an architectural QUIZ

Hello Forumners,

The attached photos show and have similarities.

QUESTIONS

1. Can anyone explain the relationship of either with this forum?

2. Can anyone identify the locations of these buildings?

3. Can anyone tell a non-architectural commonalty?

Regards,
Jack Freedman

The second building is IWC headquarters?

For this building then:
1. The adminstrative center of this forum
2. Schaffhausen, Switzerland
3. The amount of steps?

Kind regards,
Paul, wearing steel VC Pilot's watch

Well Professor...

1. Relationship? I thought this was an architectural quiz? They are both modern glass and steel structures involved with the production of some of our favorite timepieces.

2. The first photo was taken in the dark...Could be any place, even Brooklyn. The second photo is to the right of the main entrance at IWC/Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, CH.

3. Non-architectural commonality. watch production.
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CORRECT ANSWERS to an architectural QUIZ

Hello Forumners,

The attached photos show and have similarities.

QUESTIONS

1. Can anyone explain the relationship of either with this forum?

2. Can anyone identify the locations of these buildings?

3. Can anyone tell a non-architectural commonalty?

CORRECT ANSWERS

Tomorrow is Labor Day - meaning I got to be back at the watchmaker bench working so I'll post the correct answers early tonight.

1. The bottom photo shows one of the buildings of IWC in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

2. The top photo yes, native Chicagoans is the:

University of Chicago South Campus Chiller Plant
Location: Chicago, Illinois

The South Campus Chiller Plant, a marvel of stainless steel and clear glass, received a 2008 Patron of the Year Award from the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Designed by Murphy/Jahn Architects, the 28,750-square-foot "chilled water production plant" includes five 21-ton chillers, a control room, a communication room, transformer vault, equipment storage, and janitor’s closet on the ground level. The pump room, storage room, and staff locker room are located on the second floor. The Chiller Plant cunningly displays its mechanicals through floor-to-ceiling glass plates. In the air-intake and exhaust areas, the glass is replaced by perforated stainless steel. The architects focused on the integration of engineering and architecture for this project constructed to house machines. To expose the technical elements of the plant, the architects designed a glass curtainwall facade supported on steel bar mullions. The interior chillers, boilers, pumps, valves, columns, girders, beams, floor decks, and pipes are brightly colored so they are easily seen from the outside. Concrete walls and floors, the steel structure, ducts, light fixtures, and pipes are also exposed. A portion of the facade is clad with continuous sheets of profiled perforated stainless steel panels held 4 inches in front of pre-cast concrete planks.

The bottom photo, as mentioned, shows one of the buildings of the IWC factory in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

1. As Paul noted in his reply, there's a striking resemblance in the open view set of stairs of both buildings.

Both establishments were founded by Americans and both buildings contain heavy industrial machinery. Moreover, IMHO, they both reflect a modern inviting atmosphere of bringing the outside public to their facilities figuratively speaking.

In the case of IWC, though the company is well over a hundred years old, its open architecture sends a bold message to the world in and outside of Schaffhausen that it's reaching out to contemporary tastes of consumers beyond its local region.That openness offers a breath of fresh air as opposed to the indoor, hidden, and protected, old fashioned factory facilities.

That's how I see it and hope you can share my thinking.

Regards,
Jack Freedman