Ptolemaic Solar System
Classical Design Plan Pantheon 27 BC in Rome
Vitruvian Man Classical Design Drawing 1487 by Da Vinci based on correlations of body and geometry as described by vitruvius in ‘de architectura’
Classical Orders 3 Grecian + 2 Roman Classical Design Elevation Classical Orders 3 Grecian + 2 Roman The Elements of Classical Architecture All classical architecture of the Greco-Roman tradition is composed, or written, in one language of forms. These elements of classical architecture include specific Moldings and assemblages of moldings called an Order. An Order is an accepted way of assembling a column (supporting element) with an entablature (spanning element) while imparting a certain character. In short, an Order orders a design. Orders are never applied after the building is designed, as they are generative. Over time the canon has come to include five Orders: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. The Orders presented here represent the canon of the Roman tradition.
Copernican Solar System 1543
Milky Way Galaxy Viewed in 1610 by Galileo “A New Hypothesis of the Universe”, by Thomas Wright in 1750 This theory expanded by William Kant First mapped in 1785 by William Herschel Einstein’s “Theory of General Relativity” completed by 1917 Re-mapping completed in 1919 by Harlow Shapley
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Organic Architecture ART NOUVEAU in 1900 by Hector Guimard Paris Metro Station ART NOUVEAU in 1900 by Hector Guimard
Organic Architecture Organic Architecture in 1904 by Antonio Gaudi Casa Batllo Organic Architecture in 1904 by Antonio Gaudi
Fibonacci Sequence Manufacturing Grid This example employs a ratio, 3 : 5, that Schindler recognized as a rational approximation to the golden section, although he rejected the value of the section in architectural design. Nevertheless, the example serves to introduce Le Modulor in which this ratio appears in the Fibonacci sequence of proportions promoted by Le Corbusier.s. Schindler sought freedom from these artificial constraints and limitations. Proportion as such was not the issue. He was more concerned with the preservation of scale throughout a work, the rhythmic relationships and the play of the unit system. Where necessary the system could be broken. Consistency was no virtue. The grid did not have to be square. "It is not necessary that the designer be completely enslaved by the grid. I have found that occasionally a space-form may be improved by deviating slightly from the unit. Such sparing deviation does not invalidate the system as a whole but merely reveals the limits inherent in all mechanical schemes" [Schindler 1946] According to Schindler, the unit of dimension, or module, is the choice of the architect. "He needs a unit dimension which is large enough to give his building scale, rhythm and cohesion. And last, but most important for the 'space architect,' it must be a unit which he can carry palpably in his mind in order to be able to deal with space forms freely but accurately in his imagination ” [Schindler 1946; see Park 2003]. Manufacturing Grid Mathematics Fibonacci Sequence Fibonacci's 1202 book “Liber Abaci” introduced the sequence to Western Europe, although the sequence had been previously described in Indian Mathematics.
The International Style DeStyle Mondrian
Modern Design Bauhaus in 1919 Fagus Works in 1913 by Walter Gropius
Modern Design International Style Villa Savoye in 1928 by Le Corbusier
Urban Planning "Everything here is paradox and disorder: individual liberty destroying collective liberty. Lack of discipline." MODEL Plan Voisin for Paris by Le Corbusier
Urban Planning Pruitt-Igoe Housing in St. Louis, Missouri - 1954-1974
Pruitt-Igoe Housing in St. Louis, Missouri - 1954-1974 Failed Planning Pruitt-Igoe Housing in St. Louis, Missouri - 1954-1974
Neo-Modernism Modern Trends in Society & Architecture
Future Planning Soviet Planning Housing in Bratislava, Slovakia
Future Planning Soviet Planning Housing in Bratislava, Slovakia
Future Planning Housing in Bratislava, Slovakia ANT HILL BEE HIVE Soviet Planning Housing in Bratislava, Slovakia
Future Planning Communists argue against the “cult of individualism” and propose that the population act like a hive, a society united in mind and purpose. The housing projects of all communist nations consist of grey, unpainted concrete laid out with more rigidity and rigour than an average suburban neighborhood in the free world. Traditionally each compound had a hive leader, and a communist party member stationed on the first floor to monitor the drones.
Pre-Fabrication Modern Trends in Society & Architecture
Pre-Fab Traditional House
Pre-Fab Traditional House
Pre-Fab Small House
Pre-Fab Modern House
Pre-Fab Modern House
Pre-Fab Modern House
Pre-Fab Modern House Over-the Rhine - Hillside Home
Pre-Fab Modern House Over-the Rhine - Hillside Home
Modern House Riverview East - Hillside Home
Pre-Fab Housing
Future Planning The Hive-Inn was designed as an entry in the 2014 Radical Innovation Awards competition
Future Planning
Robotics & 3D-Printing Modern Trends in Society & Architecture
Masonry Robotics
3D Printing
Organic 3D Printing
Organic 3D Printing
Organic 3D Printing
Organic 3D Printing