"A space for a mother to nurture her children separate from the duties of her role in society."
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
PROJECT TWO - ROOM AND NARRATIVE
AIM
Examine the way in which the occupation of room is animated by both parti and poché. The role and the design of windows and doors in particular will be explored. Architectonics, they are namely rooms and openings in this project, are not “pure” any more, rather they are where the inhabitation lies. It is the combination of architectonics and program that generates the special potency for making architecture. More specifically, this project asks whether or not the design of room would help enshrine an interior life of the inhabitant.
Choose a domestic interior scene, either from a 17th-century Dutch painting or that of Edward Hopper’s in the early 20th century. Try to uncover the meaning and narrative of the painting and then transform the domestic scene into a series of rooms to accommodate your figure and the narrative you have produced.
SUBMISSION
- Model on a 250x250mm base
- Plans and sections with poché rendering
- Axonometric
Examine the way in which the occupation of room is animated by both parti and poché. The role and the design of windows and doors in particular will be explored. Architectonics, they are namely rooms and openings in this project, are not “pure” any more, rather they are where the inhabitation lies. It is the combination of architectonics and program that generates the special potency for making architecture. More specifically, this project asks whether or not the design of room would help enshrine an interior life of the inhabitant.
Choose a domestic interior scene, either from a 17th-century Dutch painting or that of Edward Hopper’s in the early 20th century. Try to uncover the meaning and narrative of the painting and then transform the domestic scene into a series of rooms to accommodate your figure and the narrative you have produced.
SUBMISSION
- Model on a 250x250mm base
- Plans and sections with poché rendering
- Axonometric
Saturday, April 3, 2010
VILLA MULLER
Villa Muller was designed by Adolf Loos in 1930. It is located in Prague, Czech Repbluic and was designed for Mr Frantiske Muller and his wife Milada Muller.
The house is a prime example of Loos' philopshy of "Raumplan" which can be understood through Loos' own understanding of functionality and economy.
"My architecture is not concieved in plans, but in spaces (cubes). I do not design floor plans, facades, sections. I design spaces. For me, there is no ground floor, first floor etc...For me, there are only contiguous, continual spaces, rooms, anterooms, terraces, etc. Storeys merge and spaces relate to each other. Every space reqwuires a different height: the dining room is surely higher than the pantry, thus the ceilings are set at different levels. To join these spaces in such a way that the rise and rall are not only unobservable but also practical, in this I see what is for others the great secret, although it is for me a great matter of course...it is just this spatial interaction and spatial austerity that thus far I have best been able to realise in Mr Muller's house."
- Adolf Loos
There is a great contrast between the level of ornamentation of the exterior and the interior of Villa Muller. Loos believed that the exterior was to appear more austere so as to keep the public outside, and the private interior spaces were to be more richly in order to create private, yet welcoming spaces for the occupants. This belief of Loos' continues into the way in which the windows have been designed. They become larger towards the interior of the house so as to limit the amount that people outside can look in and see but still to maximise views for the occupants of the house.
PROJECT ONE - ARTIFICE
AIM
Study the basic architectonic elements and formal systems of modern and contemporary architecture that date from the early twentieth century. Abstract, formal and geometrical relations, as materialized in architectonics, will be experienced and understood through diagrams, architectural drawings and sectional models. The purpose of the restrictions is to allow you to concentrate on the study and understanding of the relatively autonomous nature of architecture.
VILLA
Villa Muller, designed by Adolf Loos.
SUBMISSION
- Parti diagram sketches, 1:200
- Poche renderings, 1:100
- Sectional model, 1:100
Study the basic architectonic elements and formal systems of modern and contemporary architecture that date from the early twentieth century. Abstract, formal and geometrical relations, as materialized in architectonics, will be experienced and understood through diagrams, architectural drawings and sectional models. The purpose of the restrictions is to allow you to concentrate on the study and understanding of the relatively autonomous nature of architecture.
VILLA
Villa Muller, designed by Adolf Loos.
SUBMISSION
- Parti diagram sketches, 1:200
- Poche renderings, 1:100
- Sectional model, 1:100
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