Material: Bark The dominance of the verticals makes this natural pattern very dynamic and that is where resides its appeal for me.
Fig 1 - Pine Bark
The emphasis appear to be in the material,concrete, as a show of its capabilities more than anything else Exploring HeightField utilising previous model to find a more effective solution to achieve the pine bark inspired texture
Fig 5 - Yale Arts and Architecture by Paul Rudolph
Fig 2 - Nefs Brewery — Arch.:YKH Associates
Of the three precedents this is the most stylised example of expressing the nature of the tree’s bark
Fig 4 - Bark studies used by Dake Wells Architecture in the design of the textured facade of the Student Recreation Centre
Fig 3 - MSU, Student Recreation. Center — Arch.:Dake Wells Architects
The images above illustrate very different approaches from different architects; however, their all have a common theme, the emphasis of the verticality of the textures.
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Fernando Pizzani | BAS 205 – Architecture Methods 3 | Assignment 3
