A03 Hunting Down Design

Team Members:
Courtney S.
M. Shamma H.
Trevor R.
Tyler B.

Methodology-
This past Monday after receiving this assignment my group walked around campus to find these clues. We knew we could find the Barcelona Chair in art library in the Wexner Center and then used the computers in the Wexner to look up the rest of the clues. I was mainly the photographer but everyone helped set up the shots and posed for the pictures.


Clue one:
Name: Barcelona Chair
Place: Wexner Center for the Arts
Designer: Mies van der Rohe, 1929

This Chair was originally designed for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona Exposition in 1929 and is still being made today by the Knoll Company to its original specifications.











Clue Two:
Name: Red & Blue Chair
Place: Knowlton School of Architecture
Designer: Gerrit Rietveld, 1918
Magazine: Urban Design

This chair was originally painted in primary colors of black white and grey, but in 1923 Reitveld changed the colors to blue, red, yellow, and black to resemble a Piet Mondrian painting. 

Clue Three:

Name: Wexner Center for the Arts

Place: Between College Road and High Street off of the Oval. 

Designer: Peter Eisenman

When designing this building Peter Eisenman wanted to address the 12.25 degree differences of the OSU grid and the Columbus city grid, so this gave the building many of its odd angles. 

Clue Four:

Name: Science and Engineering Library

Place: off of 18th ave.

Designer: Philip Johnson

I found the windows to be interesting on this building because they echo the shape of the large arches in the front of the building. 

Clue Five:
Name:  Thompson Library
Place: The Oval
Designer: Acock & Associates

The library was originally built in 1912 and was renovated in 2009. The library can now seat up to 1800 students at once.