constellations of form and social realm
constellations of form and social realm
Formal balance and mirrored spatial organisation in architectural composition.
Fire Station No. 4 ✖️ Architect: Robert Venturi ➕ Location: Columbus, Indiana. USA ◾️Year: 1968 🟰 Annotations: A – entrance & hose tower B – kitchen C – lounge D – dormitory E – lockers F – apparatus room ➗Drawings:…
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…
Guna House ✖️ Architect: Pezo von Ellrichshausen ➕ Location: Chile ◾️Year: 2014 🟰 Annotations: A – “dogmatic piano nobile” B – central patio C – “day-to-day functions of the domestic realm” (utility room and a family dining area) D – stepped route down…
Rode House ✖️ Architect: Pezo von Ellrichshausen➕ Location: Chile ◾️Year: 2017 🟰 Annotations:A – living room & kitchenB – bedroomC – entrance ➗Drawings: cross section diagram ground floor diagram eye level diagram
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
Nomadic Museum ✖️ Architect: Shigeru Ban ➕ Locations: Santa Monica. New York. Tokyo. Mexico City ◾️Years: 2005 – 2007 🟰 Annotations:A – shipping containers B/C – PVC membrane D – tubular cardboard structureE – recycled wood ➗Drawings: facade and cross section axonometric view eye…
Military History Museum ✖️ Architect: Daniel Libeskind➕ Location: Dresden, Germany ◾️Year: 2011 🟰 Annotations: A – extensionB – existing buildingC – main staircase ➗Drawings: eye level view plan diagram
Church in Seriate ✖️ Architect: Mario Botta➕ Location: Seriate, Italy ◾️Year: 2004
EDP Headquarters ✖️ Architect: Aires Mateus ➕ Location:Lisbon, Portugal ◾️Year: 2015 🟰 Annotations: A – exterior public spaceB – officesC – double height loggia D – relaxation spaces E – multipurpose hall F – vertical circulation ➗Drawings: cross section plan diagram eye level view
Teatro del Mondo (temporary floating theater) ✖️ Architect: Aldo Rossi ➕ Location: Venice, Italy ◾️Year: 1979 🟰 Annotations:A – performance spaceB – staircaseC – Punta della Dogana (Giuiseppe Benoni, 1682. Tadao Ando, 2007 – restoration) ➗Drawings: view from Canal Grande…
Two Houses in Ponte de Lima ✖️ Architect: Eduardo Souto de Moura➕ Location: Ponte de Lima, Portugal ◾️Year: 2002 ➗Drawings: upper level diagrams cross sections eye level view
Begrisch Hall ✖️ Architect: Marcel Breuer ➕ Location: New York, Bronx Community College, USA ◾️Year: 1964 🟰 Annotations: A – entrance B – main auditorium ➗Drawings: site cross section eye level view cross section aerial view