Land & Cityscape < = > Architecture
in LINES
Our Landscape and our Cityscape is defined out of lines, vertical lines and horizontal lines. Architecture has to adapt to those lines in order to integrate into our Land- and Cityscape. But also our Cityscape can be integrated into our Architecture form a more inside perspective. This small study shows how our Cityscape can be integrated in our buildings to give us a better understanding of it.
Contents: Lines Baroque Contemporary Inside point of view Cityscape comparing Europe & Japan Vertical & horizontal Lines Conclusion
Lines in landscape, cityscape & architecture
Landscape
Ref. 1 Provence, France
Cityscape
Ref. 2 Manhattan, New York
Architecture
Lines in braoque Architecture
>
Landscape
Lines of architecture
-->
landscape
Landscape adapts to architecture.
Versailles 1700
Garden
Building
Ref. 1 Garden of Versailles, France
Le Louvre 1200 1400
Garden
straight lines, symmetrical axis ...
Building
Lines in contemporary Architecture
<
Lines of landscape
Landscape
-->
architecture
Architecture adapts to landscape.
continuing the line
Ref. 1 Paul Klee Museum in Bern, 1998
creating a new line
Ref. 2 Teshima art museum, 2010
Inside point of view
- seen from the outside --> architecture has to reeect the building in its environment.
- seen form the inside --> architecture has to reeect its environment in the building.
Concept :
Land and Cityscape
Architecture
Perception of land and cityscape
Enframing architecture
One line encircles the landscape. --> The landscape is presented like a picture.
Focusing architecture
Lines are aiming at one point in the cityscape. --> One point in the cityscape is emphasized.
Panorama architecture
Two round lines are expending the view of the cityscape. --> The cityscape seems to be endless.
Ref. 1 Teshima Art Museum, 2010
Ref. 2 Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2010
Ref. 3 Niterรณi Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil, 1996
Cityscape comparing Europe & Japan The skyline between Europe & Japan
Silhouette homogeneous --> same hight of buildings. Ref. 1 Berlin
Grouping monocentric --> one «downtown» Ref. 2 Franfort
Contrast various --> different forms Ref. 3 Paris
disorderly --> diďŹ&#x20AC;erent hights of buildings. Ref. 1 Osaka
polycentric --> spreaded density Ref. 2 Tokyo
similar --> rectangular
Movies & Art
Europe
Japan
Ref. 3 «Akira» 1988 Ref. 1 Venice, 1900 Claude Monet
Ref. 2 «A cat in Paris» ,2010 Ref. 2 “A cat in Paris” 2010
Ref. 4 «Ghost in the Shell» 1995
Ideal of beauty
high designed & sophisticated
quiert
minimalist, only vertical & horizontal lines
unique
repetitiv
Vertical & horizontal lines Japanese cities are composed out of vertical and horizontal lines. --> Architecture reeectes those lines also in movies.
Ref. 1 «Badman -the dark knight» 2008
Ref. 2 «Tron» 2008
Ref. 3 «Her» 2013
traditionel architecture
Ref. 4 Takashi Yasui
modern architecture
Ref. 5 Mies van der Rohe «Esquisse 1»
Ref. 6 Mies van der Rohe «Esquisse 2»
Conclusion
Modern cities are mostly composed of vertical and horizontal lines. Mies van der Rohe is using those lines in his architecture to let us better understand the city. It projects the city in the building and connects those two spaces with each other. (inside and outside) Japanese cities are mostly composed with vertical and horizontal lines too. Using those lines in interior design can integrate the cityscape in the building and gives us a better understanding for it.
Artwork by Gerhard Richter