ARCH 1201 - Project 2 Week 1

Selected house: Villa Bordeaux

Selected analytical:

• A spatial and dimensional study of the house's circulation, implying a narrative or plot connecting a series of uses
• An examination of the psychological relationship between the different zones of use in the house and analysis of the ways these are articulated and developed via architecture.
• A close look at the architectural relationship between the detail and the whole of the house, and garden and map, in terms of the building's use.

Early analysis: images

Circulation

“C’est une maison pour un invalide… La question n’était pas de savoir comment nous allions faire au mieux pour un invalide. Le point de départ est plutôt un déni (a denial) d’invalidité.” - Koolhaas

Translation “This is a house for an invalid…. The question was not to know how we would do our best for an invalid. The starting point was rather a denial of invalidity.” - Koolhaas

Psychological relationship
A complex universe.  A complete universe.

Details vs. the Whole
Moderated experiences, transitional forms