EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE 1.pptx

EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE 1.pptx - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

1. EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE By Purbita Samanta Susmita Paul Archiman Biswas

2. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WAS THE TIME PERIOD WHICH TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 17THAND 18THCENTURY . STARTED IN BRITAIN AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WAS THE TRANSITION TO NEW MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. THIS TRANSITION INCLUDED GOING FROM HAND PRODUCTION METHODS TO MACHINES, NEW CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND IRON PRODUCTION PROCESSES, IMPROVED EFFICIENCY OF WATER POWER, THE INCREASINGUSE OF STEAM POWER AND DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINE TOOLS. MATERIALS CAST IRON- AN ESSENTIALLY BRITTLE MATERIAL, IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES AS RESISTANT TO COMPRESSION AS STONE. WROUGHT IRON- WHICH IS FORTY TIMES AS RESISTANT TO TENSION AND BENDING AS STONE, IS ONLY FOUR TIMES HEAVIER. IT CAN BE FORM AND MOLDED INTO ANY SHAPE. GLASS CAN BE MANUFACTURED IN LARGER SIZES AND VOLUMES. SOLID STRUCTURES COULD BE REPLACED BY SKELETON STRUCTURES, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO ERECT BUILDINGS OF ALMOST UNRESTRICTED HEIGHT. BUILDINGS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED INTO ANY SHAPE AND IN SHORT TIME. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

3. THE CRYSTAL PALACE (1851) JOSEPH PAXTON LOCATION: HYDE PARK - LONDON

4. DESCRIPTION : WAS CREATED ORIGINALLY IN HYDE PARK IN LONDON, CAST-IRON AND GLASS PANELS TO HOUSE THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN 1851 WHERE GATHERED MORE THAN 14 THOUSAND VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN THE PALACE EXHIBITION SPACE OF 92 THOUSAND SQUARE METERS. THE GEOMETRY OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE WAS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE CONCEPT OF FORM FOLLOWING MANUFACTURER'S LIMITATIONS : THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE WHOLE BUILDING WAS DIRECTLY BASED AROUND THE SIZE OF THE PANES OF GLASS MADE BY THE SUPPLIER.  MOST OF THE BUILDING HAD A FLAT-PROFILE ROOF, EXCEPT FOR THE CENTRAL TRANSEPT, WHICH WAS COVERED BY A 72 FOOT WIDE BARREL-VAULTED ROOF THAT STOOD 168 FEET HIGH AT THE TOP OF THE ARCH.