Mono-Material

Mono Material Monolithic Homogeneous and  Circular Construction

Till Boettger and Ulrike Knauer (Eds.)

Monochrome Diagrams Tools for Architectural Analysis Till Boettger

The following graphic analyses are a continuation of various treatments of space and architecture and are designed to highlight particularities of architectural concepts and to make them accessible for new considerations. The publications Architecture and Space1 and Threshold Spaces2 exemplify this condensed approach. The method of analysis was further developed in the context of architecture courses in presentation and design3 at the Faculty for Building and Preservation of the HAWK, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (University of Applied Sciences and Arts) Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen. Fine-tuning the terminology and hierarchies for a complex perspective on architecture unfolded a matrix. Through deduction and abstraction, diagrammatic drawings are developed at various levels (scales) for individual complementary aspects (parameters). The scales city and country, building and form and space and detail form the levels of analysis for any architecture and at the same time clarify our position as humans in relation to the architecture. When we consider architecture from above or, more precisely, from a distance, then we plan or evaluate along the scale of city and country. Along the axis building and form, the building is viewed as a cohesive structure and presents its inner dependencies along with its associated external presence in context. For our perception of and physical connection to architecture, our inner and direct position is paramount. This level touches on the aspects of space and detail.

On each of the scales, the parameters location, delimitation, sequence, geometry, function and materiality provide for a systematic analysis. Abstract monochromatic diagrams can highlight the definitive aspects of the selected architectures. The architectures, with their complex logic, become legible through the focused perspective of the parameters in abstract diagrams. The location reveals connections and contiguities and asks about the place. Delimitation shows how space is created, that is, how the inside is separated from the outside and, for example, how walls are opened. The one-after-another of perceptible spaces becomes transparent in the sequence, the chronology of relationships between moving on and lingering. An analysis of the geometry demonstrates the form and its associated organization. The representations of the parameter function show the organized activities and their spatial implementation through to the level of furnishings. Addressing materiality elucidates a perception and a comprehension of the structure and creates a notion of haptic experiences to come. The terms listed here become search criteria for analytic processes

1Egon Schirmbeck, Till Boettger, and Christian Hanke, Architecture and Space: Design Concepts in the Twentieth Century (Berlin: DOM, 2011).

2Till Boettger, Threshold Spaces: Transitions in Architecture: Analysis and Design Tools (Basel: Birkhäuser, 2014).

3Till Boettger, professor of presentation and design, Faculty of Architecture, Engineering and Conservation at the HAWK (University of Applied Sciences and Arts) Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen.

and, in this context, ultimately labels for a comparative analysis. The contemporary architectural works chosen for this book have a solid, monolithic and mono-material focus. For the use of earth, timber, brick and recycled materials, sketches sorted according to the parameters present their inherent concepts. For concrete and insulating concrete, the analysis is deliberately based on models and photos of models. The Gartmann house in Chur is shown, which can be considered representative of this construction technique. The presentations attempt to establish the great material thickness of the exterior walls through the effect of light and shadows in order to highlight the changed expression of structures with insulating concrete as opposed to concrete construction without insulating properties. Furthermore, numerous and very comprehensive publications that deal with this topic in constructive terms already exist. These make graphic representations superfluous.

For the examination of the topic of mono-materials, particular attention is paid to the parameters of materiality, delimitation and geometry in order to better understand the new conceptual designs. In support of this search, master’s seminars in architecture were held from the summer semester of 2017 to the summer semester of 2022 at the Faculty of Architecture, Engineering and Conservation. Various innovative mono-material building techniques were investigated. The individual parameters helped on various levels to reveal the specific aspects of contemporary mono-material creation of space and building techniques. The goal is to analyze whether the new approach to homogeneous materials in the architectural context has led to changes in building culture in various locations, with exemplary, typical construction techniques and characteristic features. In addition, cross-comparison will be possible if the parameters guide the investigation as it moves from one architectural example to the next. Particularities and slight distinctions become apparent. The hope is that the graphic analyses will provide the traditional understanding of the terms solid, monolithic and mono-material in the context of construction materials with a new foundation for discourse. Ultimately, the reflections based on analytic representations should make the specific use of materials visible and the transfer of conceptual approaches possible.

Locations Map of Projects

Earth

01Casa de Tapia

02Tipu Sultan Merkez School

03A School for Korase

04Library of Muyinga

05Zenkonyu x Tamping Earth

06Education Center Nyanza

Holz

07Tannau Forestry and Hunting Service Building

08Origen Tower

09Kindergarten Lugano

10Olpererhütte Mountain Refuge

11Timber house

12House b – burnt

13Universal Design Quarter: Woodie

Ziegel

14Kolumba

15Ravensburg Art Gallery

16Casa de Ladrillos

17Casa Norberto Alorda

18Termitary House

Beton

19Gartmann House

Recycling Massiv

20Hiža Cottage

21The Resource Rows

22Apartment No. 1

23Casa 1413

24The Parchment Works

25Hirzenbach School Complex

26Cork House

Earth

Casa de Tapia, 2014

VERNACULAR HOUSE

Ayerbe, Spain

Location Figure-ground diagram

Katinka

Raumproportionen und -gliederung Das Gebäude ohne Schnitt dargestellt.

