Saturday, June 14, 2008

Assignment 1 Venturi's Mother House

Assignment 1 involved the study and observation of various villas. After this was done, various parti and poche drawings of the building were done in conjunction with a model to show an understanding and appreciation of the buildings complexities and points of interest.

By looking at researched plans, it appeared as if the villa was not complicated, but it was only during the construction of the model was the complexity fully appreciated.

Below are a few images collected as the final brief suggests; a few selected drawings and images of the model.


A Few Selected Drawings:


Program (Experimented with colour on trace and the effects exceeded expectations as they contrasted with the yellow quite well and when overlayed over outline of building, showed effectively different usage of space.)



Geometry (2 partis showing geometry of building. The Mother House obviously involved alot of geometrical influences and the images show just some of the geometrical shapes that I found after studying plans and elevations)


Plan of Ground and 2nd Floors of the building, lined up to be understood easier.


Section of building, chosen to depict the central position of the chimney and how the staircase is specifically built around it.


Images of Model


Front of Model


Model in 2 Sections. (Note: Model Section is not straight cut due to specific instructions given to our class. Also, a straight cut would mean the chimney and staircase in its entirety could not be shown as it has been.


Stair/Chimney Section


Other Section


Model from the back, showing once again the section cut.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hello, i have to remodel the mother's house, maybe you could give me the measures of this building