concept of space in architecture

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Project

Architectural Design Studio II

Spring 2006 Tutor: Prof. Dr. Anis Siddiqi Pick one of the following Master Architect as your Topic for research

1. Frank Lloyd Wright2. Mies van der Rohe3. Le Corbusier4. Walter Gropius5. Any other famous contemporary Architect of your choice

Read the attached presentation carefully Search material on the selected architect using resources in the libraries

(College, NCA, UET, Punjab Public, Quid-e-Azam etc.) as well as books frombook sellers and on the Internet.

Identify the ideas and theories by the selected architect on the issue of

Concept of Space in Architecture. Prepare a comprehensive presentation on your findings based upon:

Architectural philosophy/thoughts of the selected architects Examples from his work Your own comments/judgment Provide examples from contemporary local/regional

architecture to support your presentation


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Concept of Space in Architecture

Dr. Anis A. Siddiqi

Department of Architecture

College of Art and Design

University of the Punjab

Lahore - Pakistan


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Motivation for presentation

Recently initiated a debate on design

assessment and quality assurance Presentation motivated by need to

broaden discourse to design issues

Also by the observation of limited focus

on space and the sequential experienceof space in projects

Designed to motivate a debate ratherstake a position


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Layout of PresentationArchitecture ?

Space ?

Conception of Space in History

Architecture and space

Architecture and Space- a view


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A Studious Question

What is Architecture?


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Another Question

What is space?


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Concepts of SpaceARISTOTLE

Space is synonymous with place Space is the sum total of places

occupied by bodies

Everything is somewhere

Aristotle

Newton

Leibniz

Kant

Einstein


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Concepts of Space NEWTON

Space and time as real things

Space and time as containers of infiniteextension or duration

Succession of natural events find a place within

them Distinguishes between absolute space, not

perceived by our senses an relative space asthe coordinate system

AristotleNewtonLeibnizKantEinstein


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Concepts of Space LEIBNIX

Rejected the concept of absolute space

Viewed space as nothing but a systemof relationship between things existingat the same time

Space does not have an existence of itsown

AristotleNewtonLeibnizKantEinstein


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Concepts of Space KANT

Space is neither absolute nor a productof the relationship between objects

Space belongs to the world of thought

It is something that can be spoken of

only from a human perspective andsubjective experience

Do animals perceive space?

Aristotle

NewtonLeibnizKantEinstein


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Concepts of Space EINSTEIN

Rejected the concept of absolute space-time

Introduced the theory of relativity

Embodied in the theory of relativity is

the field theory of space based on theconcept offour-dimensional space-timecontinuum

Big bang to the black hole (Hawkins)

AristotleNewton

LeibnizKantEinstein


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Architecture and Space

What is the relevance of the

theories of space to Architecture


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Architecture and Space All are of direct relevance and application

in architectural design

Architecture is the simultaneousvisualization of the three ideas of space

Architecture as place

Architecture as 3-D coordinated spaces

Architecture as 4-D space-time continuum

Subjective experience influences the way

we interact with architectural spaces


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Architecture and SpaceArchitects, of course, also have their

own fundamental issues or questionsabout space particularly in relation totheir design activity of creatingspace

Bernard Tschumi, an intellectualarchitect of our era has summarizedsome of these questions


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Architecture and Space-

A view To stimulate debate on the role of space in

architecture, I will put forward some

perspectives on space and how it hasbeen/should be handled

The perspective is illustrated with

examples of how architects haveaddressed the nature of space in terms ofplace, 3-D coordinated spaces and 4-Dspace-Time continuum


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Architecture and Space Architectural design is ultimately the

organization of space and activities

through the introduction of boundaries Space is the engine that creates the social

setting that makes architecture memorable

Boundaries define interior and exterior,

and within interiors, relationship andsequence of activities

Any particular setting for activities denotesa place in the building


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Architecture and Space Movement is the key for the experience of

a facility

Movement allows for sequential experienceof 3-D coordinated spaces and formemorable experience of buildings

The quality of design is not determined by

how much you deconstruct your form butby your consideration of space as a settingfor activities and memorable experience


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Architecture and Space Design for movement is a key factor in the

sensory experience of buildings

Successful design can only be achieved ifwe balance our consideration of form withemphasis on space and the experience ofbuildings

You can not be a good architect withconsidering space and the experience ofspace in design


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Different ways to locate buildings in spaceand celebrate it from the outside


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Unique Design of place setting can lead to a strong

experience and feeling - Ronchamp Chapel


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Architecture and Space Designing for

sequential movement

allows the 4-Dexperience of space

There is no single rulein designing forsequential experience

Read Tschumi Spaces and events formore on this


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The Barcelona pavilion

A very simple building but with a poeticrendering of space

It is the poetry of space that makes a verysimple building unique


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Architecture and space Entering into the spirit of this interior,

you will discover the best possible

atmosphere in which to show finepaintings or listen to music. It is thisatmosphere that seems to me mostlacking in our art galleries, museums,

music halls and theaters

Wright- The architectural Forum, 1948


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Architecture and space


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Architecture and spaceA city within anotherVisitors passing through the hall to the exhibition areas come immediately to theatrium, the real heart of the Museum and one of the most idiosyncratic features ofGehry's design, which has a sort of metal flower skylight at the top that allows astream of light to illuminate the warm, inviting space. From the Atrium, the visitor isgiven the opportunity to access a terrace covered by a canopy supported by a singlestone pillar. The canopy serves a function (better appreciated perhaps from the otherbank of the river, which offers observers an excellent view of the entire rear faade ofthe Museum) that is both protective and aesthetic at one and the same time. Thebroad flight of stairs that goes up to the sculptural tower, conceived as a device toabsorb and integrate the Puente de La Salve into the overall architectural scheme ofthe building, is also a public access way that connects pedestrians with the rest of the

city.Exhibition galleries are organized on three levels around the central atrium and areconnected by a system of curving walkways suspended from the roof, glass elevatorsand stair turrets. All in all, a spectacular vision that one critic has described as ametaphorical city, where the panels of glass that cover the elevator-well evoke thescales of a fish that leaps and spins, the walkways that climb the interior walls are likevertical motorways, and the plaster curves crowning the atrium suggest the moldedribbing of a drawing by Willem de Kooning. In short, a glimpse of artifice in

architectural design taken to its uttermost limits.

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