ALTINBAS UNIVERSITY-DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

POST GRADUATE PROGRAM

HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE 1960 ONWARDS

MODERNISM IN ARCHITECTURE
PROF. AYKUT KARAMAN

MOSTAFA ADIL ALGBURI

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HIGH TECH
ARCHITECTURE
High-tech architecture is an architectural style or style
that developed in the seventies of the last century and it
is made up of elements integrating with industries and
high-tech technologies within the architectural
work. This architectural style focused on the
transparency of design and construction, striving to
achieve communication between the structural
infrastructure and achieving the function of the building
through its interior and exterior design. The building
materials used in this model are mainly based on metal
such as iron , aluminum, glass and lightweight concrete.
HIGH TECH
ARCHITECTURE
Which was the first high-tech
building?
Reliance Controls was the first
industrial building to be completed in
the high-tech style, and the last
building designed by Team 4 – the
former studio of Foster, Rogers, Su
Brumwell and Wendy Cheesman.
Reliance Controls was a single,
rectangular shed with its structure
clearly visible on its exterior[1]
HIGH TECH
ARCHITECTURE
What are the characteristics of high-
tech architecture?
High Tech buildings are characterised by
exposed structures (usually of steel or other
metals), with services (pipes, air ducts, lifts
etc.) often picked out in bright colours, a
smooth, impervious skin (often of glass) and
a flexibility to create internal service zones,
rather than rooms or sequences of
rooms.[2]
HIGH TECH
ARCHITECTURE
There are many buildings built in this architectural style around
the world, but especially in Europe and America, and the most
important of these buildings are:
• HSBC Headquarters - Hong Kong
• TV Tower - Prague
• Cricket field - London
• Center Georges Pompidou - Paris
• Dome of the German Parliament Reich Stag - Berlin
• Swiss Re Building - London
• City Hall Building - London
• Hearst Tower - New York
• NEMO Museum Building - Amsterdam
• IRCAM Research Center Building - Paris
• Lloyd Tower Building - London
• Olympic Stadium - Munich
• Millennium Dome - London[3]
HIGH TECH
ARCHITECTURE
The most important architects:
• Norman Foster
• Renzo piano
• Richard Roger
• Gunther Bench
• Santiago Calatrava
• Jean Nouvel [4]
 Norman Foster
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames
Bank, OM, RA,(born 1 June 1935) is a British architect and
designer. Closely associated with the development
of High-tech architecture, Foster is recognised as a key
figure in British modernist architecture. His architectural
"I DESIGN
practice Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster
BUILDINGS IN THE
Associates, is the largest in the United Kingdom, and
HOPE THAT THEY
maintains offices internationally. He is the President of TAKE FORWARD THE
the Norman Foster Foundation, created to 'promote BOUNDARIES OF
interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new KNOWLEDGE AND
generations of architects, designers and urbanists to EXPERIENCE OF
anticipate the future'. The foundation, which opened in EACH PARTICULAR
June 2017, is based in Madrid and operates globally. [5] BUILDING TYPE.”[6]
 Norman Foster
FAMOUS PROJECTS
CONSTRUCTED
1. SWISS RE TOWERS.LONDON
2. STANSTED AIRPORT, U.K
3. HSBC,HEAD QUARTERS HONG KONG
4. PETRONAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ,BANDAR SERI
IN ISKANDAR, MALAYSIA
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
1. GREEN DESERT UTOPIA IN ABU DHABI
2. RUSSIA TOWER,MOSCOW,RUSSIA
3. U2 TOWER –A PROPOSED LANDMARK
SKYSCRAPER DUE TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN
DUBLIN [7]
 Norman Foster
SWISS RE TOWERS
•The 590-foot- (180-meter-) high, 40 story, 76,400-square-
meter Swiss Re Tower is said to be London's first environmental
skyscraper.
• Its aerodynamic, glazed shape minimizes wind loads and
maximizes natural light and ventilation, reducing the building’s
energy consumption to 50 percent of that of a traditional large
office Building.
• As a working environment, it offers unequalled views of the
surrounding city. [8]
Norman Foster (SWISS RE TOWERS)

