Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Lecture #1 - Villa Savoye

Just a few quick notes:

The house is a machine - but it needs a poetic emotion.

Juxtaposition.

The 5 Points of a New Architecture:
1. PILOTIS - raised building, permeable ground plane
2. ROOF GARDEN - recovering and elevating land that has been built upon
3. FREE PLAN - freeing distribution and forms from load bearing structures
4. HORIZONTAL WINDOW - light and outlook
5. FREE FACADE - boundary between inside and outside away from load bearing structure

The earth surface is how we connect with each other - but raising the floor, living between the earth and the sky.

ARCHITECTURAL PROMENADE - the arrival. Move up a ramp or spiral stair, with light increasing as you move upwards.

Paths of movement - there is an underlying spatial pattern - difference between horizontal and vertical movement.

Places of movement vs. places you move into.

The house as a container. Horizontal windows create continuity of walls that hold you in. Horizontal surfaces throughout to hold various objects.

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