Tectonic Frame Expressions

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(archi)tectonic design frame • skin • space

of, relating to, or according with the principles of architecture; having an organized and unified structure that suggests an architectural design. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Right: Tokyo International Forum by Rafael Viñoly, completed in 1996


inter-weavings: woven support matrices; arrays; lattice works of multi-layered, complex, and flexible paths

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structure: a network of connectivity; joins discrete ideas or elements into a coherent entity; is skeleton or skin, points and lines or fold contour

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fuselage:

a lightweight framework or flexible bearing structure open to topological variations" Right: Tokyo International Forum


construction: building with discrete elements in series, linked to design decisions or intentions; putting together systems of combinable components of structure and skin, an exterior layer mediating between the interior and exterior space.



elements • components • groups • systems whole deconstructed Mercedes formula 1 car suspended on wires at an exhibition in Weybridge, Surrey


photographic collage: http://www.10ison.com/photographyison/extracts-of-local-distance_putting-vanishing-points-into-perspective/


http://blog.farmboyfinearts.com/index.php/2009/06/28/avenue-of-lights-brightens-city-of-fort-worth-texas/




Sci-Arc student work


Sci-Arc 1st year student work, competition winner


Student work from the Department of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University, Denmark


Bench designed by Frank Gehry


Study model of Telluride Residence by Frank O. Gehry, 1995


Cooper Union Building by Thom Mayne, Morphosis


Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners: International Terminal Waterloo, London 1993


Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners: International Terminal Waterloo, London 1993


Right: Ijburg Bridges 2001 2002


HSB Turning Torso, Malmรถ, Sweden by Santiago Calatrava, 2005



Detail model Stadlehofen Railway Station by Santiago Calatrava


Cutty Sark Pavilion designed by Alastair Townsend, Youmeheshe Architects (now with Bakoko) 2009


Foster + Partners Architects: Millennium Footbridge, London 1996


Samitaur Tower, Culver City, CA by Eric Owen Moss Architects


Detail left: Dome of the Reichstag, Berlin by Foster + Partners Architects

Detail right: Copenhagen Airport Terminal 3 by Vihelm Lauritzen AS, Thomas Scheel, and Søren Daugbjerg, 2001


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