Critical Composition:

Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright (1909)

The goal of this project was to analyze the floor plan of a well known piece of architecture and distill the core principles that guided the experience of the building. I determined that the Robie House’s floor plan was the main generator of the building through a series of studies involving various manipulations of said floor plan.

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Critical composition is

the mindful and intentional arrangement of elements concerning the vision of the Designer’s work.  

Diagram (left) : Anchor             Diagram (right): Overlap

Diagram (left) : Anchor Diagram (right): Overlap

Exploded Isometric Floor Plan: Anchor

Exploded Isometric Floor Plan: Anchor

Study model representing the sequence of the space

Study model representing the sequence of the space

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