PRESENTATION ON

I.M. PEI ( )

To the architectural world, Pei

legacy is his belief that
architecture "is the mirror of
life itself."

I.M. Pies History

Was born in Guangzhou.

at 18 years of age joined MIT
Disciple of Walter Groupious and Frank
Lloyd Wright.
Latter on started his firm Pei Cobb Freed
& Partners
also known as I.M pie and Partners.

I.M. Pei became a naturalized citizen

of the United States in 1954

In 1955 he formed the partnership of I.M.

Pei & Associates, which became I.M. Pei &
Partners in 1966 and Pei Cobb Freed &
Partners in 1989
received the 1968 Architectural Firm
Award of the American Institute of
Architects, the highest honor bestowed on
an architectural practice by the Institute
In late 1990, after more than four decades
of practice, Mr. Pei retired from the firm in
order to pursue smaller projects of
personal interest

Accomplishments

The Gold Medal for Architecture from

the American Academy of Arts and
Letters and the Gold Medal of the
American Institute of Architects
the Gold Medal from Alpha Rho Chi (the
national professional fraternity of
architects)
the Grande Mdaille d'Or from the
French Acadmie d'Architecture
the Pritzker Architecture Prize

PHILOSOPHY

Althoughheisrememberedforhisbuildings,I.M.Pei'sgreatest
influenceonthearchitecturalworldishisphilosophyofdesign.
Justashisdesignsintegrateaestheticswithfunctionality,Pei
himselfepitomizestheresolutionofbothanartistandengineer.

Hebelievedthattheonlyissueofcontemporaryconcernwaslife
itself;buildingsshouldbecreatedaslivingspaces--spacesof
activityandthoughtratherthanstaticmonuments.

Anunusualdialoguebetweentwoverydifferentandvery
importantcultures:eastandwest.
Interplaybetweengeometryandlight

Therelationshipbetweensiteandbuildingdesign

Duetohisrelianceonabstractformandmaterialssuchasstone,
concrete,glass,andsteel,Peihasbeenconsideredadiscipleof
WalterGropius.

EARLY WORKS

His projects

Luce Memorial Chapel (1963)

Dallas, Texas City Hall (1972)
John Hancock Tower, in Boston
(1976)
East Building, National Gallery of Art
(1979)
Bank of China Tower (1982-1990)
Pyramids of the Louvre (1989)

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTEAST WING

PROBLEM
The new building had to fit
an irregularly shaped,
trapezoidal site.
Harmonize with John
Russell Pope's classicizing
West Building.
Two different buildings
were required: a museum to
house large travelling
exhibitions, and also a
separate study-center /
office facility .
SOLUTION
The trapezoidal site was
sliced into two triangles
one for each function
with a triangular atrium
unifying the whole.
In plan, section and
elevation, the interlocking
volumes merge inseparably.

Hancock Tower

Located in Boston
John Hancock Tower /"New" Hancock
Tower /officially named Hancock
Place
designed by I.M. Pei and Henry N.
Cobb
790 feet
sixty floors
10,344 panes of glass
4' x 11', 500 lb (1.2x3.4 m, 227 kg)
windowpanes
completed in 1976

BASIC INFORMATION

Falling glass panes

The building's most

dangerous flaw
Police close off surrounding
streets whenever winds
reached 45 mph (72 km/h)
Glass crashes to the sidewalk
hundreds of feet below
combination of the doublepaned glass
pressure differentials
between the inside and
outside air
installing a network of 10,000
sensors

National Center for

Atmospheric
Research,Colarado,1961

JFK library,
Massachusetts,1979

National Gallery East Wing,

Washington,1960s

"H"-shaped faade matches the

equally severe walls of the West
Building.

To correspond in texture and color

to the original building, the new
one is faced inside and out with
lavender-pink marble from the
same quarry.

This structure interlocks complex,

shifting triangular shapes. To
emphasize these sharp angles,
lighter stone was chosen for all
the East Building's vertical
corners.

The new and old buildings are

functionally united into an
integrated whole by an
underground tunnel animated by
prismatic skylights, and a
waterwall.

The sky lit atrium at

the heart of the East
Wing is a hub of
circulation and
orientation.