BUILDING DETAILS
• The external diagonal steel structure uses triangular
forms to be inherently strong, permitting a flexible
column-free interior space.
• The building's height was made feasible by the use
of a peripheral "diagrid," in which all the steel
elements subtly interlock.
• The exterior cladding consists of approximately
5,500 flat triangular and diamond-shaped glass
panels, which vary in size at each level [9]
Norman Foster(SWISS RE TOWERS)
BUILDING DETAILS
• The envelope at the office areas consists of a
double- glazed outer layer and a single-glazed inner
screen that sandwich a central, ventilated cavity
containing solar-control blinds.
• These cavities act as buffer zones to reduce the
need for mechanical heating , cooling and are
ventilated by exhaust air drawn from the offices
Norman Foster(SWISS RE TOWERS)
BUILDING DETAILS
• The building provides 450,000 square feet
(41,810 square meters) of net office space. At the
edge of each floor plate is a spiral atrium, created
by "twisting” each successive floor.
• This allows natural ventilation - although air-
conditioning is also incorporated -by taking
advantage of the large pressure differentials that
draw air in through horizontal slots in the
cladding.[10]
Norman Foster(SWISS RE TOWERS)
BUILDING DETAILS
• "WINDOWS IN THE LIGHT WELL OPEN AUTOMATICALLY TO
AUGMENT THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH NATURAL
VENTILATION. AN OCCURRENCE ANTICIPATED TO SAVE
ENERGY FOR UP TO 40% OF THE YEAR.
• THE FLOOR PLANS ARE SHAPED LIKE FLOWERS, WITH A
CIRCULAR PERIMETER INDENTED BY 6 TRIANGULAR LIGHT
COURTS. THE INDENTATIONS REMAIN A CONSTANT SIZE AT
EACH LEVEL, WHILE THE SPACE BETWEEN THEM
DIMINISHES.
• THE FLOOR PLAN IS ROTATED FOR EACH SUCCESSIVE
FLOOR, CREATING A SERIES OF SPIRALING 5 STOREY ATRIA
THAT STRETCH THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.” [11]
 RENZO PIANO
• Italian Architect and Engineer
• Born in Genoa, Italy
• Date of Birth : 14th Sept, 1937
• Born in the family of builders
• Always saw himself as an Architect with a builder’s roots.
• Studied in Milan and Florence
ARCHITECTURE IS NOT JUST
• Graduated in Architecture from Milan Polytechnic University in 1964 AD
CREATING BUILDINGS, IT IS A
• Combined his first experimental work with his brother Ermanno who was a TASK OF SERVING HUMANITY
engineer
• Worked with famous architects Louis Kahn in Philadelphia and Z.S. Makowsky
until 1970
• In 1977, Piano's first masterpiece the Pompideau Centre opened in Paris and
Piano achieved international acclaim for his work.[12]
 RENZO PIANO
FAMOUS WORKS
1976: Centre Pompidou, Paris (with Richard Rogers)
1990: San Nicola Stadium, Bari, Italy
1990: IRCAM Extension, Institute for Acoustic Research, Paris
1991: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy
1992: Columbus International Exposition, Genoa, Italy
1994: Lingotto Factory Conversion, Turin, Italy
1994: Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan
1995: Menil Collection Museum, Houston, Texas
1996: Congress Center and Offices, Lyon, France
1997: Reconstruction of the Atelier Brancusi, Paris
1998: Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia
2007: New York Times Building
2008: California Academy of Sciences
2012: The Shard, London, United Kingdom[13]
RENZO PIANO
Centre Pompidou
Nestled in the centre of Paris since 1977, the
Centre Pompidou building, a glass and metal
structure bathed in light, resembles a heart
fed by monumental arteries in bright primary
colours. Envisioned by its two architects,
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, as a
genuinely living organism, it is also built in one
of the capital’s oldest districts and the beating
heart of Paris since Medieval times, the
Beaubourg plateau.[14]
RENZO PIANO (Centre Pompidou)

Design & Concept:

• In 1970 an international architectural competition was
launched based on a program to build a cultural and
arts complex in the center of historic Paris set out by
French President Georges Pompidou.
• To maximize internal space, they turned the
construction inside-out and exposed a skeleton of
brightly colored tubes for mechanical systems. The
ducts on the outside of the building are color coded:
blue for air, green for fluids, yellow for electricity
cables and red for movement and flow (elevators,
stairs) and safety (fire extinguishers). [15]
RENZO PIANO (Centre Pompidou)

Structural Colour:
One of the distinctive features of the Centre Pompidou is
the striking presence of colour.
Four strong colors - blue, red, yellow and
green- clothe the structure and enliven the façade, their
use governed by a code laid down by the architects:
• Blue for circulating air (air conditioning)
• Yellow for circulating electricity
• Green for circulating water
• Red for circulating people (escalators and lifts). [16]
 References
1. https://www.dezeen.com/2019/12/20/15-key-high-tech-buildings/

2. buildings/https://www.architecture.com/explore-architecture/high-tech
3. "WAM | Modern - High Tech Architecture". www.worldarchitecturemap.org. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
4. https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/High-tech_architecture
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Foster,_Baron_Foster_of_Thames_Bank#cite_note-2
6. Book: Norman foster works2
7. https://www.normanfosterfoundation.org/
8. "30 St Mary Axe, London". Skanska. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
9. http://www.architectureweek.com/2005/0601/design_3-2.html & https://www.slideshare.net/vijaymeena14/norman-foster-63360684

10. http://www.architectureweek.com/2005/0601/design_3-2.html & https://www.slideshare.net/vijaymeena14/norman-foster-63360684

11. http://www.architectureweek.com/2005/0601/design_3-2.html & https://www.slideshare.net/vijaymeena14/norman-foster-63360684

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano
13. https://www.slideshare.net/ShishirBaral/renzo-piano-92402865
14. https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/collections/our-building
15. https://www.slideshare.net/ShishirBaral/renzo-piano-92402865
16. https://www.slideshare.net/ShishirBaral/renzo-piano-92402865