Raimund Abraham

Below are a selection of works by Austrian Architect Raimund Abraham (1933 –2010). Consider how the tactile qualities of the drawings could inform the ways that you describe the material and experiential qualities of your proposal. Here are some of Lebbeus Woods' thoughts on Abraham's work.

Mas Yendo

Below are a small selection of pencil drawings by experimental New York based Architect Mas Yendo. Further examples of Yendo's work can be found on his website and in his book: Ironic Diversion

Lebbeus Woods in response to Mas Yendo's weird and wonderful creations:
http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/yendos-ex-prosthesis/
http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/yendos-nature/
http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/machines-for-living/

Tract House - Wes Jones

Below are a selection of drawings and models which describe the 'Tract House'. A project completed in 1987 by Los Angeles based Architect Wes Jones. Jones' work is widely published and a vast amount of information is available on his website:http://www.jonespartners.com/ . This project and others by Jones are featured in the seminal Building: Machines  edition of Pamphlet Architecture.

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

The work of Wes Jones explores a highly technological architecture and suggests technology is a means to enhance our engagement with the world. Consider how mechanical and instrumental architectural components might interact with and respond to the animate site conditions you have observed and the dynamic processes of occupation associated with the use of your buildings. How could such an architecture engage with the  processes of change and transformation which characterise your sites?

Rintala Eggertsson Architects - Element House

The Element House by Rintala Eggertsson Architects. From the Architects website:

 

" The larger main space is a cubical space made of steel. It leads to four smaller wooden rooms situated in four different levels, from a cellar to an attic. Each small space includes a suggestion for use and the symbolic presence of one of the basic elements (fire, water, air, earth). The chosen main materials, rusty steel and wood, imitate the colors of the surrounding nature. The project wishes to create an inner world where memories and even dreams may have their moment and place. It is bringing together an archetype of a house, movement in space and the expression of four basic elements into a three-dimensional collage."

 

Consider how ideas expressed in this structure might relate to the conversations we had on Thursday regarding the different material and experiential potentials of your propositions, the thresholds between internal and external conditions, the manipulation of natural light, the visual and physical relationships between components of your proposal and the sequential experience of progressing through the building...

 

 

 

 

Peter Zumthor - Therme vals

Below are some images of Therme Vals - a spa complex of thermal baths and associated facilities in Vals, Switzerland by Pritzker Prize winning Swiss Architect, Peter Zumthor. In the context of your emerging design ideas consider how the form and material of the architecture manipulates natural and artificial light to create a range of spatial qualities  Think about how your architectures might create environmental conditions which are applicable to the occupational practices of your users. Familiarise yourself with Zumthor's work and consider how it engages with the material and sensory aspect of spatial experience to create evocative and poetic architectural environments 

High Level Plan

Bathing Pool Level Plan

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Condemned Building - Douglas Darden

Below are a two sectional pencil drawings from the book Condemned Building by Douglas Darden

Cross section through alleged Originary Wall

Oxygen House section

There is not a great deal of information about these projects online. I highly recommend that you try and get access to a copy of the book - i will bring in my own copy when we next meet