Tabaret Hall Research Paper
Tabaret Hall
By: Hannah Burega
In 1856-1886 the original Tabaret Hall was created by Rector J.-É. Émery, and was given its name in honour of Father Joseph-Henri Tabaret. In later years this building went up in flames and was completely destroyed; nothing left but the ruins. Although this was such a tragedy, also with the death of three people, the reconstruction did not take long to start up. The new building was built in many different stages but Tabaret Hall officially re-opened on May 1st, 1905, and was newly designed by an architect named A. Von Herbulis. In the process of Herbulis’ design, he chose to use re-enforced concrete because it was known for its fire resistance. As well the design and features for the new Tabaret Hall was based …show more content…
The steps on the staircase are shallow and meant for comfortable use, similar to The Parthenon (447-432 BCE), located in Akropolis, Athens. At the top of the staircase there are four ionic columns; two on each side of the entrance. These columns rest on a small base that separates the shaft from the platform. There is no metepied or trigliff on this structure which leads us to believe it is Ionic. The shafts of the columns are thinner than Doric columns and are almost the full size of the building. They do not have flutes and fillets but are made out of a series of drums with metal dowels. The feature of having no flutes and fillets resembles the Tuscan order in which the Romans modified Greek columns also during the classical era. As well the columns have a slight entasis at the bottom; however the swelling is not extremely substantial. At the top of the shaft just before the architrave there are decretive capitals on each column. Each capital has paired scrolling volutes, similar to the Temple of Athena Nike (427-424BCE), located in Akropolis, Athens. The columns have a simple three layered architrave which is a very graceful style, much more so than a Doric column. Following the architrave is the frieze which is in a pattern of rectangular panels lined up side by side wrapping around the whole east side of Tabaret Hall. Above the frieze is the cornice which
By: Hannah Burega
In 1856-1886 the original Tabaret Hall was created by Rector J.-É. Émery, and was given its name in honour of Father Joseph-Henri Tabaret. In later years this building went up in flames and was completely destroyed; nothing left but the ruins. Although this was such a tragedy, also with the death of three people, the reconstruction did not take long to start up. The new building was built in many different stages but Tabaret Hall officially re-opened on May 1st, 1905, and was newly designed by an architect named A. Von Herbulis. In the process of Herbulis’ design, he chose to use re-enforced concrete because it was known for its fire resistance. As well the design and features for the new Tabaret Hall was based …show more content…
The steps on the staircase are shallow and meant for comfortable use, similar to The Parthenon (447-432 BCE), located in Akropolis, Athens. At the top of the staircase there are four ionic columns; two on each side of the entrance. These columns rest on a small base that separates the shaft from the platform. There is no metepied or trigliff on this structure which leads us to believe it is Ionic. The shafts of the columns are thinner than Doric columns and are almost the full size of the building. They do not have flutes and fillets but are made out of a series of drums with metal dowels. The feature of having no flutes and fillets resembles the Tuscan order in which the Romans modified Greek columns also during the classical era. As well the columns have a slight entasis at the bottom; however the swelling is not extremely substantial. At the top of the shaft just before the architrave there are decretive capitals on each column. Each capital has paired scrolling volutes, similar to the Temple of Athena Nike (427-424BCE), located in Akropolis, Athens. The columns have a simple three layered architrave which is a very graceful style, much more so than a Doric column. Following the architrave is the frieze which is in a pattern of rectangular panels lined up side by side wrapping around the whole east side of Tabaret Hall. Above the frieze is the cornice which