Tuesday, March 10, 2009

some intial examples of parti diagrams

Robie House Parti

Auckland building inspired by game of TetrisThe Architectus designed building for the Victoria Quarter derives its parti from the Tetris. The Tetris (building) is generally made up of three elements: the ground and mezzanine retail, six “Tetris” units (two groups of three) over four levels and six smaller two level units on top.




Monday, March 9, 2009

Additional Reference Online 2 - Parti and Poche

Dear all
This site looks good also - Read on for understanding Parti in a simple language
Anu

Additional Reference Online 1 - Parti and Poche

Dear all,
A reading titled "The Ecole des Beaux-Arts: Modes and Manners" is available through http://www.jstor.org/stable/1424347 (You will need to log into UNSW database)- It explains some of the ideas in Xing's lecture on Parti and Poche.
Anu