Assignment 1: Precedent Analysis

Knowlton School of Architecture:

OHIO State University

Background:

-built in 2004, by Mack Scogin Merril Elam Architects and WSA Studio

-600 students, in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City and Regional Planning

-state of the art facility 'reflects the school's mission of excellence in education and innovation in design and planning'

Analysis:

Program

interior <-> exterior

circulation

solar orientation

site <-> school

building <-> city

Questions:

How does this building influence and effect the mind of each student studying within it?  Students within the university?

What impact does this building have on the city of columbus?  How does it relate/reflect the schools/cities social wealth?

Study:

1) Examine the buildings layout- circulation and program

2) Examine the site of the building

3) Look at other buildings on Ohio State's campus