Raumproportionen und -gliederung Das Gebäude ohne Schnitt dargestellt.

Raumproportionen und -gliederung

Raumproportionen und -gliederung

Delimitation Axonometric Built structures

Geometry Sectional axonometric Spatial structure

Lehm monolithisch Sonderform der Darstellung

Lehm monolithisch Sonderform der Darstellung

Deckenkonstruktionen

Für die Deckenkonstruktionen sind Kappendecke, Holzbalkendecke und Sparren genutzt.

Materiality Section

Spatial profile

Rafter roof

Wooden beam ceiling

Vaulted ceiling

Casa de Tapia

Delimitation Exploded axonometric Solid creation of space

Materiality Sectional axonometric Wall/roof junction

Education Center Nyanza, 2010

Nyanza, Rwanda

EDUCATION CENTER NYANZA

Sinha Witzke & Kaja Lamping

Begrenzung: Wegeführung

Sequence Floor plan

Circulation patterns

Lehm monolithisch

Sonderform der Darstellung MAV 05

Delimitation Floor plan

Creation of space

EDUCATION CENTER NYANZA

EDUCATION CENTER NYANZA

EDUCATION CENTER NYANZA

EDUCATION CENTER NYANZA

Witzke & Kaja Lamping

Witzke & Kaja Lamping

Witzke & Kaja Lamping

Geometry Elevations

Geometrie:

Geometrie:

Geometrie:

Mass/opening on interior

Geometry Elevations

Mass/opening on exterior

Lehm monolithisch

Lehm monolithisch

Lehm monolithisch

Lehm monolithisch

Sonderform der Darstellung MAV 05

Sonderform der Darstellung MAV 05

Sonderform der Darstellung MAV 05

Sonderform der Darstellung MAV 05

Representations

Recycled

Acknowledgments

Editor, Contents and Authors

Dr. Till Boettger

Professor of Presentation and Design

Faculty of Architecture, Engineering and Conservation

HAWK University Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

Co-founder of the architectural firm at11 – architecture and design

Ulrike Knauer M.Sc.

Teaching Assistant

Department of Presentation and Design

Faculty of Architecture, Engineering and Conservation

HAWK Hochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

Contributors

Prof. José Mario Gutiérrez Marquez

Co-founder of the architectural firm Bruno Fioretti Marquez

Professor for Design and Spatial Design

Bauhaus-University in Weimar

Arno Richter M.Sc.

Research Associate

Department of Conceptual and Structural Design

TU Berlin

Representations

First versions

Results of the master’s seminar Special Forms of Presentation and Design

Faculty of Architecture, Engineering and Conservation at HAWK in Hildesheim, led by Dr. Till Boettger and Ulrike Knauer M.Sc. with graduate students (see pp. 204–205)

All representations are the original work of these students. The students applied the scales and parameters introduced in the seminar to the associated architectural works in order to develop their own analytic examinations.

Editorial Assistance

Julia Robben B.A.

Lea Steiner B.A.

Theresa Szentmiklossy von Primocz B.A.

Project Management

Alexander Felix, Katharina Kulke

Copyediting

Keonaona Peterson

Production

Heike Strempel-Bevacqua, Anja Haering

Translation

Helen Labies-Volz

Layout Supervision

Art Direction

Dominika Hasse

Professor of Corporate Design/Editorial Design

Faculty of Design

HAWK University Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

Layout Concept

Lydia Jasmin Hempel B.A.

Results of the Editorial Design Seminar

Faculty of Design at HAWK in Hildesheim, led by Dominika Hasse with Emilia Amthor, Aydan Arinc, Marlene Lorena Arps, Jurek Behre, Malin Berga-Raschke, Lukas Gerbaulet B.A., Mara Harjes, Lydia Jasmin Hempel B.A., Anastasia Lapina, Kelly Meineke B.A., Anna-Lena Mengel, Johanna Schäfers B.A., Celine Schaffarczyk and Wiebke Sophie Warnecke

Typesetting

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Final Artwork in the HAWK Project Laboratory

Tatjana Rabe with Jurek Behre, Lydia Jasmin Hempel B.A., Celine Schaffarczyk and Sophie Stillig B.A.

A special thank-you goes to Jurek Behre, Lydia Jasmin Hempel B.A., Julia Robben B.A. and Celine Schaffarczyk for their assistance in the production phase and to Tatjana Rabe for fine-tuning in the final phase.

Image Editing

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Printing Beltz Grafische Betriebe, Bad Langensalza

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