High-Tech Architecture
ハイテック建築 / 1970s– / Style / Modern Architecture
Ducts, structure, elevators and joints, all of them normally hidden, are pushed to the outside so that the building reads as an enormous machine.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Exposed services
- External structure
- Metal and glass
- Modules
Best used for
- Airports and exhibition halls needing long spans and easy future servicing.
- Factories and laboratories where showing the structure and pipework is the message.
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Give each service run its own color and use it for wayfinding.
- Composition
- Push structure and services to the perimeter, leaving the interior clear.
- Material
- Exposed steel, gasketed glazing, ducts painted by system.
- Caution
- If cleaning and repainting the exposed steel and ducts stay out of the plan, grime and patch marks become the design within a few years.
- Further study
- Richard Rogers / Norman Foster / Renzo Piano
Related entries
- International Style (インターナショナル・スタイル)Same Modern Architecture lineage.Compare High-Tech Architecture and International Style
- Blueprint (ブループリント)Shared effects: Technique / Futurity.Compare High-Tech Architecture and Blueprint
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