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HE STUDIED AT THE ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. HE FURTHER STUDIED UNDER WALTER GROPIUS AT HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL.
HE DEVIATED FROM GROPIUS THEORY OF GROUP WORK AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING IN ARCHITECTURE. HIS PHILOSOPHY IS URBAN PLANNING IS THE PREROGATIVE OF ARCHITECTS. HE IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL,INVENTIVE AND VERSATILE OF THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTS THAT AROSE AFTER THE WAR.
RUDOLPH HIMSELF INTENDED THAT THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE SCHOOL SHOULD REFLECT MORE ACCURATELY THE PRECISE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA CLIMATE BY MEANS OF CAREFULLY ARRANGED SUNSHIELDS AND INTERNAL VENTILATION AND LIGHTIG APERTURE.
THE LINEAR NATURE OF THE BUILDING IS EXPRESSED MORE BY MEANS OF ITS INFINITELY EXTENDABLE FORM THAN THROUGH THE OVERRIDING HORIZONTALS.
3.GOODS ENTRANCE
4.RECEPTION AREA 5.ENTRANCE HALL 6.SHOP UNITS
SECTION SHOWING EXCEPTIONALLY THIN FLOOR SLABS ACHIEVED BY USE OF VERTICAL DUCTING FOR SERVICES
DETAIL SHOWING Y-SHAPED COLUMNS AND SINGLE DUCTCARRYING COLUMNS, ALTERNATING WITH PAIRED STRUCTURAL COLUMNS TWIN CONCRETE COLUMNS SPRING FROM THE ARMS OF THE Y-SHAPED SUPPORTS AT GROUND AND FIRST-FLOOR LEVEL. THESE TWIN COLUMNS CARRY AIR-CONDITIONING DUCTS, WHISLT THE APPARENT INTERMEDIATE COLUMNS ARE IN FACT SERVICING DUCTS ENTIRELY. THE RESULT IS A LACK OF STRUCTURAL CLARITYWHICH HAS BEEN HEAVILY CRITICIZED, BUT IT OFFERS A GAIN IN TERMS OF SERVICING BY MEANS OF ELIMINATION OF CROSS-DUCTS REDUCES THE EFFECTIVE DEPTH BETWEEN FLOOR AND CEILING. RUDOLPH, IN THIS WAY INCORPORATED TWO ADDITIONAL STOREYS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL HEIGHT LIMIT.
VIEW FROM THE FEEDER ROAD TO THE CONNECTICUT TURNPIKE.COMPARE THE SCALE OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS TO THE LEFT
THE USE OF PA RKING STRUCTURES FOR SUCH A PURPOSE REFLECTED RUDOLPHS BELIEF IN THE CAPACITY OF THE AUTOMOBILE, BY THE NATURE OF ITS MOBILITY, TO FASHION A NEW KIND OF URBAN FABRIC. THE GARAGE ITSELF IS ON TWELVE SPLIT-PARKING LEVELS SUPPRORTED BY PAIRS OF ARCHED COLUMNS, IN A MANNER CURIOUSLY REMINISCENTOF THE REMAINS OF THE MEGASTRUCTURES OF ANCIENT ROME. THE ROUGH-CAST, BOARD MARKED CONCRETE FINISH HELPS TO ENHANCE THIS EFFECT OF ANTIQUITY.
CAFETERIA AS SEEN FROM ROOF GARDEN, ONE OF THE FEW LATERALLY GLAZED BUILDINGS
THE ENTIRE NATURAL LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF ROOF LIGHTS, AND AN EXTENSIVE ROOF GARDEN HAS ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE HALL WITH STAIRCASE; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FINISHES ARE IDENTICAL
CRAWFORD MANOR (HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY), 1962-1966 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
THE UNUSUAL PRINCIPLE THAT OLD PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE IN TOWER BLOCKS, RUDOLPH CONCEIVED THIS PUBLICLY FINANCED COMPLEX AS AN ADJUNCT TO THE CONCEPT OF URBAN FABRIC WITH WHICH HE HAD EXPERIMAENTED IN THE TEMPLE STREET PARKING GARAGE. THE SITE IS NEAR A FREEWAY- THE TURNPIPE CONNECTING BOSTON AND NEW YORK
THE PURPOSE OF THE TALL, COMPLEX BLOCK IS TO ACT AS A FORM OF GATEWAY TO THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN ITSELF.
SOUTH ELEVATION
DESPITE A FRESTRICTED BUDGET RUDOLPH WAS ABLE TO EMPLOY PURPOSE MADE CONCRETE BLOCKS, 40X20X20 CM, WITH VERTICAL GROOVES 5 CM DEEP, DESIGNED TO OBSCURE THE APPEARANCE OF THESE SMALL CONSTRUCTIONAL UNITS AND GIVE A MONOLITHIC IN-SITU APPEARANCE.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BLOCK, SHOWING THE USE OF IDENTICAL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FINISHES
ART AND ARCHITECTURE BUILDING, YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 1958-1964
THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A BOLD COMPOSITION OF TOWERS ( HOUSING MECHANICAL SERVICES) CONNECTED BY BRIDGING SLABSAROUND WHAT ONCE WAS TO HAVE BEEN AN ENCLOSED COURT RISING THROUGH THE CENTRE.
THE VERTICALLY STRIATED CONCRETE RIBBING WHICH FORMS THE CHIEF EXTERNAL FINISH
PAUL RUDOLPH
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE