Kevin Roche was an Irish-American architect known for his creative use of glass. He received his architecture degree from National University of Ireland and gained experience in Dublin and London before moving to the US in 1948. Roche joined Eero Saarinen's firm in 1950 and became his principal design associate, assisting him until Saarinen's death in 1961 and completing several of his major projects. In 1966, Roche and John Dinkeloo established their own firm, designing several notable projects including the Oakland Museum of California and the Convention Centre Dublin. Roche is recognized for his attention to detail and pushing architectural technology through contextual designs.

1. KEVIN ROCHE
SUBMITTED BY:-
HARMEET KAUR
3rd YEAR-B
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2. Kevin Roche
Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922
Irish – American architect
B.Arch. from the National University of Ireland in 1945
known for his creative work with glass.
Professional experience in Dublin with Michael Scott
and in London with Maxwell Fry.
Came to the United States in 1948 and spent one
semester in the Illinois Institute of Technology Master's
program with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

3. In 1950, joined Eero Saarinen and Associates at
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
By 1954 Kevin Roche was Saarinen's principal
design associate.
assisted him on all of the projects from that time
until Eero Saarinen's death in September 1961.
Roche completed 12 major unfinished Saarinen
projects, including some of Saarinen's best-known
work: the Gateway Arch, the expressionistic TWA Gateway arch
Flight Center at JFK International Airport in New
York, Dulles International
Airport outside Washington, DC, the strictly
modern John Deere Headquarters in Moline,
Illinois, and the CBS Headquarters building (also
known as Black Rock) in New York City Dulles International Airport

4. In 1966 Roche and John
Dinkeloo changed the name of Eero
Saarinen and Associates to Kevin Roche
John Dinkeloo and Associates upon
completion of Saarinen's projects.
Their first major commission was
the Oakland Museum of California, a
complex for the art, natural history, and
cultural history of California with a design
featuring interrelated terraces and roof
gardens.
His completed works include 8
museums, 38 corporate headquarters, 7
research facilities, performing arts
centers, theaters, campus buildings for 6
universities, and the Central Park Zoo. Oakland Museum of
Roche received the Pritzker Prize in California
1982, the Gold Medal Award from the
American Academy of Arts and Letters in
1990, and the AIA Gold Medal in 1993.

5. PHILOSOPHIES
Geometrical forms
Attention to detail.
Simplicity and monumental scale of buildings.
Roche meet requirements via contextual
design Dinkeloo reacting to that design with
technological brilliance.
Specificities of the client-needs combined with
the desire to push the boundaries of
architectural technology
Evolutionary possibilities instead of the creation
of revolutionary inevitabilities.
Allow the time necessary explore innovative
design strategies
Use model for studies.

6. Convention Centre Dublin
The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) in
the Dublin Docklands was opened in
September 2010. The building overlooks
the River Liffey at Spencer Dock.
The building is 45,921 square metres in
size.
The Main Exhibition Hall, located at the
ground floor level, can be subdivided into
two parts for dual purpose usage.
A second Exhibition Hall, similar in size,
can be converted into two auditoriums.
A raked floor auditorium, capable of
housing up to 2,000 people, is located on
the second floor of the complex.
The auditorium is a fully equipped hall
capable of accommodating many events,
from international conferences and
meetings to product shows, multi-media
presentations, orchestra performances,
musical theatre, and opera.

7. Number of different elements, which can function separately or
in concert.
8000 delegates, 22 multi-purpose meeting rooms 4500 square m.
of flexible exhibition & banqueting space.
Escalators, elevators, and stairs connect to all levels from the
lobby.
section
plans

8. A tilted glass cylinder, 54
meters high and 39 meters in
diameter, the striking seven-
story glass-fronted atrium – a
key architectural feature in the
development.
The glass cylinder opens up
to the activities inside and
makes for a highly visible
entrance.
thermal wheel heat recovery
system and an ice storage
thermal unit (ISTU), which chills
water overnight to form large
ice blocks that melt during the
day to provide air conditioning
for the entire building.
plans

9. The Pyramids (Indianapolis)
The Pyramids are three pyramid-
shaped office buildings that are
part of a 200-acre (810,000 m2)
commercial development
in College
Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The structures occupy 45 acres
(180,000 m2) of land situated next
to a 25-acre (100,000 m2) lake.
They are noted for their abstract
quality of the opacity of the
concrete walls which face the
nearby highway and the
reflectivity of the glass curtain walls
that face the landscaped grounds.

10. It decided on a plan by Kevin Roche consisting of nine
identical office towers each eleven stories tall and each
containing 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2).
This would permit it to build towers as it needed additional
office space without leaving buildings idle or underused. Only
the initial three towers were constructed and take the form of
pyramids.

11. Each tower is made up of two
walls of reinforced concrete from
which project the unobstructed
office floors.
 Those concrete walls provide the
support for the floors as well as
serving as L-shaped service cores.
The other two walls are covered in
blue exterior glass and each
building is connected to the others
via underground and above-ground
passages.
The buildings have been described
as "abstract" and "sculptural" based
on their use of opaque concrete
walls.