Norman Fisher House

"The house is located on a site which slopes gently down from a main road to small stream. It consists of three cubes, two large ones connected together and a small, separate one. These cubes, together with the existing trees, form two inter-connected outdoor spaces: an entrance court and a kitchen court. Two large cubes, connected diagonally, contain two distinct groups of activities. The first cube contains an entrance lobby and the master bedroom suite with dressing room and bathroom on the first floor and two smaller bedrooms on the second floor. The second cube is connected by a large opening to the entrance lobby. The two-story-high first floor contains the kitchen, and the living areas separated by a free-standing stone fireplace."
— from Heinz Ronner, with Sharad Jhaveri and Alessandro Vasella Louis I. Kahn: Complete Works 1935-74. p181.




















Resources:
http://www.freewebs.com/sdarcilla/reference.htm
http://www.ecovidainternational.com/arquitectura/casa-fisher-en-hatboro-estados-unidos
http://architechnophilia.blogspot.com/2010/06/house-of-week-71-norman-fisher-house.html
http://sharonmwlo.blogspot.com/2008/05/norman-fisher-house-by-louis-kahn.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Norman_Fisher_House.html

Fisher House- Site Model 1:200



















Church of Light- Tadao Ando

Church of the light is the Ibaraki Kasugaoka Church's main chapel. It was built in 1989, in the city of Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture. This building is one of the most famous designs of Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

In 1999, the main building was extended with the addition of a Sunday School.
"In all my works, light is an important controlling factor," says Ando. "I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying." And further on the subject of walls, Ando writes, "At times walls manifest a power that borders on the violent. They have the power to divide space, transfigure place, and create new domains. Walls are the most basic elements of architecture, but they can also be the most enriching."

The density of the concrete results in a glass-like surface that registers the different qualities of light, and tends to dematerialize it. Because Ando's concrete is so precisely wrought, so smooth and reflective, it produces an illusion of a taut, textile surface rather than presenting it as a heavy earthbound mass. Ando has his own teams of expert carpenters to make the formwork who compete against each other; even so, his walls contain imperfections and are uneven." ("Church on the Water, Church of the Light" by Tadao Ando and Philip Drew)















Resources:
http://www.archidose.org/books/light.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Light
http://atelier29.blogspot.com/2009/03/church-of-light-by-tadao-ando-simple.html

Church of Light- Model










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Communications - Workshop Two.

Model It!

Goldstein Site

The Goldstein site had a number of duel qualities which would ordinarily seem to contradict, however in this particular context seemed to work in unison to create a new space.

Despite being an external space it maintained a internal quality. This was furthered by the juxtoposition of the man-made vs natural and seeming blurring of boudries between these such as the natural hedges cut into rectangular- artificial shapes or the man-made drains so covered in moss that they looked organic.

Our work reflected this in its ambiguity. Each layer of the work highlited a different aspect of the built vs natural dualities. The work is very solid- and had a brick like quality and a tangibility, this alludes to the prominent brick structures at Goldstein site and the built aspect to it. However, the work also has a lightness to it due to its delicate etchings and transparent nature, emphasising the whimsical qualities of Goldstein site. Like the boundries blurred in the site the work too changes depending on the context in which you view it, when held to the light, viewed in the dark or observing the shaddows a very different feel is exuded.
























2D Manipulation of Goldstein Site