constellations of form and social realm
constellations of form and social realm
Balfron Tower ✖️ Architect: Ernő Goldfinger ➕ Location: London, UK ◾️Year: 1967 ➗Drawings:Plan diagram with walkwaysApartment detail at the walkway level, showing access to the units above and belowPerspective 🟰 Annotations:A – main circulation nodeB – walkways placed at every third floorC –…
Freitag Tower ✖️ Architects: Spillmann Echsle Architekten ➕ Location: Zurich ◾️Year: 2006 ➗Drawings:section diagramplan diagramsperspective at eye level ✔️Concept: A vertical landmark built from reused shipping containers, combining retail and cultural branding. The Freitag Tower transforms temporary logistics into a permanent urban…
Casa Ocho Quebradas ✖️ Architect: Alejandro Aravena ➕ Location: Los Vilos, Chile ◾️Year: 2014 🟰 Annotations: A – view toward the ocean B – livingroom C – chimney above the fire pit D – bedrooms E – viewing platform ➗Drawing:…
Lever House ✖️ Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ➕ Location: New York, USA◾️Year: 1952 ➗Drawings: eye level view of the inner courtyard axonometric diagram
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 –…
Rectory of Universidade Nova ✖️ Architect: Aires Mateus ➕ Location: Lisbon, Portugal ◾️Year: 2002 ➗Drawings: morphology diagram view towards the entrance
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…
Hearst Office Tower ✖️ Architect: Norman Foster ➕ Location: New York, USA ◾️Year: 2006 🟰 Annotations: A – atrium (lobby)B – officesC – original Art Deco building (Joseph Urban and George B. Post & Sons. 1928)D – mechanical spacesE – retail…
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
Museo Jumex ✖️ Architect: David Chipperfield Architects ➕ Location: Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico ◾️ Year: 2013 🟰 Annotations: A – elevated plazaB – lobby & coffee shopC – multi-function space & open-sided loggiaD – exhibition spaceE – vertical circulation/ service areaF – towards…
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…
Casa das Histórias Paula Rego ✖️ Architect: Eduardo Souto de Moura ➕ Location: Cascais, Portugal ◾️Year: 2008 🟰 Annotations: A – ShopB – Café & terrace C – Auditorium (200 seats)D – Exhibition spaceE – Technical & service area Concept: Timeless archetypes – “inhabited…