constellations of form and social realm
constellations of form and social realm
House in Fontinha ✖️ Architects: Aires Mateus + SIA arquitectura ➕ Location: Fontinha, Melides, Portugal ◾️Year: 2013 🟰 Annotations: A- lower level living room & storage B- entrance C- master bedroom D- pool E- upper level living room F –…
Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center ✖️ Architect: Kenzo Tange ➕ Location: Tokyo, Japan ◾️Year: 1967 🟰 Annotations: A – main infrastructural core (stairs, two elevators, kitchen and sanitary facilities) B – cantilever modular office units C – railway D –…
Vitra Design Museum ✖️ Architect: Frank Gehry Partners ➕ Location: Weil am Rhein, Germany ◾️Year: 1989 ➗Drawings: ground floor diagram cross section diagram site plan side view
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 (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…
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…
Nakagin Capsule Tower ✖️ Architect: Kisho Kurokawa ➕ Location: Tokyo, Japan ◾️Year: 1972, demolished 2022 🟰 Annotations: A – prefabricated capsulesB – central cores (vertical circulation) ➗Drawings: cross section diagram floor plan diagram aerial view
Kanchanjunga Apartments ✖️ Architect: Charles Correa ➕ Location: Mumbai, India. ◾️Year: 1983 ➗Drawings: apartment detail – cross section apartment details – floor plan diagrams plan diagram cros section aerial view
De Kunstlinie (Theater & Cultural Center) ✖️ Architects: SANAA ➕ Location: Almere, Netherlands ◾️Year: 1998 – 2007 🟰 Annotations: A – main entranceB – grand theaterC – auditoriumD – small auditoriumE – public areaF – interior courtyards ➗Drawings: cross section ground floor…