SPACEGeometry

Megan Berry

Thorvaldsen MuseumMichael Gottlieb Bindesbøll

Copenhagen, Denmark1838-48

MAIN FLOOR BASEMENT

ENFILADE MEZZO ROAD

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA (PROPOSAL)

21ST CENTURY MUSEUM IN JAPAN

Samantha Bush

Museum LinerGigon and Guyer

Appenzell, Switzerland1996-98

Claudio Cabana

Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery)

Ludwig Mies van der RoheBerlin, Germany

1968

Interior perspective, collage (wood veneer, marbleized paper, and cut-and-pasted photographic reproductions on photographs of the building under construction)

Eduardo Catalano Catalano House, 1954 Hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure

Mies van der Rohe Seagram Building, 1958

Rain Chen

21st Century Museum of Contemporary ArtSANAA

Kanazawa, Japan2004

translucent transitionsan extension of the city’s urban fabric

spatial experience mimics the city’s urban sprawl

circular dimensions never turns it back on the surrounding

landscape

framework blurs the boundaries between city and

museum

in-between voids and passageways act as cleansing

corridors

visual permeability encourages public interaction

interlacing courtyards blend exterior and interior spaces

le corbusier’s free plan

open vs. contained space

non-hierarchical connection with city

geometric voids and solids

irregular exhibition space

varying heights and lighting

okurayama apartment | kazuyo sejima casa de vidro | lina bo bardi

Robert Ferguson

Casa del FascioGiuseppe Terragni

Como, Italy1932-36

Casa del Fascio

“The glass house of Fascism”: Modernist, Classicist, Rationalist, Futurist

A half-cube with proportions of 1:2

Subdivided by a regular grid, which is varied to form four unique facades

Golden Ratio used to proportion and relate elements throughout

Exterior form (grid) extended to interior organization. Continued use of golden ratio in defining spatial limits

Central atrium (master, public space) surrounded by offices, meeting rooms (slave, private)

Fibonacci Series and the Golden Ratio

Xn = xn-1 + xn-2

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ...1:1

(*1.0)1:2

(*2.0)2:3

(*1.5)3:5

(*1.6...)5:8

(*1.6)8:13

(*1.625)13:21

(*1.615...)

1:Φ (1:1.618…)

(The next number in the series is found by adding the two previous numbers)

The Golden Ratio

Direct linear expression of the Golden Ratio

Circular patterns inspired by the ‘Golden Spiral’

1.618… (Φ)1

June Geyer

Amsterdam OrphanageAldo van Eyck

Amsterdam, The Netherlands1955-60

ALDO VAN EYCK Structuralist Architect - Urban Planner

Playground - Amsterdam

Amsterdam Orphanage

Amsterdam Orphanage

“Both a House & a City, a City-Like House & a House-Like City” - Aldo Van Eyck

CITY BUILDING

UNITS AND MULTIPLES

“One type of column, one type of lintel, two types of cupolas” - Herman Hertzberger

Amsterdam Orphanage Roof

ORGANIZING & HIERARCHY UNITS AND MULTIPLES

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Smaller Scale Habitat 67 - Montreal, Canada

Larger Scale Barcelona, Spain

REPETITION CREATES A WHOLE

City

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Gurkiran Gill

Vitra Fire StationZaha Hadid

Weil-am-Rhein, Germany1991-93

Detatched volumes ‘exploding’ from one origin point.

Volumes arranged across a timeline as frozen movement.

Perspective view.

Walt Disney Concert Hall

UFA Cinema Centre

Frank Gehry

Coop Himmelb(l)au

Taylor Harvey

Guggenheim Museum BilboaFrank GehryBilboa, Spain

1997

Art and Science Museum, Singapore

Heydar Aliyev Centre, Azerbaijan

Nico Ico

Vaux-le-VicomteAndré Le NôtreMaincy, France

1657-61

LEVELED

TOPOGRAPHYCENTRAL

BUILDING

PERPENDICULAR

PATHS

SYMMETRY

DISTINCT

BORDERS

GEOMETRY

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Palace of Versailles

Versailles, France 1624-98

Château de Villandry

Villandry, France1532-1536

Carmen Kam

Shalimar GardensKhalilullah Khan with Ali Mardan Khan + Mulla Alaul Maulk Tuni

Lahore, Pakistan1637-42

SHALIMAR GARDEN

SHALIMAR GARDEN

SHALIMAR GARDEN

PARADISE GARDEN

WALL

PATHWAY PATHWAY

PATHWAY

PATHWAY

GARDEN

GARDEN

GARDEN

GARDEN

WATER FEATURE

TAJ MAHAL HUMAYUN’S TOMB