Geometry referring to the functional and aesthetic approach of a building

Page 1

TOMB

Byzantine

How does the geometry of architecture represented in plan, section and elevation refer to functional and aesthic approach to a building?

Egyptian Hypostyle Hall

Progression!

HALL PLAN

BASILICAL PLAN

Cavea

CIVIC PURPOSE

Cross in Square/ Quincunx

Theatre

OTHERS

Market PLAZA

Meeting Hall

Objective 1. GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATION-

Byzantine

Ceiling of throne room in the comares palace Representation of the human form is forbidden in islamic religious building But geometrcial design designs are commonplace

PLAN / SECTION / ELEVATION

HYBRID

RESIDENTIALS Representation

Horizontal Layout of Building

reflection

Circulation

Vertical Layout of Building

Geometry

expression

Greek Square Hall

Detail and Meaning

Purpose

2. FUNCTIONAL APPROACH - PLAN, SECTION Political , Religious, Civic Space reflected in: Mesoptamia, Ancient Egypt,Babylon, Assyria, Persia,Early and Classical India Classical Japan, Pre-Columbian Pre-classical, Ancient Greece Ancient Rome, Early Christian Byzantine, Islamic Romanesque Gothic,Renaissance Baroque and Rocco Modern

Qubba, Al- barubiyyin, Marrakech, Morocco 1000CE

E C

0 0

0 2

Lingaraj Temple Bhubaneshwar Orissa India 1000CE Kalinga architecture

ca medic ea Michela Laurenziana ngelo 1524 Firenze

Saint

Basils C 1555 athedral -6 Mosc 1 ow

Durham Cathedral Gothic Style United Kingdom 1093 CE

ta, Mu asty, yn E C oD Lia 1000

Perpendicular Plan

16

Byodoin Kyoto japan 1053CE

y Abbe Cluny entury C 11th K U

00

CE

za rago f Za ría o entury e f a Alj 1th C za 1 go Zara

le mp Te a r a ing dia d L In 0CE 0 an 10 sa

RECTANGULAR

CRUCIFORM PLAN

va

e dahd u Ma dariy mple te Khan India CE 1025

CE

15

Detail Surface

King’s collage Chapel

Bibliote

Madrasa al-Firdaws

00

3. AESTHETIC APPROACH ELEVATION

Monasterio San Lorenzo del Escorial J.Battista de Toledo 1563-85

Il Gesu (facade) Giacomo della Porta 1573-84 Roma

is

ch

ry e nc re Flo of aly D It 8A 2 11

Symmetrical

phia Hagia So Istanbul Turk ey 537C E

me

ita l sq ui, 14 Fou 1 n Flo 9-1 dlin re 444 g H nc os e p

kin Do

Pump

THEATER

Te

m

ch

Chur

ft

olou an T Fuji hina C 9 CE 155

60

Para

0C

E

e alac hu P aba ka kram Sri Lan E 3C 115

Del C am Siena po Italy 1350 CE

eo

E

0C

50

pl

he G T rea 60 ikal t Ja 0C gu E ar

Megalithic entrance to the kalasasaya mound

Plaza

Megalithic Entrance Aqua claudia, Rome Italy 50 CE

Coloss eum Rome, Italy

79 CE

rch hu eC im nia ips rme CE A 18 6

fS t. Ro Sab Ita me ina 47 ly 0C E

Hr

The stairs here are treated axially, unlike the normal roman cella that have stairs around

St.

