also called post and beam.
 * This is also used for decoration, it can be of many material, metal, wood.