Native Storytelling
Schindler House
The contradiction to the rigidity of the existing architectural form can be found in the stories of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh people. A direct contrast to the of the existing house is the traditional stories of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh tribes.
Story
Disconnect
Disconnect
revolutionized the American Home in 1921. Described as a “cooperative dwelling for two young couples” A private studio was given to each member of the household. The open studios pinwheel around three distinct courtyards, bridging the threshold between outdoor and indoor.
STORYTELLING EVENT
PINWHEEL
Storytelling culture is disconnected from the everyday. At this storytelling event, large open spaces with movable chairs allowed for storytelling to be told across generations.
In this plan, there is little separation of rooms. Instead of traditional rooms of the house, the Schindler House consists of four studios that overlap and pinwheel around open courtyards. Movement through the house is diagonal, and instead of doors, rooms are separated by compressions and change in direction.
BEDTIME STORIES
RAUMPLAN Schindler seized the potential of Loos’s Raumplan, resulting in interior spaces as three-dimensional puzzles rich in complexity. This is evident not only in plan, but in section.
the telling of native stories. The house is composed of boxes beside boxes, resulting in the disconnection of family members under the same roof.
THE STORYTELLING HOUSE “How to become Modern and return to sources; how to revive and old dormant civilization, and take part of universal civilization” - Kenneth Frampton “Architecture that plays a role in the preservation and celebration of ancient traditions, while appropriately serving the needs of today” - Daniel Glenn
Pinwheel Plan
FLOOR PLAN
SECTION
THE STORYTELLING ROOM
THE STORYTELLING ROOM
ViLLAGE DRIFT
STORYTELLING EVENT
Traditional Pima Basket Design
Gila River Graphic
New Parti
chen table, on your parent’s lap, on your aunt’s and uncle’s laps. Storytelling begins there, about who you are… Then it continues from there about who you are in the family; of where you are as a tribal member, as part of the particular nation; then where that nation is in the community; and where that community belongs in the world. There’s always circles upon circles upon circles (225).” Muriel Miguel
ADE 422: Spring 2017 Architectural Studio IV (Honors)
Student: Josh Greene Instructor: R. Hejduk, M. Zingoni, E. Rocchi, C. Vekstein