Jack Dempsey Design 2 SP22 Process Book

Design 2 Process Book Jack Dempsey Spring 2022

Case Study House: Farnsworth House by Mies van de Rohe

Table of Contents: Project 01: Visionary Designers Project 02: Tectonic Maquettes Project 1: Form, Space + Order: Analytical Investigations Project 2: Concept and Color : Material and Theory, Phenomenon, Organization + Space Project 3: Precedent + Invention, Structure + Site: Using Research to Create Place

Project 01: Visionary Designers-

Balkrishna V. Doshi

B.V. Doshi was a pioneer of his craft he looked to create form without restrictions placed by materiality.

Doshi worked primarily in India and created a type of design that was unprecedented iat the time

Project 02:

Tectonic Maquettes

The tectonic maquette project was an attempt to create a space that was a story within a place. The maquette was set in a beachscape as indicated by the rocky landscape. The porthole windows help show this story within the space.

Additions included moss and sticks to represent grass and trees.

Project 1:

Form, Space + Order: Analytical Investigations

In the first project the technical analysis was necessary to understand the key pieces of the house that make it iconoic.

In Farnsworth House such a minimalist approach meant the details were even more critical to the design. This meant the model had to be precise.

Project 1:

Form, Space + Order: Analytical Investigations

The understanding of the form of the building was what would lead to diagrammatical design of the important character-

Technical views and analysis allowed a better understanding not only of the building but also how it interacted with the environment.

Project 2:

Concept and Color : Material and Theory, Phenomenon, Organization + Space In project two the conceptual analysis led to fragmentation of the original idea in order to better understand the most important features of the case study.

Three Terms:

Geometric Connectivity to Nature Transperency

The perspective drawing of the interior was meant to embody the most important details of the house. The serenity of the space is personified through the framed views and open concept floor plan.

Project 2:

Concept and Color : Material and Theory, Phenomenon, Organization + Space The mondo materialis was built with two intentions. The first, materiality was supposed to imitate the structurally important pieces of the house.

The second was the use of the fibonacci sequence as a precedent for the project.

The floor plan of the house was based on the golden ratio so the mondo was mwant to demonstrate this relationship.

Project 3:

Precedent + Invention, Structure + Site: Using Research to Create Place The use of the most important features of the original house was intended to create an atmosphere that would be better equipped to the site.

The site was extremely important to the construction of the curators residence. By utilizing the site the most beneficial design was able to emerge.

The Site posed many challenges but the incorporation was necessary.

Project 3:

Precedent + Invention, Structure + Site: Using Research to Create Place

The views of the house were used to allow light to enter the space and create an embassy that connected to nature through the sunlight.

The corner view of the landscape was th best on the site, so this was honored in the private space and acts as the connection point between the two.

Project 3:

Precedent + Invention, Structure + Site: Using Research to Create Place

The analysis of the curators residence was just as imposrtant as the use of the key concepts. The strategic placment of walls and the inclusion of a dynamic front wall added personality to the design.

The skylight feature was extremely important to the allowance of light to flood into the private sextion. The skylight also created light patterns on the interior due to the sun path that other residences did not have.