Architecture Concepts

Summary

This project derived from a house study in that I had to tie architectural concepts to create abstract representations of the space. The house is Lina Bo Bardi's Casa De Vidro, and the words I had to tie to the house were volume, size, contour, and edge. I had to research the house's layout, history, and intentions and tie our words to the space to conceptualize how our words tie to architecture as a form. I first worked on the drawings and then made corresponding models later on.

Project Details

Drawings: Ink on Paper

Size: 7in x 7in

Models: White Chipboard

Size: 7.in x 7in x 7in

The Study

Casa de Vidrio, or the Glass House, was created by Lina Bo Bardi. Completed in 1951, it is situated in Morumbi, a Sao Paulo, Brazil, neighborhood. The house is 7,000 square meters in area and is a product of the Modern Movement while integrating vernacular architecture. Bardi's vision of this project was to intertwine with nature to create harmony. The house is intended to create a space where cultures can coexist.

Floorplan

Section

Elevation

Photo 1

Photo 2

Landscape

The Words

Volume: the exterior set of a structure that encloses an interior space. It contains space or mass.

Size: The relationship between an area occupied by one shape and that of the area occupied by another. Also, the comparison of an object concerning another object.

Contour: The line within a landscape that the structure is placed on. Contour in a building can be defined through internal spaces to eternal—the transition from space to space.

Edge: Border of elements, function, people. Visual lines and objects that encompass a space while also being confined. The corner where two objects meet.

Drawings

Volume

Size

Contour

Edge

Model- Volume

Plan

Elevation

Oblique

Model- Size

Plan

Elevation

Oblique

Model- Contour

Plan

Elevation

Oblique

Model- Edge

Plan

Elevation

Oblique

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