Category Disruption

Architecture as a force of rupture and transformation, challenging norms and generating new socio-cultural dynamics.

Sky House ✖️ Kiyonori Kikutake

archsynopsis sky house kiyonori kikutake

Sky House ✖️ Architect: Kiyonori Kikutake ➕ Location: Tokyo, Japan ◾️Year: 1958 🟰 Annotations: A- stair B- movable bathroom  C- open plan space (living room & master bedroom) D- exterior corridor/ engawa E- movable kitchen F – 1958 – bedroom…

Prada Transformer ✖️OMA

Prada Transformer OMA drawing

Prada Transformer ✖️ Architect:OMA ➕ Location: Seoul, South Korea ◾️Year: 2007-2009  🟰 Annotations: A – hexagon. Fashion exhibitionB – rectangle. CinemaC – cross. Art exhibitionD – circle. Special eventE – translucent membrane Temporary structure picked up by cranes and rotated…

Melnikov House ✖️ Konstantin Melnikov

Melnikov House Konstantin Melnikov drawing

Melnikov House  ✖️ Architect: Konstantin Melnikov ➕ Location: Moscow, Russia ◾️Year: 1929 🟰 Annotations: A – entrance lobby, dining room, kitchen, and services  B – living room and bedroom C – painting and architectural studio (double height space and rooftop…

VitraHaus ✖️Herzog & de Meuron

VitraHaus Herzog & de Meuron drawing

VitraHaus (flagship store and home to the Vitra Home Collection) ✖️ Architect: Herzog & de Meuron ➕ Location: Vitra campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany ◾️Year: 2009 🟰 Annotations: A – main entrance B – cafe C – shop ➗Drawings: …

Capsule House K  ✖️ Kisho Kurokawa  

Capsule House K Kisho Kurokawa drawing

Capsule House K  (Kurokawa’s own countryside home) ✖️ Architect: Kisho Kurokawa ➕ Location: Nagano Prefecture, Japan ◾️Year: 1971 🟰 Annotations: A – outdoor staircase descending to the entrance B – main staircase C – kitchen capsule D – capsules with spherical…

Balancing Barn ✖️ MVRDV

Balancing Barn MVRDV drawing

Balancing Barn ✖️ Architect:  MVRDV➕ Location:  Suffolk, UK ◾️Year:  2010 🟰 Annotations: A – entrance B – kitchen and dinning area C – bedrooms D – living room ➗Drawings:  cross section diagram ground floor diagram eye level view

Winton Guest House ✖️ Frank Gehry

Winton Guest House Frank Gehry drawing

Winton Guest House ✖️ Architect: Frank Gehry➕ Location: Orono, Minnesota, USA. *Moved to to the University of St. Thomas’ Daniel C. Gainey Conference Center in Owatonna, Minnesota ◾️Year: 1987🟰 Annotations: A – living roomB – bedrooms C – garage D – fireplace ➗Drawings:  cross section…