Yale Art + Architecture Building - Case Study

A case study from the perspective of architecture of the Architecture Building at Yale University. Performed as part of the architectural education campus design project in the year three of the B. Architecture course.

1. Presented By:
Charu Kumari
Vikram Bengani

Year Three

B. Architecture

‘School Of Planning & Architecture
New Delhi

3. Massive piers of concrete rise. Projections are over-emphasised
throughout. Heavy slabs are crossed by thin slabs. Spaces inside cr

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inside the building and

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PARKWAY del

7. Building around the corner o

8. of Precipitation Throughout the Year

heavy thunder

9. Probability of Si 1g Reported in a Given Day

14. Thirty-seven changes of level accommodate functional and circulation
areas, and since walls are de-emphasized these levels are defined
principally by floor and ceiling planes

22. Meeting current disability frien
requirements by the codes

task. The original plan had 37 1
floors rendring incorporation di

Interiors as grey [dull/neutral] concret
‘earthy orange [bright and exciting] Carpe

and furnit

Interiors imprinting warth on the l

brutal buildings, this one
the joints and holes

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26. Noisy & Private Areas

[CIRCULATION]

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Relatively Queiter & Semi Private Areas
ircases & Elevator

of Sky lights to
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ices

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functions

28. Quiet & Public Areas

Jartment Offices,
inistration =.

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age & Teraching

rary, Noisier Zone
1 the office half

[CIRCULATION]

29. Noisy & Public Areas

bted prefunctions

Minar Rooms

[CIRCULATION]

30. Ih Crowd Density
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bartmental &

Quiet & Semi-Private Areas

phasising
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[floor via Elevator

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PRIVATE
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SEMI PUBLIC
PUBLIC

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31. 4 Studios Quiet & Private Areas — [Jury space remained
delineated through a
Teracewslerihe change in flooring

material.
Hangout space

Threshold achieved
by changing levels

Green roof

Natural lighting for,
all studios NSEW

Common Double
height Jury Space

Print + Laser Cutiing
Room

[CIRCULATION]

4

36. ‘Aluminium + Glass [Gwathemey]
Reinforcing Integration and
articulation of structure.

37. ustom fixtures with metal halide lamps repli
appearance of the original incandescent light
consume only 39 watts, rather than 150. Aluminum
reflective paint, vernal lenses, and prismatic lamp:

Lighting control
All inside fixtures are positione
rather than out throug

Void In The Middle

38. architectural sections of the build
h start from the fourth floor, also

etai entro, aramd entra,

Restrained use o
cleverly built-in furnishings enhan chitecture,
which is led 'to excite and challenge the occupant
says Rudolph

The orange works remarkably well in softening the
Brutalist architecture and in reinforcing the importance of
these spaces of presentation