PARTI

Parti, in architecture, is the primary or organizing concept that drives a design. In essence, it is the foundation for what will be the the final product later in the design process. Parti is completely abstract, it is simply an idea and as the design process continues, the idea starts to form its concrete and material form. To the right is a parti diagram of a floor plan of the Wa Shan Guesthouse designed by Amateur Architecture Studio. Here, the diagram breaks the floor plan into its most fundamental idea: large rectangular spaces seperated by thick walls. In the parti diagram drawings by Mark Gerwing, Gerwing begins with rough basic ideas for what will drive his project and what will eventually be developed into its concrete form.