Ben Hickey and Leah ChoiDesign 200 - Scavenger Hunt
Clue 01:
There are several places on OSU campus whereyou can find the Barcelona Chair. Take a picture of one of your team members sitting in thechair, but still compose a good picture showing both you and the chair. Alsonote the name of the designer and something interesting about the chair or the designer in your comments.
Knowlton Library, Barcelona Chair.
**ORIGINALLY BOLTED BUT REDESIGNED USING STAINLESS STEEL**
Source(s): Leah (I) took an Interior Design class in high school and learned about chairs. She immediately knew what the barcelona chair was and remembered it was at the Knowlton Library.
Clue 02:
Find the Knowlton School of Architecture’s Library andexplore the spacenoting the various chairs from design’s history. Pick a chair that you find interesting (not the Barcelona chair) and compose a picture of you in the chair reading a design-related magazine. In the comments, tell me who the designer is, something about the chair, and whatmagazine you are reading.
Knowlton Library, Red and Blue Chair.
**MADE OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PLANES OF PRIMARY COLORS**
Source(s): We remembered that the chairs were on the slide for Design 200. We quickly looked through the slide show and remembered that we saw the Red and Blue Chair by Gerrit Reitveld. We used the Internet to confirm the sources and to learn a little bit more about it. Ben Hickey is reading: "Monu" and it's about luxury space and urbanism.
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=4044
Clue 03:
Take a photo of one of your team members in front ofa building on campus that was designed by Peter Eisenman. In the comments, tell me something interesting or controversial about the construction of the building on campus.
Wexner Center, Peter Eisenman.
**SCAFFOLDING WAS USED TO HOLD UP THE BUILDING.**
Source(s): http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Wexner_Center.htm
Clue 04:
A famous architect by the name of Philip Johnson designed the Sony (originally AT&T) skyscraper in New York City which is a great example of post modernism. He’s also responsible for two buildings on the Ohio State campus. Find one a get a picture of both the building and an architectural detail that you find interesting.
Math Tower, Philip Johnson.
**THE LIBRARY LAYERED BRICKS TO DEFINE ARCHS.**
Source(s): http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ohio/columbus/johnson/mathtower.html
Clue 05:
Take a photo of one of your team members in front of a building on campus that was designed by local architects Acock & Associates. In the comments, tell me something interesting or controversial about the construction of the building on campus.
Thompson Library, Acock & Associates.
**WINDOWS WERE ADDED TO CREATE MORE LIGHT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A HAPPIER AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PATRONS.**
Source(s): http://www.acock.com/PublicInstitutional/OSUMainLibrary/tabid/90/Default.aspx
