Zibaldone 7

Buildings have the ability to meet the ground in different ways. Some appear to be a box that seem hammered into the earth. While some appear to float above the ground plane, lifted ever so slightly that one asks how it stands. An example of this is Northeastern's residence tower on Huntington ave. The glazing seems to melt into the brick sidewalk however it doesn’t appear to respond to it well. In my opinion there is not much of a relationship between the glazing, mullions, granite and brick.

On the other side of the spectrum in Amsterdam there is a water based housing development where the home are literally floating. They rest on piles that meet the seabed and allow the homes to adjust to the tide. Thus the architecture is temporal; continuously changing itself throughout the day. From this we can begin to think about a component (water in this case) that can begin to separate building from ground.