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KEVIN ROCHE

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922

B.Arch. from the National University of Ireland in 1945

Professional experience in Dublin with Michael Scott and

in London with Maxwell Fry,

Came to the United States in 1948 and spent one semester in the Illinois

Institute of Technology Master's program with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

In 1950, joined Eero Saarinen and Associates at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

By 1954 Kevin Roche was Saarinen's principal design associate.

1982 Roche was awarded the highest international accolade inarchitecture, the Pritzker Prize

ARCHITECT SEMINAR GAURAV MANGLA B.ARCH IV


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JOHN DINKLOO

Born in Michigan in 1918.

B.Arch. the University of Michigan in 1942

chief of production at the Chicago office of Skidmore,

Owings and Merrill.

Joined he Saarinen office in 1950, became a partner in 1956. In 1961, joined hands with Kevin Roche to complete unfinished projects.

Both started their career with General Motors Technical Center in Warren,

Michigan (1948-1956), one of the most important and technically advancedprojects of the post-war years.


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General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan

Like the automobile

itself, the buildingsare essentially puttogether as on an

assembly line, out ofmass-producedunits, Sarrinan


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PHILOSOPHIES

Geometrical forms

Attention to detail.

Simplicity and monumental scale of buildings.Roche meet requirements via contextual design

Dinkeloo reacting to that design with

technological brilliance.

Specificities of the client-needs combined with

the desire to push the boundaries of architectural

technology

Automobiles in mind.

Evolutionary possibilities instead of the creation

of revolutionary inevitabilities.

Allow the time necessary explore innovative

design strategies

Use model for studies.


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GENERAL FOODS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, MICHIGAN1983


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BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA,ATLANTA 1991

CHRYSTLER BUILDING

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING


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NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND 2006-10

First carbon neutralinternational convention centre.Net impact of building's const.

on environment is zero.

Use of low carbon cement

Offsetting all unavoidablecarbon emissions by investing in

carbon credit

Long-term environmentalsustainability

Include recycling + reducing

overall energy consumption byusing a sustainable energysupplier and integratingsustainable eg. Integratedbuilding automated system(IBAS) - an advanced buildingmanagement system.


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Escalators, elevators, and stairsconnect to all levels from the lobby.

A tilted glass cylinder, 54 meters highand 39 meters in diameter, the strikingseven-story glass-fronted atriuma keyarchitectural feature in thedevelopment

Number of different elements, whichcan function separately or in concert

8000 delegates, 22 multi-purposemeeting rooms 4500 square m. offlexible exhibition & banqueting space

thermal wheel heat recovery systemand an ice storage thermal unit (ISTU),which chills water overnight to formlarge ice blocks that melt during theday to provide air conditioning for the

entire building.

NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND


9/10TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA, ARATA ISOZAKI, 1989-90DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, KEVIN ROCHE JOHN

DINKELOO & ASSOC., 2006-2010

COMPARISON


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DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCECENTRE, KEVIN ROCHE JOHN

DINKELOO & ASSOC., 2006-2010

TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA,ARATA ISOZAKI, 1989-90

ARCHITECT SEMINAR GAURAV MANGLA B.ARCH IV

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