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1. LOUIS SULLIVAN - AUDITORIUM BUILDING, CHICAGO

PLAN FEATURES:

SIMPLE RECTANGULAR PLANNING

AUDITORIUM HALL SITS IN BETWEEN SERVICE ROOMS AS FOCUS

LONG, LINEAR CIRCULATION OUTSIDE AUDITORIUM

REPEATED, EQUISIZED ROOMS AT EACH SIDE

MAIN ENTRANCE

STAGE FOYER

SECTION FEATURES:

TWO DISTINCT HORIZONTAL DIVISIONS – UPPER AND LOWER SECTION IN MASS

CORE FUNCTIONS LOCATED AT THE LOWER SECTION OF COMPLETE BUILDING MASS

ALL HOTEL HALLS AT THE UPPER SECTION OF BUILDING MASS

HUGE, STEEP SLOPES OF SEATING IN THE BALCONY SECTION

GRAND SCALE AND PROPORTION IN RELATION WITH ANTHROPOMETRY

ELEVATION FEATURES:

THE BUILDING LOOKS MASSIVE DUE ITS SCALE AND PROPORTION THO HUMAN HEIGHT AND ALSO BECAUSE OF HUGE VAULTS AND ARCHES AND COLUMNS

SCALE AND PROPORTION:- THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN HEIGHT IS QUITE LARGE

TEXTURE:- ROUGH (STONE HAS BEEN USED )

COLOUR :- COMBINATION OF WHITE/BEIDGE AND GREEN

THE BUILDING HAS A NUMBER OF ARCHES, DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES OF WINDOWS AND VAULTS.

NO VISIBLE ORNAMENTATION IS THERE IN THE BUILDING ELEVATION

FORM ANALYSIS:

A LONG VERTICAL MASS CUTS STRAIGHT THROUGH A HORIZONAL RECATNGULAR MASS

DISTINCT BASE, MAIN MASS AND END OF TOP OF BUILDING WITH HORIZONTAL BANDS

LARGE NUMBER OF HUGE WINDOWS AND ORNAMENTAION IN FAÇADE

LONG ARCHED WINDOW ORNAMENTATION PROVIES A SENSE OF VERTICALITY

LOUIS SULLIIVAN OFFICES

AUDITORIUM

MAIN ENTRANCE TO BUILDING

2. LE CORBUSIER – VILLA SAVOY

PLAN FEATURES:

GEOMETRY:- APSIDAL(GROUND FLOOR) RECTANGULAR PLAN(1AND2 FLOOR)

FOCUS:- STAIRS

ADEQUATE CIRCULATION SPACE

OPEN PLAN LAYOUT

GRID PATTERN

ALL THE MAIN USABLE AREAS ARE PROVIDED ON 2 SIDES OF THE BUILDING AND THE REST OF IT IS USED AS CIRCULATION AREA

ENTRANCE AT GROUND FLOOR

RAMP

STAIRS

ELEVATION FEATURES:

SCALE AND PROPORTION :- PROPORTIONAL TO HUMAN HEIGHT

TEXTURE:- SMOOTH

COLOUR:- WHITE AND ALSO GLASS HAS BEEN USED

DIFFERENCE IN THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN AND UPPER FLOOR PLANS

STRIP WINDOWS

SECTION FEATURES

SOLID AND VOID RELATIONSHIP

A HUGE CORE CIRCULAR LOAD BEARRING SECTION BECOMES THE FOCUS OF THE BUILDING

ALL THE SPACES ARE CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH LOBBIES, STAIRS AND RAMPS

FORM ANALYSIS

GEOMETRY:- CUBOIDAL

VISIBLE SOLID- VOID RELATIONSHIP

OPAQE-TRANSPARENT RELATIONSHIP IS MAINTAINED WITH USE OF A NUMBER OF WINDOWS ON CONCRETE FACADE

3. FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT – TALIESIN WEST

PLAN FEATURES:

LINEAR CIRCULATION IN TRIANGULAR LAYOUT

INTERSECTION OF DIAGONAL AND HORIZONTAL LINES

TRIANGLE, DIAMOND AND STRAIGHT LONG RECTANGULAR SHAPES IN ROOMS AND CORRIDORS

APPROXIMATELY EQUAL AREAS OF GROUND COVERAGE AND LANDSCAPING

ELEVATION FEATURES:

BLOCK-MASSES ARRANGED IN LINEAR LONGITUDINAL FASHION

A STRAIGHT DIAGONAL GEOMETRY CUTS THROUGH THE RECTANGULAR FAÇADE

SECTION:

TWO MAJOR SECTIONAL DIVISIONS

LINEAR LENGTH OF THE BUILDING DIVIDED BY VERTICAL COLUMNS AND WALLS