Elizabethtown College First Year Seminar FYS100 Section A ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE and FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Fall 2021 Basic principles of architecture and urban design including sustainable design and mitigating environmental impacts. Major emphasis on Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Organic Architecture” and his life and selected works (from his ~500 built designs) in Wisconsin (mostly rural), Illinois (mostly Chicago), New York, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, Japan (a major influence), and Italy (Tuscany). Born in 1867 soon after the Civil war, he lived through two World Wars and the Great Depression. He died in 1959 at the beginning of the Space Race. An Introduction to Site Analysis & Design, Landscape Architecture, Architecture Theory, Architectural Materials & Methods, and Passive Architectural Illumination, Solar, HVAC, and Acoustical Design. Joseph T Wunderlich PhD Mondays 11:00AM-12:20 in E273 Wednesdays 11:00AM at locations stated below Fridays 11:00AM-12:20 in E273 All lectures, readings, and videos may be tested; and many should be referenced in your semester paper. Some content may be duplicated for fault-tolerance, variable access (software & device), and availability to the public on My website and My YouTube channel. Assignments, readings, and announcements will be posted in Canvas. Pre-semester Orientation (8/20-8/22) ▪ Sat: “Roundtable #1: Electronic Resources” (with your peer mentors) – look for announcement from Peer-Mentor for location WEEK 1 (8/23-8/27) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: Course expectations Upcoming Wunderlich book on Frank Lloyd Wright Intro to Frank Lloyd Wright Catalog ▪ Wed: “11:00am Roundtable #2: College Success Skills”– look for announcement from Peer-Mentor for location ▪ Fri: LECTURE MASTER PLANS: Etown-College Etown-Borough Lancaster-County Portfolios: J Wunderlich Jr at ages 21,22 ; J Wunderlich PhD: PDF PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube WEEK 2 (8/30-9/3) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AGE 0 TO 19 (1867-1886)” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF - Froebel methods, Homeschool like Montessori, Unitarian church, Origami, Nature ▪ Wed: 11:00am Department Welcome – look for announcement, including location, from your department. ▪ Fri: LECTURE: “SKELETON BENEATH THE SKIN; The Bones of Barns and Farmhouses” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF WEEK 3 (9/6-9/10) ▪ Mon: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY ▪ Wed: Watch VIDEO (outside class): Japanese Architecture & Prints ▪ Fri: LECTURE: “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AGE 20 TO 33 (1887-1900)" PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF - Louis Sullivan, Starting a firm, Begins organic architecture, Chicago WEEK 4 (9/13-9/17) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “VLOG OF 31 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT CHICAGO DESIGNS” - time 0:00 to 18:51, PERSPECTIVE DRAWING - Part 1 ▪ Wed: “11:00am Roundtable #3: Strengths and Goal-Setting Challenge”– look for announcement from Peer-Mentor for location ▪ Fri: LECTURE: “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AGE 34 TO 41 (1901-08)” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF - Arts & Crafts Movements, Prairie Style, Visiting Japan WEEK 5 (9/20-9/24) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “JAPANESE PEOPLE, URBAN DESIGN, & ARCHITECTURE” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF Japanese Vocabulary (Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya Key Words) ▪ Wed: Watch VIDEOS (outside class): Robie House Unity Temple Larkin Building ▪ Fri: LECTURE: “VLOG OF 31 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT CHICAGO DESIGNS” - time 18:52 to 1:00:45 WEEK 6 (9/27-10/1) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AGE 42 to 47 (1909-14)” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF PERSPECTIVE DRAWING - Part 2 ▪ A&E for Health: Spanish Flu, WHO, CDC, Positivity, EPA, ASHRAE, OSHA, AIR QUALITY, Life-changing decisions, Living in Italy, Italian Vocabulary, Tragedy at Taliesin ▪ Wed: Watch VIDEO (outside class): Roman Architecture, Architecture in Tuscany, TALIESIN ! ▪ FALL BREAK -- Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1 WEEK 7 (10/4-10/8) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: ETOWN MINECRAFT for RAPID PROTOTYPING buildings, towns, and cultures in a SOCIAL NETWORK (with others) Minecraft tutorial, How to buy Minecraft [1] Wunderlich, J.T. and Wunderlich, J.J. (2013). Green architecture and environmental design using rapid-prototyping social-networking sandbox tools, followed by professional architectural software. Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment (ACSEE 2013), June 6-9, Osaka, Japan. TALK PAPER [2] Wunderlich, J.T. and Wunderlich, J.J. (2014). Crowdsourced Architecture and Environmental Design. 