Monday, July 1, 2013

Zibaldone 8


How does a building meet the sky?  It all depends on the style of architecture that the building was designed for.  If the building is more Greek then there is usually a reference to the Pantheon to meet the sky.  H.H. Richardson designed his building to look like the top was being pushed down, therefore the building bulges out.  In some of the newer and what we consider to be modern have this designed beak.  These are all designed to be looked at from a persons perceptive from the ground.  What if the building was designed to meet the sky from a persons perceptive from another building?  I find that another important way to design for the building to meet the sky is how the building turns the corner.  Does the building project outwards or does the roof plane disappear behind the sky?  

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