Markers

Grid

 Layering

 Negative vs. Positive space

Unity through single geometry

Week 2

It is evident through analysis of Eisenman's works that the most distinguishable concept is his use of layering and intersecting. Through many of his works, particularly House VI, by overlapping the same shape (in this case, squares/rectangles) then rotating it, and then determining the negative/positive spaces, he eventually makes a very simple idea into a complex one.

The other concept that appears frequently throughout his House projects is his use of one specific form – rectangular prisms. Through this unique process, what results is the idea of unity throughout the overall structure, despite possessing negative spaces.


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Three chosen photographs: 
Displays the idea of unity through one specific form.






Three chosen archetypes:
Layering/intersecting concepts.

Week 1 (Independent pt.2)

6 Photographs:

6 Representational Archetypes:

Analysis:

"House II, “the implied planes formed by the columns and beams cut through the volumes in such a way as to create a condition in space where the actual space can be read as layered. The layering produces an opposition between the actual geometry and an implied geometry; between real space which is negative or void and implied volume which is positive or solid” (Eisenman, 1975). Eisenman then describes a “dialectic or an opposition between an actual relationship and an implied relationship in the environment using the column and the wall, and the wall and the volume” (Eisenman, 1975)."

-http://architecturality.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/transparency-i-layering-of-planeslayering-of-spaces/

Although the above extract was based on House II, Eisenman does not fail in presenting the same ideas and concepts in the rest of his houses. It is evident that through the use of the same shape (rectangular prisms), he works his way around the idea of layering, rotating, adding and subtracting spaces/prisms.

"He succeeded in building a structure that functioned both as a house and a work of art, but changing the priority of both so that function followed the art."

- http://www.archdaily.com/63267/ad-classics-house-vi-peter-eisenman/

Bibliography:
Peter Eisenman, Diagram Diaries. Thames and Hudson, UK. 1999.
Tracing Eisenman. Thames and Hudson, UK. 2006

Week 1 (Independent pt. 1)

Drawings, models, diagrams and other forms of media by Eisenman Architects

House VI:

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Guardiola House:



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Paper Model:

Week 1

Peter Eisenman/Eisenman Architects

Building: House VI


Exterior

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ekg5IKsqyhQ/Tl8gUCON0JI/AAAAAAAAB5U/CChu_yojGv4/s1600/CASA%2BVI.jpg



http://content.lib.utah.edu/utils/getfile/collection/coa/id/2443/filename/image




http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.661822.3.flat,550x550,075,f.peter-eisenmans-house-vi.jpg

Interior



http://www.sfmoma.org/images/artwork/large/2003.97_01_b02.jpg


http://www.designbuild-network.com/features/feature_images/feature2169/3-house.jpg

Paper model: