Plan by Lawrence Kasparowitz

plan

compiled and designed by

Lawrence Kasparowitz

Introduction

Plans are not reality - but in architecture, the initial plan is an advanced scheme for the building. A plan in the construction documents sets the shape and dimensions of the exterior and interior. Why study plans? Plans represent the “order” of the building. They show the conceptual arrangement of spaces. People can begin to conceive what it is like to live and work in the building. The relative size of spaces can be considered. Connections are explored. Seeing the evolution of buildings throughout history can be a key to understanding the social order of each age. It is possible to trace the typology of buildings within general historical periods (i.e., the evolution of the church). It is also possible to trace the development of major spaces. The use of circular rooms, oval rooms, freeform rooms, etc. have been created by architects and used in composition. Circulation through, around and into spaces can also be studied. Openings (windows, doors) can be traced over time. In the period of the Ecole de Beaux Arts, the scheme for a building was called the “parti”. A parti or parti pris comes from the French prendre parti meaning "to make a decision". Often referred to as the “big idea”. it is the chief organizing thought or decision behind an architect's design presented in the form of a basic diagram and / or a simple statement. The development of the parti frequently, but not always, preceded the development of plan, section, and elevation diagrams. Coming up with the parti was the key to developing a plan. One can scan the following plans and try to visualize the parti. That is the primary intent of this collection.

Historical Studies 1 Temple of Ramesses and Nefertari 1.1 The Pantheon 1.2 Hadrian’s villa 1.3 Basilica of Constantine 1.4 Baths of Caracalla 1.5 Haga So a mosque 1.6 Kasthamandap temple 1.7 Candi Sewu temple 1.8 El Caracol, Chichen Itza 1.9 Casa Rinaconda 1.10 Dover Castle keep 1.11 Fontenay Abbey 1.12 Angor temple 1,13 Castle del Monte 1.14 Himeji castle 1.15 Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers 1.16 St. Peter’s Basilica 1.17 Palace of Charles V 1.18 Piazza del Campidoglio 1.19 Sandown Castle keep 1.20

Suleymaniye mosque 1.21 St. Basil’s cathedral 1.22 Villa Capra (La Rotunda) 1.23 Chateau de Chenonceaux 1.24 Katsura Imperial Villa 1.25 Jam’e Abbasi Mosque 1.26 San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1.27 Taj Mahal Masoleum and Garden 1.28 San Andrea al Quirinale 1.29 Sant’ Ivo alla Sapienza 1.30 Piazza San Pietro 1.31 San Lorenzo Cathedral 1.32 Santa Maria della Salute 1.33 Karlskirche 1.34 Kedleston Hall 1.35 Tigbourne Court 1.36 Larkin Bullding 1.37 Unity Temple 1.38 Casa Mila 1.39 Musee Nissim de Camondo 1.40 Parliament Building 1.41

Project for a brick country house 1.42 Firstr Goetheanum Church 1.43 Parliament Bulding project 1.44 Childrens Library 1.45 Notre Dame du Haut Chapel 1.46 Guggenheim Museum 1.47 Vanna Venturi House 1.48 Apartments 1.49 Phillips Exeter Academy Library 1.50 One Half house 1.51 Stern house 1.52 Casa Papanice 1.53 Hurva Synagogue 1.54 Museum for Northrhine Westphalia 1.55 Overseas Tower 1.56 National Parliament House 1.57 Bellinzona house 1.58 Koshino house 1.59 Rauchstrasse Berlin apartments 1.60

Grotta house 1.61 Prince house 1.62

Petronas towers 1.63 Getty Center 1.64 Victoria Insurance Tower 1.65 Litoral Alentejano house 1.66 Ninetree Village 1.67 Ibere Camargo Foundation 1.68 Mimesis museum 1.69 Bait ur Rouf mosque 1.70 Family house 1.71 Torre Blancas 1.72 Canary Wharf tower 1.73 Three Courtyard house 1.74 Kang house 1.75

Typological Plan Sudies 2

Egyptian Temples 2.1 Greek Temples 2.2 Northern France Gothic Cathedrals 2.3 Romanesque cathedrals 2.4 Burmese pagodas 2.5 Plans for St. Peters Basilica 2.6 Idealized forti cations 2.7 Bysantine churches 2.8 Octagonal churches 2.9 Palladian villas 2.10 Indian temples 2.11 Eastern Religous plans 2.12 Castle Keeps 2.13 French baptistries 2.14 Peace Palace Competition designs 2.15 Missionary churches in Western U.S. 2.16 Traditional Chinese courtyard houses 2.17 Hong Kong Housing Authority plans 2.18 Hong Kong Housing Authority plans 2.19 Cameroon village plans 2.20

historical plan studies

Temple of Ramesses and Nefertari (1244 b.c.) Abu Simbel, Egypt

1.1

The Pantheon (114) Rome, Italy Apollodorus of Damascus, architect

1.2

Hadrian’s Villa (c. 125) Tivoli, Italy

1.3

Baths of Caracalla (217) Rome, Italy Septimius Severus, architect

1.4

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (312) Rome, Italy

1.5

Hagia So a Mosque (537) Istanbul, Turkey Isidore of Miletus, Anthemius of Tralles, architects

