Monday 28 March 2011
Wednesday 16 March 2011
exemplar projects
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art - Tadao Ando
The poetic work of Tadao Ando has always been the inspiration behind my own designs. His pure use of material and form always leads to beautiful tectonics. This image of a simple staircase actually triggered a thought for the design of my own folie. Something even as ordinary as a staircase has the potential to become a significant architectural feature and not just a thoroughfare.
Riva San Vitale, Ticino, Switzerland. 1971-1973. Mario Botta.
The intersection of geometries is one of Mario Bottas architectural trademarks. This sketch caught my attention because of the steel structure jutting out of ? into the house itself. This is perhaps an element that I could apply to my folie design as the access into the main space. It also reminded me of the beautiful structure of the story bridge. Perhaps this is the start of a concept?
Final Wooden House – Type: wooden bungalow – Location: Kumamura, Japan – Completion: 2008
http://architecturelab.net/10/final-wooden-house/I've included this image purely because, to me, this is an example of a folie. The play on positive and negative spaces allow the user to interact and use the structure in whichever way they wish to. It frames views, has been constructed beautifully and its simplified application of materials provides a certain peacefulness to the space. This is an example of how a simple element can be arranged to create something so poetic.
what is a folie?
Paris de la Villette. Bernard Tschumi. 1997.
Bure, G. 2008. Paris / La Villette. In. Bernard Tschumi. ed. G. Bure, 47-73. Birkhauser: Basel
Simplicity of assembly, sophisted configuration, animation, space occupying, movement generating and amplification of action are, according to Bernard Tschumi the perfect checklist for the architectural component labelled a 'folie'. It is an elusive term for a structure or form designed as a space activator. Yet this definition is still too detailed. Tschumi states that he sees this concept as a multi-functional yet non-functional 'thing', occassionally colliding with, or responding to other facilities. As contradicting as this sounds, to the mind of an architect these phrases actually form the beginning of a possible design brief.
The above images show Tschumis process behind the creation of his folies. From his initial sketches through to the completed form, one can see how the project developed. I will be using the rough but poetic drawing style portrayed here in the development of my own folie. Time to design.
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