Saturday, February 2, 2008

Case Study 2: Tropical House

7 comments:

Denise Dea said...

Looks good. You have clearly taken my challenge up to create diagrams which allow the case study to clearly show relevance to your thesis. Would you also consider doing the more basic architectural diagrams (structure, movement, light)? Why or why not. What could you learn from the "traditional" diagrams?

Joe said...

so is this one stand alone house, or is there a development of houses?

F.R. said...

Denise,

Basic architectural diagram to investigate structure could help me to identify the technology and such. Maybe if the building that I'm studying more complex, the basic architectural diagram could help me to digest and understood the building better. Tropical house if very simple, but yet elegant. Jean Prouve proof in architectural world, the word aesthetic, material, and meaningful structure can be found in pre-fab method.

When I did the diagram, I was more interested by the simplicity of Jean Prouve solutions in much complex problems. His passion in metal work, is very innovative. Jean Prouve help people to looked different way about certain materials, how it can be manipulate and became an architectural as a whole.

F.R. said...

Joe,

Back then, the house first built as a prototype for inexpensive, readily assembled housing that could be easily transported to France’s African colonies. The France Gov' did shipped it to France's African colonies with the intention for house development. Instead, the house was shipped and built in many different places.
Recently the house was auction in Miami for couple millions of dollars to private collector(no longer affordable house anymore I guess). Some have been showed in exhibition(the pict that I have is from exhibition in California)

Joe said...

funny how something that was supposed to be affordable quickly became out of reach for the clients it was intended for....
anyways, as promised: Praxis Architecture after Capitalism Issue 5 (2003)

Anonymous said...

Felix:
Yoou are a wizard with the story board. However, the most important contribution on that story board is the sketches which bring out essence and crystalize some of you expression into materiality.Good job.
Tom

rbutera said...

Felix, I think it is important to study the simplicity of the solution. In many ways a simple clear thought is much stronger than a "half done" complex one.

~R