e nc nd tra ou en a m ic th say CE ali sa 0B eg la 20 M e ka th to

Pla

no

sta Ve of e ple om m R BCE Te 70

10

0

0C

um ole us ome R BC 28

Te m ple o Ed f Ho 23 Egy fu rus 7B pt CE

No

a ad as eM lac el Pa Isra BCE 0 10

Te les Ele terio 40 usis n 0B CE

ke

ar

M

t e m e nos no. 3 Go n u r 2500BC

n aja Tr of e ts Rom AD 0 11

Wh

40

Kh

iro

kit

00

tem ple a 40 Iraq t Uru 00 k BC

Pla n o 38 Iraq f U r 00 BC

BC

E

Par the Gre non e 447 ce BC

bta P Eg laya ypt

Ca

Giralda ury 12th Cent Sevilla

ia, 40 Cypru 0B C s

ite

Na

rna

cs Fra tone nce s

SQUARE

ien arx dT a an Malta

ntiji

Gga

Pompidou Center Piano&Rogers 1971-1977 Paris

E

meeting hall Banpo, China 4500BC

Ma

rn

e rth

American churches, 301CE

ple at Ir Eridu 540 aq 0B C

Hebridean Blackhouse Islands and Highlands of Scotland Unknown

Tem

zulu indlu, kwazulu-natalr South Afica Unknown

E

E 0BC

Tem

e e-hen g Eng land

Ston

ple

600

s tusa I,Hat ey Turk C B 6000

0BC

800BCE E 0BC

800

75

BC

E

uk y Hu tal key Ca Tur 0BC 0 75

12

oh e Pa njo 26 kist 00 an Da ro BC

Arch

M

Mud brick grannaries Mehrgarh II Parkistan 7000BC

2000BCE

2100BCE

C ha rtr es Ca Fr thed a 12 nce ral 20 CE

y te 26 mpl Sa 6 7B e q C of Zo Eg qara ser yp t

tuar Mor

e/

lex mp co ple apur tem Bish 6CE 26

ch tio An s a yla yri E d ab S 78C erio .B 3 P St e in nt za By

E

n Joh St. of esus n h a Pl Ep rkey Tu 8CE 37

th na ias ra Ka Ello ia Ind 4CE 77

un

h rc hu eC av ay St orw CE N 250 1

St. Gall Sitizerland 800CE

Dome of the ro Jerusale ck m 800CE

L

s au uh sau 26 a B es 19 D 42 19

d

Umayyad Mosque Damascus, Syria 800Ce

Boro bu indo dhur nes 825C ia, E

e oy r av sie S u la b Vil Cor 29 Le 19 issy Po

rg

nastery Samye Mo Dranang Tibet 800CE

oro Jo n g Indo grang nesi 835C a E

squ e of Cor abd a dob l- ra hm a, 848 spain an I CE

o

at M

Gre

800CE

Bo

ion vil he a P o na er R elo n d c r a 29 a Ba ies V 19 lona M rce Ba

Palatine Chapel at Aachen Germany 800CE

idir kha of U aq Ir E C 775

Minaret Great Mosque of Samarra Iraq 851CE

Bakong temple Cambodia 802 CE

ace

kos Tou Li Istanbul bos Turkey 800CE

Pal

ue a tQ Tu ayra n wa 86 isia n 3C E

sq

Mo

Theoto

Plan Mahavihara Nalanda 800CE

Ca s te Ne l de ar l m A on I nd t 12 taly ria e 40 CE

monastery of St. meletios on Mt.Kithaiiron Bazantine period 800CE

Ent ry Sul Port tan al Tur Han 122 key 9CE

ird aw sM Sy adr 12 ria asa 36 CE

AlF

rh iga and h rt C usier ou h C e Corb 962 g i H L 51-1 19

Nor t

p

170 0 C E

San kore M Timb osque, uktu Mali 1200 CE

d din Ca Tu mii N r 122 key igde 3C E

y Fo St. of rch ce hu Fran CE 6 88

yC be

re-D am eo Fra f Reim n s 120 ce 0AD

Sun Temple Konarak India 1200CE

Ala e

Ab

am nch t Ro sier a l pe bu Cha Le Cor 5 195

San

Vra hV ang ishnu lo k Cam or Wat k b 120 odia 0CE

C ti y of Ba I gh 76 raq dad 2C E

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem 300CE

Great Mosque in Djenne Mali, 1200CE

kore M Timb osque, ukt Mali u 1200 CE

300CE

E

iru pa k sh a In te 73 dia mp le 4C E

V

Palace of Pylos Greece 2000 BC

Castillo Chichen Itza Mexico 1200AD

id ram u

Py uf at Kh t Gre o f y p CE Eg 4B 8 25

Knossos Greece 2100BC

citadel, gonur murga, 2000BC

1200 C

La Venta Columbia Mexico 1800BC

lac

le of Ind Kana rk 30 ia BC

15

Pa

mp

Re jas im So he uth sv a 73 India ra 0C E

pe of Em und l mo intoku ia r u b N a The Osak n Japa E 400C

2200

in am-S Nar Syria e of n Palac heaster BC Nort 2200

E

BC

00

15

Te

.3 no os r, en nu m Go 0BC te 0

Cave No.2 Ajanta 400CE

BCE

Kbourer Rou mia Algeria 1900BC

ut

Tem p le a Ind t Aih ole 710 ia CE

Qu ee E nH 14 gyp ats 90 t he ps BC

25

of

rga

ple

Du

m

La Ve Colu nta m Mex bia ico 1800 BC

C 0 0 4 1

E

Timga d,

700C

of Tra jan at 200C Algeri E a

C

Te

irc u la rs un k C en P ara plaz 26 eru l a 00 , BC

nda Nala a at ihar r, India v a Mah Biha 00CE 4

CE

Sho Ise Inne den r Shrine 690CE

200

nish

Cala

lex mp co ing in Y a in Ch 5BC 7 12

ild

bu

Dh ola 26 Ind vi 50 ia ra BC E

alj uy u M Te M aya mple 15 exic 00 o BC

alig hm Sco ents 290 tland 0B CE

ri Ma im ri-L Zim Syria E C 0B 120

and

of

ircle

