Thursday, March 19, 2009

Geoffrey Bawa House - IMAGES- PROJECT 1






Some clearer images, and text that will help make the corridor parti clearer. Please read and study the images carefully

Villa Savoye and Vanna Venturi House - ONLINE LINK- PROJECT 1

See this lecture through this link
http://architecture.cua.edu/courses/Arch101A/Lect6_precdnt.pdf
Try to learn from their representation techniques without copying directly

Vanna Venturi House MORE REFS- PROJECT 1

If you havent already seen it
http://www.vsba.com/projects/fla_archive/10.html
Pay keen attention to the categories like Distorted symmetry and Enclosure


A key reference could be The familiar and the unfamiliar in twentieth-century architecture By Jean La Marche P 724.6/165

Also, see this book Venturi and Rauch. 1975. Vanna Venturi house, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1962 : Peter Brant house, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1973 : Carll Tucker III house, Westchester County, New York, 1975. Call No:CFAF 720.924/VEN/1

Monday, March 16, 2009

Geoffrey Bawa Online Reference- PROJECT 1

http://www.archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.jsp?location_id=9005

Villa Muller Online Reference

In addition to your own references, a good site for understanding the compositional principles of Villa Muller http://www.desyndicate.de/inhalt/downloads/Adolf_Loos-The_Life-The_Theories-Villa_Mueller.pdf
Hopefully, you can come up with your own analysis without deriving too much from this.

Villa Savoye Online Reference

Some of you might find it hard to get into the building - This might help

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2028271950091984539hfzUoV

STUDIO TASK WEEK 2 - Anu

Dear all

We will run this as a short and informal 'pin up' presentation for 2 hours, then break for 10 and resume with studio work and desk crits till 6.

  • Please come prepared with a full set of parti diagrams (first and second attempts), free hand sketches are fine
  • Free hand poché rendering 1: 100 (first attempt) of key plans and sections
  • A study model (rough working model in either paper or balsa wood (1: 200 or 1: 100) showing where the section is
  • Verbal presentation to the tutor or the group re the background story of the chosen villa

All drawings MUST be to scale
Tracing sheets must have white backing

Look forward to your discoveries!

Anu