Concept: Fragmentation and deconstruction of interior forms within the archetypal house exterior facade. The building illustrates both Eisenman’s notion of defamiliarization and Rowe and Koetter’s concept of texture versus object in collage city.
Coincidence– unplanned creation and connection of open spaces
Due to the disjointed and fragmented nature of the facade, many coincidental spaces are created between walls, ceilings, and volumes. Both usable and non-usable open space becomes active within the building.
Front elevation
Back elevation
Collage– overlapping of forms with varying geometry
From the plan view, a collage of horizontal versus vertical versus volumetric forms of overlapped on top of one another. This layering generates unique interactions between geometry.
Plan views (from bottom to top)
Collision– sections of opposing geometry interpenetrating each other’s boundaries
There are multiple types of collisions within the design. The first is the collision between linear versus volumetric and vertical versus forms in short section. Additionally, there are many collisions occurring throughout the interior of the building when axes, planes, and volumes with differing orientation collide. Finally, there is the collision between texture (repetition and intersection of interior forms) versus object (simplified archetypal house exterior).
Collision of archetypal house shape versus fragmented interior (texture versus object)
Collision of linear versus volumetric form
Collision of linear versus volumetric form
Collision of various axes, planes, and volumes with differing orientations
