ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 434
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Jul 10 14:11:20 PDT 2009
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MEMORIAL COLISEUM - PORTLAND, OREGON
by Brian Libby
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The perimeter of Memorial Coliseum bounds the equivalent
area of four city blocks in Portland, Oregon, yet the
entire envelope of the building, designed by Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill, stands on just four columns.
In a 1958 or '59 photograph of the building under
construction, when just the four columns and great
cantilevering roof truss had been erected, the structure
appears as one massive blend of sculpture and
engineering, a proud, dramatic emblem of 20th-century
optimism and industry.
Yet it's the relationship between the curving concrete
seating bowl and the perimeter glass curtain wall - local
architects refer to it as the saucer (or teacup) in the
glass box - that gives Memorial Coliseum its particular
grace: a counterpoise of organic and rectilinear forms.
The seating bowl stands free within its glass box,
detached even from the four columns. "There's one point
where they come close together but they don't touch,"
says William Rouzie, a now-retired Portland architect
who was part of the Memorial Coliseum design team at
SOM, along with colleagues David Pugh, Edward
Kirschbaum, Joachim Grube, and others.
Transparent Building
With the large two-way truss spanning the top of the
building on just four columns, the interior remains one
large open space.
The seating bowl does not reach to the top of the
structure, so a black-out curtain is used to separate
the arena from the surrounding concourse and glazed
perimeter. When the curtain is open, natural light to
pours across the interior space.
"When that perimeter curtain goes into the back edge of
the seating form, that building is marvelous," Rouzie
says. "I was there shortly after the building was
finished. The sunlight was streaming through. Everybody
was skating on the ice in costumes. It was just a
beautiful sight."
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Engineering a Pei Cantilever - Dallas City Hall
by Steven H. Miller
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Innovative architecture often requires equally
innovative engineering and technologies for successful
realization. An outstanding example of design and
engineering interdependence can be seen in the Dallas
City Hall, a landmark building completed in 1977,
designed with daring vision by one of the world's
leading architectural teams, I.M. Pei & Partners.
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