Organized around it
are three flexible
towers designed to
permit the exhibition
of one large or
multiple small shows.

Adjacent to the public

museum is the
integral, Study Center,
which, housed in a
smaller triangle,
provides a light-filled
reading room and
library stacks, as well
as offices for scholars,
curators and

Rock and Roll Hall of the

Fame,Ohio,1995

BANK OF CHINA
Hongkong ,1988.

One of the most recognized

skyscrapers in Hong Kong.
Symbol of the strength , vitality and
growth.
The tallest building in Hong Kong and
Asia from 1989 to 1992
located near Central MTR station
A small observation deck on the 43rd
floor of the building is open to the
public.

Inspiration

Bamboo---symbolofrevitalizationand
hope.
X-shape---badluckinChineseculture
Sharpedgelikeacleaver---criticismof
FengShui
Chineseelement--statueoflion
infrontof
thegate

CENTRAL
PLAZA

IFC 1

IFC 2

HSBC

AIG
CHENG KONG

BOC

STRONG GEOMETRY
Why BOC turns out to be postmoden style
Square base
Divided into 4 equal part

STRONG GEOMETRY

Each part in extruded 8 FLOORS

STRONG GEOMETRY

SECOND part in extruded 16

FLOORS

STRONG GEOMETRY

SECOND part in extruded 32

FLOORS

STRONG GEOMETRY

SECOND part in extruded 70

FLOORS
FINALLY chamfered at the
triangular area.

CURTAIN WALL SYSYTEM

ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION OF CURTAIN WALL MULLION

LANDSCAPE:BANK OF
CHINA

LANDSCAPE:BANK OF
CHINA

LANDSCAPE:BANK OF
CHINA

UNFINISHED ROCKCUT

GREEN FEATURES IN
B.O.C

Sun Chung Properties

Management Ltd. (SCPM).

company and purchasing policies to

minimise the impacts of the building on
the environment.
Aims to replace the existing ozone
depletion refrigerant chillers
Promotes green practice to the staffs
,contractors etc

Facade

The facade of the

Bank of China Tower
is clad in a laminated
reflective curtain wall
system with single
layered clear floating
glazing.

A central chiller plant provides airconditioning

to the building. It consists of 10 air-cooled
centrifugal chillers (each with a cooling
capacity of 350T) at roof for normal office
hours and 2 air-cooled
reciprocating chillers (each with a cooling
capacity of 100T) for night time operation and
are located on the 7th floor.
installation of heat reclaim chiller to preheat
incoming water supply for winter space
heating

Other features

use infrared sensor water taps, motion

sensor urinals and dual flush for ladies
water closets to fulfill water
conservation.
adoption of high frequency ballast for
light fittings at office and public areas
Minimizing of car parking space

GRAND DE LOUVRE

Architect: I.M.Pei
Location: Paris France
Date :1989

Building Type: art museum entrance

Construction System: glass and steel
rods and cable
Style :modern

TheLouvreisthemostfamousofthe
GrandsProjets.Itisnotsomuchthe
pyramid,buttheentrancespacethatit
coversthatisthemostimportantpartof
theproject.Thebrillianceofmakingan
entrancetotheworldslargestart
museumbyhollowing-outitsplazaand
constructingunderground

connectionstoitsvariouswingscouldeasilybe
lostamidsttheunmistakableiconographyofthe
pyramid.
Theentrancehasrationalizedandopened-upthe
collectionsoftheLouvretothethrongsof
museum-goerswhovisititscollections.

About the project

2 phase construction.
Phase 1,which involved the construction
of a new underground building.
Phase 2 required the creation of new
space within an historic shell

Grand de Louvre-Metro
Connectivity
M
M

Grand de Louvre-Parking
P

Grand de Louvre-Landscape

UNDERSTANDING THE
GEOMETRY

The Symmetrical Axis

The Symmetrical Axis

The Main Atriu

Atrium: Handles the Crowd

flow

The Symmetrical Axis

The Inverse Pyramid

Piramida De Inverse

Richelieu Wing
Renovation

PHASE II
CONSTRUCTION

Rechelieu Wing Courtyard

Conclusion

Believed in simplicity by using 4 basic

materials
Strong geometrical forms with
mathematical progression.

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