Architecture 201 Project 1 - Exercise 2 - La Casa del Fascio
Diagramming through modeling
Description
To achieve an extreme level of abstraction the program was limited to 8 layers that had to represent space and void, structure skin, circulation and geometry. A solution was to create a grid to represent, structure, with solids and voids to show circulation and usage on alternating layers.
All four elements, structure, skin, geometry and circulation are represented as different colors and built back into a digital abstraction of the Casa del Fascio. Each system has been pulled apart and shown in the upper left.
Siteplans
The modernistic Casa del Fascio (House of Fascism) is located in the middle of the city, juxtapositioned by many old buildings including a cathedral. Below are the floor plans for each floor in the Casa del Fascio, from 1st to 4th from left to right. Below are two sections cut through the middle of the building.
Floor Plans
Renderings Showing Analysis
Building Composites
Showing the systems for the whole building, All, Circulation, Enclosure, Geometry, Hierarchy and Structure.
First Floor
Geometry and Structure, Circulation, and All
Second Floor
Geometry and Structure, Circulation, and All
Third Floor
Geometry and Structure, Circulation, and All
Fourth Floor
Geometry and Structure, Circulation, and All
The 8 Layers
Photographs
Pictures
