KEVIN ROCHE  Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922  B.Arch. from the National University of Ireland in 1945  Professional experience in Dublin with Michael Scott and in London with Maxwell Fry,  Came to the United States in 1948 and spent one semester in the Illinois Institute of Technology Master's program with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe  In 1950, joined Eero Saarinen and Associates at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.  By 1954 Kevin Roche was Saarinen's principal design associate.  1982 Roche was awarded the highest international accolade in architecture, the Pritzker Prize ARCHITECT SEMINAR GAURAV MANGLA B.ARCH IV

JOHN DINKLOO  Born in Michigan in  B.Arch. the University of Michigan in 1942  chief of production at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.  Joined he Saarinen office in 1950, became a partner in  In 1961, joined hands with Kevin Roche to complete unfinished projects.  Both started their career with General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan ( ), one of the most important and technically advanced projects of the post-war years.

General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan “Like the automobile itself, the buildings are essentially put together as on an assembly line, out of mass-produced units,” Sarrinan

PHILOSOPHIES  Geometrical forms  Attention to detail.  Simplicity and monumental scale of buildings.  Roche meet requirements via contextual design Dinkeloo reacting to that design with technological brilliance.  Specificities of the client-needs combined with the desire to push the boundaries of architectural technology  Automobiles in mind.  Evolutionary possibilities instead of the creation of revolutionary inevitabilities.  Allow the time necessary explore innovative design strategies  Use model for studies.

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BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA, ATLANTA 1991 CHRYSTLER BUILDING EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND  First carbon neutral international convention centre.  Net impact of building's const. on environment is zero.  Use of low carbon cement  Offsetting all unavoidable carbon emissions by investing in carbon credit  Long-term environmental sustainability  Include recycling + reducing overall energy consumption by using a sustainable energy supplier and integrating sustainable eg. Integrated building automated system (IBAS) - an advanced building management system.

 Escalators, elevators, and stairs connect to all levels from the lobby.  A tilted glass cylinder, 54 meters high and 39 meters in diameter, the striking seven-story glass-fronted atrium – a key architectural feature in the development  Number of different elements, which can function separately or in concert  8000 delegates, 22 multi-purpose meeting rooms 4500 square m. of flexible exhibition & banqueting space  thermal wheel heat recovery system and an ice storage thermal unit (ISTU), which chills water overnight to form large ice blocks that melt during the day to provide air conditioning for the entire building. NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN IRELAND

TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA, ARATA ISOZAKI, DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, KEVIN ROCHE JOHN DINKELOO & ASSOC., COMPARISON

DUBLIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, KEVIN ROCHE JOHN DINKELOO & ASSOC., TEAM DISNEY BUILDING, FLORIDA, ARATA ISOZAKI, ARCHITECT SEMINAR GAURAV MANGLA B.ARCH IV THANK YOU