Sketches From Abroad

CLAIRE HAUPT SKETCHES FROM ABROAD

During my time studying abroad in Europe, I worked on three forms of graphic inquiry to investigate the architecture and design I was exposed to.

PROJECTIONS

are a form of graphic speculation.

CROSSINGS

study the representation of how an architectural element drives form.

TYPOLOGIES

study how architectural elements are defined: through their surroundings or by their surroundings.

P r o j e c t i o n s

Meaning is found in the underlying gestures that fabricate architectural conception. In an investigation of different scaled details, the defining characteristics of architecture are revealed. The sketches propose a possible thesis for the comprehensive formula of each building.

Peter Zumthor | Field Chapel Mechernich, Germany

Yi Architects | Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, Germany

Renzo Piano | Beyeler Museum Riehen, Switzerland

Peter Zumthor | Kunstmuseum Bregenz, Austria

OMA | Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands

Renzo Piano | Zentrum Paul Klee Bern, Switzerland

c r o s s i n g s

Ornament has deep roots in the history of architecture, its expression fluctuating as time progresses. Ornament engages with architecture resulting in form or surface that enriches the palpable experience of a building. These sketches examine the contemporary evolution of ornament.

Sauerbruch Hutton | Immanuel Church Cologne, Germany

Le Corbusier | La Tourette Éveux, Rhône-Alpes, France

Tadao Ando | Vitra Weil am Rhein, Germany

Sauerbruch Hutton | Cologne Oval Offices Cologne, Germany

SANAA | Rolex Learning Center Lausanne, Switzerland

Le Corbusier | Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp, France

t y p o l o g i e s

Vertical circulation is the proprietor of human interaction with architectural elements. Serving as a connector of sorts, vertical circulation is existential to the procession through a building. Each sketch investigates how these elements are defined: through their surroundings or by their surroundings.

Gerrit Rietveld | Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mecanoo | TU Bibliotheek Delft, Netherlands

Zaha Hadid | Vitra Firehouse Weil am Rhein, Germany

Renzo Piano | Zentrum Paul Klee Bern, Switzerland

Axel Schultes | Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

Tadao Ando | Vitra Weil am Rhein, Germany