2nd Int’l Conference on Emerging on Trends in Engineering and Technology (ICETET'2014) May 30-31, London England. TALK PAPER ▪ Wed: Watch VIDEOS (outside class): Textile Homes In LA FLW Lives 3 Years In Japan Japanese Gardens Japanese Engawa ▪ Fri: LECTURE: ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS & METHODS COURSE: “SHELL / ENVELOPE A&E” MP4 PPTX-audio YouTube PDF - Environmental Hazards (Covid, Mold, Asbestos, etc.) WEEK 8 (10/11-10/15) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN” Page MP4 YouTube PDF PPTX-w/audio “ROMAN ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF ▪ Wed: “11:00am Majors/Minors Fair” – look for announcement, including location, in email from others ▪ Fri: LECTURE: “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AGE 48 TO 62 (1915-29)” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF - Recovering from trauma, Living in Japan, Living in California, Marrying Olga WEEK 9 (10/18-10/22) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS & METHODS COURSE: “CONCRETE” PPTX-audio MP4 PDF - Tokyo Imperial Hotel (1,2) - Mitigating Hazards (Fire, Earthquakes) ▪ Wed: “11:00am Roundtable 4 Jayweb Registration”– look for announcement from Peer-Mentor for location ▪ Fri: LECTURE: Build physical models using Balsawood, chipboard, etc. 1,2,3,4 WEEK 10 (10/25-10/29) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “VLOG OF 31 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT CHICAGO DESIGNS” - time 1:00:46 to 1:19:39 PERSPECTIVE DRAWING - Part 3 ▪ Wed: Watch VIDEOS (outside class): Falling Water Johnson Wax Building ▪ Fri: LECTURE: “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AGE 63 TO 78 (1930-45)” MP4 PPTX-w/audio YouTube PDF – Olga, Taliesin Fellowship/School; 6 months in Wisconsin, 6 in Arizona every year WEEK 11 (11/1-11/5) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AGE 79 TO 91 (1946-58+)” MP4 PPTX-w/audio YouTube PDF - Life-long adaptation, Legacy, Olga continues Taliesin Fellowship/School until 1985 ▪ Wed: “11:00am Roundtable 5 Presentation Preparation”– look for announcement from Peer-Mentor AND watch: Form, Orientation, Sunlight, Natural Light, When Trees meet Buildings ▪ Fri: LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE THEORY COURSE: “FORM & SPACE” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF PERSPECTIVE DRAWING – Part 4 WEEK 12 (11/8-11/12) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “REVIT VS. SKETCHUP 3D COMPUTER MODELING” by J Wunderlich Jr ▪ Wed: Watch VIDEOS (outside class): Guggenheim Eight FLW buildings UNESCO World Heritage Taliesin West ▪ Fri: LECTURE: GREEN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING COURSE: “CLIMATE & SITE DESIGN, and ARCHTECTURAL-DESIGN SUMMARY” PDF - Landscape Architecture WEEK 13 (11/15-11/19) ▪ Mon: Library session in the LIBRARY – look for announcement from Librarian ▪ Fri: LECTURE: GREEN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING COURSE: “LIGHTING DESIGN” MP4 PPTX-w/audio YouTube PDF WEEK 14 (11/22-11/26) ▪ Mon: TBA ▪ Wed-Sun: Watch VIDEOS (outside class): (preferably with family members): Ken Burns Award-Winning Film On Frank Lloyd Wright Part 1 Part 2 ▪ THANKSGIVING BREAK, -- Optional Wunderlich tutorials for advanced design: Making REVIT Professional A&E Models: Building Levels & Views, Walls, Library(A, B) WEEK 15 (11/29-12/3) ▪ Mon: LECTURE: “MANSIONS” PPTX-w/audio MP4 YouTube PDF ▪ Wed: Watch VIDEOS (outside class): 1957 Mike Wallace Interview of Frank Lloyd Wright “Survivalist tiny dorms at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin architecture school” ▪ Fri: LECTURE: Final Exam Review, “Christmas Concert” Mp4 YouTube -- possibly a new live stream “Newport Beach CA Fashion-Island Mall” PPTX-audio PDF MP4 YouTube WEEK 16 (12/06-12/10) • FINAL EXAM WEEK -- See all your FINAL EXAM times (i.e., for all courses) here: https://www.etown.edu/offices/registration-records/calendar.aspx PROFESSOR Joseph T Wunderlich PhD Associate Professor of Engineering & Computer Science Program Coordinator for Computer Engineering and Architecture Programs • A&E PORTFOLIO: users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt/Wunderlich_JT_Architecture_and_Urban_Design_PORTFOLIO.mp4 • Website: http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_kM_k93zreIu40CVwuHQzg OFFICE HOURS: http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt/schedules/CALENDAR3_f21_web7.htm OFFICES: E284E, E273, or REMOTE (call my cell: 717-368-9715, then we maybe zoom) Office Phone: 717-361-1295 Email: [email protected] LEARNING OUTCOMES • Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Organic Architecture” • Concepts of Architecture, Environmental Design, and Urban Planning • Introductory Architectural Modelmaking (physical and or Computer-generated) • Introductions to Architecture Theory, Materials & Methods, Illumination & Solar Design, and HVAC • Architectural inspiration from case-studies • Appreciate varied cultural and multi-disciplinary perspectives • Learn to face fear and uncertainty, and adapt to adversity, while helping others • Demonstrate understanding of the academic expectations of college life • Demonstrate effective critical thinking skills • Communicate orally in an effective manner • Informed by explicit information literacy instruction by a librarian, produce an appropriately researched, documented, and written academic paper • Relate opportunities for learning outside the classroom to academic courses, personal interests, and intended program of study GRADING • 300 points Assignments • 500 points Final Semester Architecture Design Project shown in a well-written paper • 200 points Comprehensive Final Exam in Canvas SEMESTER DESIGN