1.6

Kasthamandap Temple (c. 650) Katmandu, Nepal

1.7

Candi Sewu temple (c.780) Klaten Regency, Indonesia

1.8

El Caracol, Chichen Itza (c. 900) Yucatan, Mexico

1.9

Casa Rinaconda (919) Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

1.10

Dover Castle keep (1088) Dover, England

1.11

L’ Abbaye de Fontenay (1147) Montbard, France

1.12

Angor Temple (600-1200) Ankgor Wat, Cambodia

1.13

Castel del Monte (1245) Andria, Italy Quintino Quagliati, architect

1.14

Himeji Castle (1346) Himeji, Japan Akamatsu Norimura, builder

1.15

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (1438) Bad Staffelstein, Germany Johann Balthasar Neumann, architect

1.16

St. Peters Basilica (1513) Rome, Italy Donato Bramante, architect

1.17

Palace of Charles V (1527) Grenada, Spain Pedro Machuca, architect

1.18

Piazza del Campidoglio (1538) Rome, Italy Michelangelo Buonarotti, architect

1.19

Sandown Castle keep (1540) Kent, England Christopher Dickenson, master mason

1.20

Süleymaniye mosque (1557) Istanbul, Turkey Mimar Sinan, architect

1.21

St. Basil cathedral (1561) Moscow, Russia Postnik Yakovlev, Ivan Barma, architects

1.22

Villa Capra / ”La Rotunda” (1566) Vicenza, Italy Andrea Palladio, architect

1.23

Château de Chenonceaux bridge/gallery (1576 ) Loire Valley, France Philibert de l'Orme, Jean Bullant, architects

1.24

Katsura Imperial Villa (1584) Kyoto, Japan

1.25

Jam’e Abbasi mosque (1611) Isfahan, Iran Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Ustad Shoja Isfahani, Ustad Ali Akbar Isfahani, Ustad Fereydun Naini, Architects

1.26

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638) Rome, Italy Francesco Borromini, architect

1.27

Taj Mahal masoleum and garden (1648) Agra, India Ustad Ahmad Lahouri, Ustad Isa, architects

1.28

San Andrea al Quirinale (1658) Rome, Italy Gian Lorenzo Bernini, architect

1.29

Sant’ Ivo alla Sapienza (1660) Rome, Italy Gian Lorenzo Bernini, architect

1.30

Piazza San Pietro (1667) Rome, Italy Gian Lorenzo Bernini, architect

1.31

San Lorenzo cathedral (1668) Turin, Italy Guarino Guarini, architect

1.32

Santa Maria della Salute (1681) Venice, Italy Baldassare Longhena, architect

1.33

Karlskirche / St. Charles’ church (1737) Vienna, Austria Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, architect

1.34

Kedleston Hall (1759) Derby, England James Paine and Matthew Brettingham, architects

1.35

Tigbourne Court (1899) Wormley, Surrey, England Sir Edwin Lutyens, architect

1.36

Larkin Building (1904) Buffalo, New York Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

1.37

Unity Temple (1908) Oak Park, Illinois Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

1.38

Casa Mila (1910) Barcelona, Spain Antonio Gaudi, architect

1.39

Musee Nissim de Camondo (1911) Paris, France Rene Sargeant, architect

1.40

Parliament Building (1912) New Delhi, India Sir Edwin Lutyens, architect

1.41

Brick country house (1924) Mies Van der Rohe, architect

1.42

First Goetheanum church (1928) Dornach, Switzerland Rudolf Steiner, architect

1.43

Paliament Building project (1947) Ljubljana, Slovenia Jože Plečnik, architect

1.44

Childrens Library (1953) Hiroshima, Japan Kenzo Tange, architect

1.45

Notre Dame du Haut Chapel (1954) Ronchamp, France Le Corbusier, architect

1.46

Solomon Guggenheim Museum (1959) New York, New York Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

1.47

Vanna Venturi house (1964) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Robert Venturi, architect

1.48

Nicaragua 99 apartments (1965) Barcelona, Spain Ricardo Bo ll, architect

1.49

Phillips Exeter Academy Library (1965) Exeter, New Hampshire Louis I. Kahn, architect

1.50

One Half house (1966) John Hedjuk, architect

1.51

Stern house (1970) Woodbridge, Connecticut Charles Moore, architect

1.52

Casa Papanice, 1970 Rome, Italy Paolo Portoghesi, architect

1.53

Hurva Synagogue (1973) Jerusalem, Israel Lous Kahn, architect

1.54

Museum for Northrhine Westphalia (1975) Dusseldorf, Germany James Stirling and Michael Wilford, architects

