THE ROW HOUSE

THE ROW HOUSE IS A CONCRETE HOME LOCATED IN OSAKA, JAPAN, BUILT BY TADAO ANDO. ANDO USED THREE MASSINGS TO CREATE A MODULAR HOME WITH A THRESHOLD IN THE MIDDLE. THIS THRESHOLD SERVES AS A LITERAL BRIDGE BETWEEN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACES. ANDO WANTED TO EXEMPLIFY THE SENSATION OF PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE, BY MAKING THE OWNER EXPERIENCE THE EXTERIOR WORLD, TO ENTER CERTAIN ROOMS. THIS BI-NUCLEAR HOME IS MAINLY CONSTRUCTED OF POURED CONCRETE WITH FEW EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND INTERIOR FLOOR-TO-CEILING WINDOWS. THE FRONT FACADE OF THIS HOME WITH ITS SINGULAR OPENING INTRIGUES OUTSIDE VIEWERS WITH A LEVEL OF CURIOSITY OF WHAT IS BEHIND THE FRONT FACADE.

THE PRECEDENT STUDY PROJECT ALLOWED ME BREAK DOWN GEOMETRIES USING DIAGRAMING. THE PRECEDENT TAUGHT ME WHY CERTAIN DESIGN MOVES WHERE MADE. THIS EXER-

CISES ALLOWED ME TO STUDY THE ROW HOUSE VERY RIGOROUSLY . I BEHAIN TO UNDERSTAND TECTONIC , ORGANIZATION AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS BUILDING .