Precedents
Precedents

Top Left: 2-4-6-8 House by Morphosis

Top Right: Miller house by José Oubrerie

Bottom Left: Schröder House by Gerrit Rietveld

Bottom Right: Typical Neo-Georgian House by Richard Norman Shaw

Site
Site

House 2 in Kensington Palace Gardens, London, UK

Taxonomy
Taxonomy

Explode-Implode process and research

 

Components
Components

Analyzing typical Georgian house components

Exploded Implosion
Exploded Implosion

Used the technique developed in the Taxonomy drawings to find new spatial relationships of parts-to-whole.

Elevations
Elevations

Top Left: East Elevation

Top Right: South Elevation

Bottom Left: North Elevation

Bottom Right: West Elevation

Plans
Plans

Top Left: Roof Plan

Top Right: 3rd Floor

Bottom Left: 2nd Floor

Bottom Right: Ground Floor

Sections
Sections

Left: East-West Section

Right: North-South Section

Triptych
Triptych

View from a 3 sided bay window looking inside

Axon Model
Axon Model

Printed Wood Model

Thesis Review
Thesis Review

Thom Mayne, Jeff Kipnis, Merrill Elam, Ming Fung, Kevin Daly, Andrew Zago, Marcelyn Gow, Todd Gannon, Bill Fain

 

Photo Credit: @gsdjenny

Precedents
Site
Taxonomy
Components
Exploded Implosion
Elevations
Plans
Sections
Triptych
Axon Model
Thesis Review
Precedents

Top Left: 2-4-6-8 House by Morphosis

Top Right: Miller house by José Oubrerie

Bottom Left: Schröder House by Gerrit Rietveld

Bottom Right: Typical Neo-Georgian House by Richard Norman Shaw

Site

House 2 in Kensington Palace Gardens, London, UK

Taxonomy

Explode-Implode process and research

 

Components

Analyzing typical Georgian house components

Exploded Implosion

Used the technique developed in the Taxonomy drawings to find new spatial relationships of parts-to-whole.

Elevations

Top Left: East Elevation

Top Right: South Elevation

Bottom Left: North Elevation

Bottom Right: West Elevation

Plans

Top Left: Roof Plan

Top Right: 3rd Floor

Bottom Left: 2nd Floor

Bottom Right: Ground Floor

Sections

Left: East-West Section

Right: North-South Section

Triptych

View from a 3 sided bay window looking inside

Axon Model

Printed Wood Model

Thesis Review

Thom Mayne, Jeff Kipnis, Merrill Elam, Ming Fung, Kevin Daly, Andrew Zago, Marcelyn Gow, Todd Gannon, Bill Fain

 

Photo Credit: @gsdjenny

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