This strategy is essentially urging the designer to design for a particular purpose, specifically meaning to incorporate design elements that enhance the specific goal of your project. UCI was built upon the then-current ideas of modern architecture known as Modernisn, and specifically Brutalism (see Bradley source link below). A goal was made NOT to bulldoze the land flat, which was common practice, and instead turn the woodsy hills into a beautiful campus with many elevation changes and Aldrich Park at its center. Features of the buildings were incorporated per the Brutalist styling that also included passive solar features such as fins and breezeways to diffuse heat, provide shade, and cool interior spaces with minimal A/C. The inset, underlying concrete platforms for buildings make the buildings appear as floating sculptures and, again, provide cool shaded space immediately around the building. That’s my final nugget, a brief bit about our own UCI campus that I never knew before this project…
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From: Frederick, 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School. P 54.
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Source: Bradley, Darren. “Modernist Architecture: UC Irvine: A Singular Brutalist Vision.” Modernist Architecture, March 14, 2015. http://modernistarchitecture.blogspot.com/2015/03/uc-irvine-singular-brutalist-vision.html.
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Source: Bradley, Darren. “Modernist Architecture: UC Irvine: A Singular Brutalist Vision.” Modernist Architecture, March 14, 2015. http://modernistarchitecture.blogspot.com/2015/03/uc-irvine-singular-brutalist-vision.html.