Matrix 2 D Composition Project

2-D Composition Project Professor Thierry Kawczynski Fall 2018

The aim of the architectural project was to create a matrix from painting and use it to guide the composition. The selection was “New York at Night” created by Max Weber in 1915. The process consisted of analyzing the selected painting; and finding organizational principles. They were given by the geometrical shapes from the art piece. The composition is the result of the interaction of vertical and horizontal grids. The different levels follow the lines dictated from the matrix in the horizontal plane. The vertical grid extracts the painting’s details and recreates it with worked materials.