Finally!! This is a great building to start your analysis as it is quite straight-forward. The one diagram I think you need to work on is the parti. I do think the large rectangular mass is correct, but if you look at your light shaft - that is a major column that passes through the rectangular mass. It penetrates through - the shaft (cylinder) is sticking out above and below the mass.
Hello, Abraham. This is a great building indeed! Jill's comment above regarding your parti diagram makes total sense. The solar shaft is a very important feature of the building and its significance is evident in all the images that you have posted, plans and sections included. The parti diagram can be a very simple sketch (and I know that you are a very talented sketch artist) but it will have to show and explain clearly that "big idea" behind the design of the building. Will you have to do the same exercise for some of the other buildings you posted earlier?
Hello, Phanos. Yes you are right I think it will be better if i sketch out the Parti. I will be doing these same analysis on all 10 Buildings I Posted before.
Hi Abraham, great start i like the clear page of info per area of enquiry. I would suggest fading the master image (massing/hierarchy/symetry) to highlight your linework and colours for identifying archi-parts. I also agree with Jill and Phanos, you need to give the parti page another go. The big parti idea may need to be represented in a non traditional way. Perhaps neither, plan, elevation or section will do it justice. How about working with street view perspective? See the image on the webpage as a suggestion. http://www.aashe.org/resources/case-studies/linde-robinson-laboratory-global-environmental-science I'm picking up on the strong (blue) bookends, the symbology of the sun motif, as well as the grill or front doorway. The building built in 1932 would have made quite the gesture to the urban landscape with its rectangular mass and attention to windows and doors. Then of course there is the dome which draws your eye to the roofscape but those who use the building know that the light shaft penetrates the whole building. So there is something evocative that needs to be captured there. Excellent start, I look forward to your next post!
Thanks St. Metakos, I will Try something out, I will update these images soon because I'm still working on the other buildings and I will also post these in a day or so.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a great building to start your analysis as it is quite straight-forward. The one diagram I think you need to work on is the parti. I do think the large rectangular mass is correct, but if you look at your light shaft - that is a major column that passes through the rectangular mass. It penetrates through - the shaft (cylinder) is sticking out above and below the mass.
Hello, Abraham.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great building indeed! Jill's comment above regarding your parti diagram makes total sense. The solar shaft is a very important feature of the building and its significance is evident in all the images that you have posted, plans and sections included. The parti diagram can be a very simple sketch (and I know that you are a very talented sketch artist) but it will have to show and explain clearly that "big idea" behind the design of the building. Will you have to do the same exercise for some of the other buildings you posted earlier?
Thanks Prof. Jill I will show the column in the Parti just wasn't sure.
ReplyDeleteHello, Phanos.
ReplyDeleteYes you are right I think it will be better if i sketch out the Parti. I will be doing these same analysis on all 10 Buildings I Posted before.
Hi Abraham, great start i like the clear page of info per area of enquiry. I would suggest fading the master image (massing/hierarchy/symetry) to highlight your linework and colours for identifying archi-parts. I also agree with Jill and Phanos, you need to give the parti page another go. The big parti idea may need to be represented in a non traditional way. Perhaps neither, plan, elevation or section will do it justice. How about working with street view perspective? See the image on the webpage as a suggestion. http://www.aashe.org/resources/case-studies/linde-robinson-laboratory-global-environmental-science
ReplyDeleteI'm picking up on the strong (blue) bookends, the symbology of the sun motif, as well as the grill or front doorway. The building built in 1932 would have made quite the gesture to the urban landscape with its rectangular mass and attention to windows and doors.
Then of course there is the dome which draws your eye to the roofscape but those who use the building know that the light shaft penetrates the whole building. So there is something evocative that needs to be captured there. Excellent start, I look forward to your next post!
Thanks St. Metakos, I will Try something out, I will update these images soon because I'm still working on the other buildings and I will also post these in a day or so.
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