Browsing by Author "Caudill, William W."
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Item On people and things(1961) Caudill, William W.; Houston, Rice University, Dept. of Architecture: New York, distributed by WittenbornItem The people's architects(1963) Caudill, William W.; Houston, Rice University, Dept. of Architecture: New York, distributed by WittenbornItem Plastic form in architecture(1967) Lambeth, Jimmy Lloyd; Caudill, William W.THE SEARCH FOR PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH TO BUILD A THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVEALS THAT PLASTIC FORM IS THE FORM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER -- NOT BECAUSE IT IS BEAUTIFUL, ALTHOUGH IT POSSESS A BEAUTY THAT LASTS AS LONG AS THE FORCES THAT CREATED IT, BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS TO FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THESE FORCES ARE CLASSIFIED AS: NATURE FORCES: Gravity Force--Wind Force--Water Force--Earth Force. SENSUAL FORCES: Sonic Force--Visual Force--Tactile Force. BEHAVIORAL FORCES: Personal Force--Circulation Force--Sociological Force. They are not listed as a hierarchy of forces, although Nature Forces should be considered as primary. Because these forces do exist in the shaping of form, their understanding is therefore a prerequisite for the designer. Before form may be created the forces that give form must be considered. Primitive man found Gravity Force to be the primary form giver to his dwellings. His materials were those of compressive strength (mud, ice) and their resultant forms were therefore compressive stress forms of similar shape. Later, when tensile strength materials were developed, forms of great beauty emerged as tension structures. Both compression and tensile strong materials were shaped by the Gravity Force to produce Plastic Form. Plastic Form is also produced by the Wind Force. As the wind shifts the desert's fora so it is the prime determinent in the shape of racing car and aircraft. The Water Force has shaped the surface ships of the past with great beauty and will become the prime force determining our sub-aquatic cities of the future. The Earth Force determines the shape of man's objects as they are placed upon and within the earth. Now consider Sensual Forces. Man's visual, sonic and tactile requirements also produce Plastic Form. As the Sonic Force has shaped our ear, so it shapes our theatre. Visual Force relates to man's sensitivity to light and how Plastic Form is shaped in consideration to light. The most intimate of all forces is the Tactile Force. This force gives Plastic Form to all objects man touches - from the coke bottle to the chair. Consider the Behavioral Forces or those forces resulting from man's co-existence with himself and other men. The Personal Force is the expressive force of man. When strengthened by experience and knowledge the designer may then create Plastic Form of his will. The movement of people produce the Circulation Force that shapes homes, theatres, cities. The Sociological Forces involved within the city are the most complex of all. With thorough understanding of these ten forces an environment of unity, beauty and efficiency may be created through Plastic Form.Item Rice preceptorship program(1961) Caudill, William W.; Houston, Rice University, Dept. of Architecture: New York, distributed by WittenbornItem School environment for children(1963) Chang, Philip Tun Yau; Caudill, William W.; Todd, AndersonItem The development of a question set to evaluate the effectiveness of buildings(1967) Landow, Carl W; Caudill, William W.; Mitchell, O. Jack; Cannady, William T.Architecture is for everybody. The question set is a starting point for those people who want to evaluate and appreciate buildings. The question set is the end result of a searching process which included the examination of some historical influences which affected people's beliefs about architecture: The analysis of two buildings in Houston, Texas, and the development of a fundamental architectural theory. The application of the question set to buildings in Houston, Texas, was tested by students in the School of Architecture, Rice University, and other interested friends.Item The individual building and the city. The emergence of the three-dimensional city floor in the evolution of systems of access(1967) Macneil, John Douglas; Caudill, William W.Today's society is characterized by its need for accessibility to a wide variety of activities, and thus the need for highly efficient ordered means of going from one place to another, of transporting goods and services. These means are hereafter referred to as systems of access. Systems of access throughout history have altered and influenced building form. Today's developments require major structures to provide for and order the different means of transportation into systems of access. This demand has created a new building form, The form contains the activities heretofore relegated to a two-dimensional surface or city floor, for example, pedestrian walks, automobile roads and parking areas, train tracks, and subway tracks. This building form also includes shops, restaurants, and various other facilities which depend upon direct accessibility to large numbers of people. The activities previously occupying major individual buildings on separate sites are located in and on this public structure and have a more individuated character. This new building form demonstrates clearly, the role of the individual building as a dependent part of the city. The elaborate systems of access demons Irate the role of such systems as basic organizing elements within the city. Together they demonstrate how major portions of our cities must be rebuilt, and the principles upon which new cities and new parts of our existing cities must be built. These principles are the thesis: --THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDING MUST BE CONSIDERED A DEPENDENT PART OF THE CITY. --THE INDIVIDUAL. BUILDING MUST BE CONSIDERED A PARTICIPANT IN SYSTEMS OF ACCESS THROUGH THE CONCEPT OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CITY FLOOR. --THE INTEGRATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDING WITH SYSTEMS OF ACCESS REQUIRES CITY PLANNING. This thesis requires the recognition of the building of cities as a social activity directed toward social ends. The directing of the building of cities toward social ends requires the recognition of need and subsequent legislation enabling civic authorities to implement city planning. Because the city demands an integration with building, because it is the creation of an environment for man and a modification of the natural environment by man. THE CITY IS ARCHITECTURE.