Thursday, October 21, 2010

Final Assignment: Fisher House

Building: Fisher House
Architect: Louis Kahn
Scale: 1:50











The focus behind this model was the exterior of Louis Kahn's Fisher House.

Fisher House Corner Detail



This exercise allowed us to explore a corner in Louis Kahn's Fisher House. We had to focus on the interior of this corner and understand the unconventional windows that Louis Kahn used for this house.

Fisher House Site Model

Building: Fisher House Site Model
Architect: Louis Kahn
Scale: 1:200


This was the structure beneath the site model. We were required to create a site model that was unconventional and did not use the technique of cutting contour lines.



Finished Product


Class Task Week 2

Word Chosen: Layering


First





Second



Final




Combination




We were given a section and then we had to create a model from that section according to the five words that was given to us. The word that was chosen in this case was Layering.

Church of Light

Building: Church of Light
Architect: Tadao Ando
Scale: 1:100







House Stacking Exercise



This exercise had three components. First we had to make just a regular house. Then we had to make a second house and create openings so that it would fit nicely with the first house. Finally, we had to design the third house so that it could fit in with both the other two houses.

3rd Round: Workshop 4

28.09.10: Beginning of Workshop 4 (Model It!)