Answer 1 of the questions below on the Colomina article--you'll see there are a couple that are for specific students. please try to spread answers out.
1. compare how the Smithsons felt about their cars to to contemporary cars.
2. discuss the construction of the House of the Future as it relates to prefabrication
3. how is the Smithsons comparison of house and car different from Corbusier's?
4. discuss the H.O.F. in relation to consumer products. is this a good thing?
5. Julie: compare the Eames House and the H.O.F.
6. Kayla: compares the Dymaxion House and H.O.F.
7. how does the HOF reflect the social/historical context of its day?
8. what parallels could you make between #7 and contemporary context?
9. what is effect/affect of curving plastic walls and furniture?
10. how is the house archaic? medieval? futuristic?
11. why is hygiene so important in the house?
12. discuss the implications of views in the house: in/out/up/broadcast
12. how does the house relate to nature?
13. Colomina discusses how the house is both playful and paranoid. explain how and discuss why those may paired.
14. The Solar Decathlon Competition just opened in Washington DC. Schools of Architecture and Engineering design and build houses that produce all the energy they use (net zero energy). Check out the Rice entry and discuss it in relation to the H.O.F. (connection to and separation from outdoors, its role as exhibition house, material use, etc. http://www.solardecathlon.org/
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