PA Deliverables Articulation

Chapel of Saint Savior by Mies Van Der Rohe

Source

1. Plan view of campus-pen
   
2. Floor plan-pencil 1'=1/4"
   
3. Exterior Elevation North-pencil
   
4. Interior Elevation South-pencil
   
5. Exterior Perspective-pen/watercolor
6. N-S Section-pencil
7. W-E Section-pencil
8. Interior perspective-pen/marker
   
9. Interior detail of ceiling-pencil
10. Interior detail of platform and altar-pen/watercolor

Essay Outline:

I. Introduction

• Building
• Brief description
• Why I chose it

II. Body

• Mies Van Der Rohe-

1. history, vision, influence
   
2. only religious building he built

• IIT campus

1. placement and relation to other buildings
2. importance of architecture at this school
   

• Commodity

1. Role of a church;
   
2. comparison to tradition churchs and gothic cathedrals;
   
3. non-denominational effect on design
   
4. meditation space
   

• Firmness
  

1. Brick stacked walls
2. no steel frame
3. exposed celing-cost issues
   

III. Conclusion

• Key points
• Reflection