1.55

Overseas Tower (1982) Miami, Florida Arquitectonica, architects

1.56

National Parliament (1982) Dakha, Bangladesh Louis I. Kahn, architect

1.57

house (1984) Bellinzona, Italy Mario Botta, architect

1.58

Koshino house (1984) Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan Tadao Ando, architect

1.59

Rauchstrasse Berlin apartments (1985) Berlin, Germany Hans Hollein, architect

1.60

Grotta house (1989) Harding Township, New Jersey Richard Meier, architect

1.61

Prince house (1995) Alberquerque, New Mexico Bart Prince, architect

1.62

Petronas Towers (1996) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Cesar Pelli, architect

1.63

Getty Center (1997) Los Angles, California Richard Meier, architect

1.64

Victoria Insurance Tower (1998) Dusseldorf, Germany HPP Architects

1.65

House (2000) Litoral Alentejano, Portugal Aires Mateus, architects

1.66

Ninetree Village (2008) Hangzhou, China David Chipper eld, architect

1.67

Iberê Camargo Foundation (2009) Porto Alegre, Brazil Álvaro Siza, architect

1.68

Mimesis Museum (2010) Pajou Book City, Korea Alvaro Siza, architect

1.69

Bait ur Rouf Mosque (2012) Dhaka, Bangladesh Marina Tabassum, architect

1.70

Family House (2013) Palanga, Lithuania UAB Architektu biuras, architects

1.71

Torre Blancas, (2014) Madrid, Spain Héctor Ruiz Velazquez, architect

1.72

Canary Wharf Tower (2015) London, England Herzog and DeMeuron, architects

1.73

Three Courtyard house (2015) Pinheiros de Azeitão, Portugal Extrastudio, architects

1.74

Kang house (2016) Architectural Association, London Kyug-Kuk, student

1.75

typological plan studies

Egyptian temples

2.1

Greek temples

2.2

Northern France Gothic cathedrals

2.3

Romanesque cathedrals

2.4

Burmese pagodas

2.5

Plans for St. Peter’s Basilica

2.6

Idealized forti cations

2.7

Byzantine churches

2.8

Octagonal churches

2.9

Palladian villas

2.10

Indian temples

2.11

Eastern religous plans

2.12

Castle keeps

2.13

French baptistries

2.14

Peace Palace (the Hague) Competition Designs

2.15

Missionary churches in Western U.S.

2.16

Traditional Chinese Courtyard Houses

2.17

Hong Kong Housing Authority plans

2.18

Hong Kong Housing Authority plans

2.19

Cameroon village plans

2.20

2.21

INDEX by architect Amili, Baha al din al 1.26 Ando, Tadao 1.59 Anthemius of Tralles 1.6 Appolodurus of Damascus 1.2 Arquitectonica 1.56 Aries Mateus 1.66 Barma, Ivan 1.22 Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1.29 , 1.30 , 1.31 Bo ll, Ricardo 1.49 Borromini, Francesco 1.27 Botta, Mario 1.58 Bramante, Donato 1.17 Brettingham, Matthew 1.35 Bullant, Jean 1.24 Buonarotti, Michelangelo 1.19 Chipper eld, David 1.67 Corbuier, Le 1.46 Extrastudio 1.74 Gaudi, Antonio 1.39 Guarini, Guarino 1.32 Hedjuk, John 1.51 Herzog and DeMeuron 1.73 Hollein, Hans 1.60 HPP 1.65 Isa, Ustad 1.28 Isadore of Miletus 1.6 Isfahani, Usted Ali Akbar 1.26 Isfahani, Usted Shoja 1.26 Kahn, Louis 1.50 , 1.54 , 1.57 Kyug-Kuk 1.75 L’Orme, Philibert de 1.24

Lahouri, Ustad Ahmed 1.28 Longhena, Baldassare 1.33 Lutyens, Edwin 1.36 , 1.41 Meier, Richard 1.61 , 1.64 Moore, Charles 1.52 Muchaca, Pedro 1.18 Naini, Ustad Fereydun 1.26 Neumann, Johann Balthasar 1.16 Norimura, Akamatsu Paine, James 1.35 Palladio, Andrea 1.23 Pelli, Cesar 1.63 Plecnik, Joze 1.44 Portoghesi, Paolo 1.53 Prince, Bart 1.62 Quagliati, Quintino 1.14 Rohe, Mies van der 1.42 Sargeant, Rene 1.40 Severus, Septimus 1.4 Sinan, Mimar 1.21 Siza, Alvaro 1.68 , 1.69 Steiner, Rudolph 1.43 Sterling, James 1.55 Tabassum, Marina 1.70 Tange, Kenzo 1.45 UAB 1.71 Von Ehrlach, Johann Bernhard 1.35 Yakovlev, Postnik 1.22 Velazquez, Hector Ruiz 1.72 Venturi, Robert 1.48 Wilford, Michael 1.55 Wright, Frank Lloyd 1.37 , 1.38 , 1.47