TIM HAUPTMAN: EXP 2

WEEK ONE
CONCEPTS

CASE STUDY OF ARCHITECTS AND INTERPRETATION OF CONCEPTS IN EACH OF THEIR PRACTICES

RUDOLPH SCHINDLER

1. GEOMETRY AS A TOOL FOR SPATIAL ORGANISATION

Schindler used overlapping shapes to layout plans for his buildings

2. ENDURING QUALITIES

The seemingly enlarged scale, monumentality and monolithic nature characterised the exterior of his buildings

3. INTERSECTING SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS

Schindler seemed to have spaces converge and link at frequent junctions throughout his architecture

4. CROSS-CULTURAL TRANSLATION OF AN AESTHETIC

Schindler was inspired by design and aesthetic elements of traditional Japanese architecture, which he later adapted and appropriated into his California-based practice

5. ARCHITECTURE TRANSCENDS CULTURAL BOUNDS AND UNIFIES WITHIN COMMON HUMAN EXPERIENCE

His architecture, having combined globally separate architectural conventions, symbolises the inherent relationship between architecture & design and humanity, in that the building serves as a universal tool of function, inspiration and beauty

AMANDA LEVETE

1. STRUCTURAL OPTIMISATION

Most of the visible structural features appear bespoke and sculptural leading to the idea that structure is form

2. BLURRING OF SPATIAL BOUNDARIES

Lack of sharp edges, corners, singular planes as well as vertical structures creates a transparency in spatial limits and ambiguity in distinction between spaces

3. SITUATION AS GENERATOR OF BUILT FORM

Form reflects the surrounding environment and responds to it through visual interplay

4. CHALLENGES DISPARITY BETWEEN PERCEIVED OPPOSITES

Juxtaposition between natural, flowing shape and refined materials, the often neighbouring highly-developed urban fabric and sensuousness of her form, tension between elements adjacent to each other and within one element diffuses preconceived, Boolean relationships

5. SENSE OF ORGANIC MOTION CREATED

Seamlessness about the flow of spaces and solid material within Levete's architecture that gives her buildings living qualities due to their apparent mimicking of organic features

5 RECTANGLES TO REPRESENT A CONCEPT