in c

ce

Mousgum Tolek Chad Cameroon Unknown

7000BCE min

al

ror

Göbekli Tepe Turkey

Urus Reed House Peru Unknown

Ka

ntr

E C 0 0 9

Tongkonan Sulawesi Indoesia

Ganvie Stilt Village Benin Unknown

Ce

g

Adobe House New Mexico Unknown

ma

100

Bedouin Tent Africa Unknown

Yanomami shabono Venezuela Brazil Unknown

Pala

BCE

1000

CE

400

khen Phnom Ba Angkor Cambodia 910CE

Slovenian Hayrack House Slovenia Unknown

Zafimaniry house Madagascar Unknown

BCE

Temple at Samos Greece and the altar of Zeus Pergamon 950BC

Marsh Arab Reed House Southern Iraq Unknown

3000

Plueblo Bonito, 920CE

Batammaliba Roundhouse Togo, Benin Unknown

Mahram Bilqis Yemen

Alai Darwaza gate Qutb Complex Delhi, India 1192CE

u

Temple

The ritual complex, fengch Shannxi Provinc e 800BC

of Amun at Karnak 3200BC Egypt

Wangcheng China Castle 800BC

Qutb Minar India 1192CE

Krac des Chevaliers Dover Castle United Kingdom 1180CE

Trullo Stone house Apulia South East Italy Unknown

TRIANGULAR

le emp ini T Yog raho u usat j Kha dia In CE 900

av i-ni-v f Ran Plan o Stepwell n Pata India CE 1304

Ndebele Painted House South Africa Unknown

Mongolian Ger. Mongolia 600BC

Cha

wa Kub uni Hus nzania f o Ta ce Pala t Kilwa, 00CE a 13

Pantheon Rome 126CE

raiso El Pa ru Pe BC 3500

White Monastery Deir el abiad near suhag Egypt 440CE

yr,

Seagram Building Mies Van der Rohe 1958 New York

CE

B

00

50

m NY Guggenheim Museu Frank Lloyd Wright 1956-1959

Trajectory

te

r to kra to an ple tP o ris tin y e Ch tan ke pir of ns Tur Em E Co ine 00C nt za 10

un

ur

ele

By

Ch

Br

re

tis

Tit he (D Ki e e v s ya an tin Ru a s B R ya sia y u ) za nt 988 ssia Chu in C rch e Pe E rio d

Pyr am

s ille rsa Ve n, au no ria le V d T ouis -1708 L 70 16

le mp i te an India E C 00 10

ba o

Sa Leo nt n 'A Ba nd tt re ista 14 a di Alb 70 M er an ti to va

al m Tin of cco ue ro E sq Mo 00C 10

Mo

T sa rad tsi iti no on 11 m C Kiv 00 ul a CE tu

an Gr

jar

im F. Mu Ge se 19 hry um 97 Bil

CE

Bamiyan Buddha Afghanistan 554CE

chus d B ac in o ple s an t Seg iu Co n stan Turkey 52 7 CE

E C 0 0 9 1

on Ba Pa Bu gon god a 11 rm 02 a CE

Hi

Ra

he

d, ro, gri Cai e ift Sh squ t, ty o p s r M Egy yna d E vid 0C ora 100

ha

Gu gg en

00

zig

p Ba

ide I.M du Lo P uvr 198 ei e Par 9 is

Alm

1

we

11

Az

0 00

Sh

s ge os sV 2 de 161 ce 05- is Pla 16 Par

CE

Al-

Or

Ishtar gate, Babylon, 800CE

w

id dr Ma de ra io va lac Ju Pa ppo 63 i Fil 17

Fr Ro an b k ie 19 Lloy Hou 0 C 8- d W se h ica 191 rig go 0 ht

1300CE St

ve viè ne Ge 757 1 ris Pa

Vir

gin

a eC tat ia S 780 1

ROUND

Ne

Great Mosque of Isfahan Iran 771CE pit

ol

Linear POLYGONAL

ills Suffolk M 1822 usetts Massach

National gallery 1824 London

Crystal palace, Joseph Paxton 1853

Conce rt Viollet hall le Duc 1886

Casa B a t A.Gau lló dí 18 5 2 -1 barce 96 lona

ORDER

Chaitya Hall Vihara

1800CE

Sequence

POLITICAL PURPOSE

INDIAN

Symmetry

PALACE

Early Christianity

The Greek felts that when ratios and proportions were properly applied to both ground plans and elevations, the result would be beauty, perfection and “symmetria” Vertical axis, upper and lower world

Heiarchical

GREEK

Vedic altar he origin of the mandala diagram

CENTRALISED PLAN

EGYPTIAN Church & Cathedral

Tagential

Temple CIRCULATION Height & Hierarchy

GEOMETRY TRIANGULAR

ROUND

HYBRID

RECTANGULAR

SQUARE

POLYGONAL

Section (Pyramid Section: Tip bring him closer to the sun god Re) •Temple of Khonsu (1198BCE) – floor level rises in a series of steps, and the ceiling lowers, until the sanctuary is reached – increased intimacy reflects the intimacy and provides restrictions access except for priest and pharaoh •Temple: housing the gods, important social and political centre, and religious and social focus for the city

GEOMETRY CENTRALISED PLAN

RELIGIOUS PURPOSE

• •Religion: Physical life was only temporary, while the spiritual life was eternal, and thus those monuments to eternity needed to endure

rib vault Notre dame cathedral

Tomb Tomb Plan Contain many chambers + gateway to eternality


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.