I know I promised this months ago, but yadda yadda yadda and here we are. I now present you with pictures from all the projects of last semester. Or most of them. Or at least some pictures. Some is better than nothing, right?
First, we have pictures of my free plan model. This model was supposed to illustrate Le Corbusier's Five Points, from his book, "towards a New Architecture," which was written, um, a really long time ago.
The five principles are: the free facade, the free plan, the ribbon window, the roof garden and the pilotis structure (those pole things the houses sit on). Since we had to show our understanding of these ideas, our houses nescessarily have a certain look to them. And not always a pretty look. The program called for an office space of no more than 400 square feet.
Second, we have pictures of my layered space model. This is based on some of Le Corbusier's later ideas. Basically, the ribbon windos and stilts are out, massive masonry walls and narrow window openings are in. The house is supposed to red in "layers," which can mean many things (layers between public and private, layers of function, etc...). This structure was supposed to be a 400 square foot kitchen/dining room.
Next we have a raum plan model. The raum plan is an Adolf Loos concept from the 1920's. Basically, it calls for a very plain, austere exterior combined with a complex interior, much like a Chinese puzzle. Each time you go from room to room, you change levels. So a house that is, say, three stories tall might actually have 12 floor levels. Also, the height of each room is based on it's use. So the height in the kitchen may not be the same as the height of the dining room. The formal entry room may have a 15 foot ceiling, where a reading room might have an 8 foot ceiling height. Also, materials change from room to room (i.e., wood paneled reading room, plaster hallway, marble dining room), but portions of the material may flow into an adjoining room. Views from one room into the next may also be designed to increase the apparent size of a room, even though you may only be able to occupy a small part of it. And finally, the structure of the house is ambiguous and not expressed literally as in other plans.
This was the hardest house to visualize. In out models, we made bathrooms using Loos' raum plan.
The final model in this series was R.M. Schindler's indoor/outdoor plan. Difficult to explain, and even more difficult to design, the Schindler plan was supposed to join the indoors with the outdoors, both visually and experientially, so that you were never quite sure if you were indoors or outdoors. Through sight lines and the way landscape elements were used, the "feel" of a room might extend well out into the yard, and vice versa. This model was supposed to be a bedroom.
Next, we have a little something called The Village. This is what happened when they made all 180+ students bring in each of their four models down to Red Square for a show. This is everyone's models. It was absolutely insane.
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