1.

LOUIS SULLIVAN - AUDITORIUM BUILDING, CHICAGO

MAIN
ENTRANC
E

STAGE

PLAN FEATURES:
SIMPLE RECTANGULAR PLANNING
AUDITORIUM HALL SITS IN BETWEEN SERVICE ROOMS AS FOCUS
LONG, LINEAR CIRCULATION OUTSIDE AUDITORIUM
REPEATED, EQUISIZED ROOMS AT EACH SIDE

FOYER

SECTION FEATURES:
TWO

DISTINCT

HORIZONTAL DIVISIONS UPPER AND LOWER SECTION IN MASS

CORE FUNCTIONS LOCATED AT THE LOWER SECTION OF COMPLETE
BUILDING MASS
ALL HOTEL HALLS AT THE UPPER SECTION OF BUILDING MASS
HUGE, STEEP SLOPES OF SEATING IN THE BALCONY SECTION
GRAND SCALE AND
ANTHROPOMETRY

PROPORTION

IN

RELATION

WITH

LOUIS
SULLIIVA
N

AUDITORIU

MAIN
ENTRANCE
TO
BUILDING
ELEVATION FEATURES:
THE BUILDING LOOKS MASSIVE DUE ITS SCALE AND PROPORTION THO HUMAN HEIGHT AND
ALSO BECAUSE OF HUGE VAULTS AND ARCHES AND COLUMNS
SCALE AND PROPORTION:- THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN HEIGHT IS
QUITE LARGE
TEXTURE:- ROUGH (STONE HAS BEEN USED )
COLOUR :- COMBINATION OF WHITE/BEIDGE AND GREEN
THE BUILDING HAS A NUMBER OF ARCHES, DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES OF WINDOWS AND
VAULTS.
NO VISIBLE ORNAMENTATION IS THERE IN THE BUILDING ELEVATION
FORM ANALYSIS:
A LONG VERTICAL MASS CUTS STRAIGHT THROUGH A HORIZONAL RECATNGULAR MASS
DISTINCT BASE, MAIN MASS AND END OF TOP OF BUILDING WITH HORIZONTAL BANDS
LARGE NUMBER OF HUGE WINDOWS AND ORNAMENTAION IN FAADE
LONG ARCHED WINDOW ORNAMENTATION PROVIES A SENSE OF VERTICALITY

2.

LE CORBUSIER VILLA SAVOY

RAMP
STAIR
S

ENTRANCE AT
GROUND
FLOOR
PLAN FEATURES:
GEOMETRY:- APSIDAL(GROUND FLOOR) RECTANGULAR PLAN(1AND2 FLOOR)
FOCUS:- STAIRS
ADEQUATE CIRCULATION SPACE
OPEN PLAN LAYOUT
GRID PATTERN
ALL THE MAIN USABLE AREAS ARE PROVIDED ON 2 SIDES OF THE BUILDING AND THE REST OF IT IS
USED AS CIRCULATION AREA

ELEVATION FEATURES:
SCALE AND PROPORTION :- PROPORTIONAL TO HUMAN HEIGHT
TEXTURE:- SMOOTH
COLOUR:- WHITE AND ALSO GLASS HAS BEEN USED
DIFFERENCE IN THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN AND UPPER FLOOR PLANS
STRIP WINDOWS

SECTION FEATURES
SOLID AND VOID RELATIONSHIP
A HUGE CORE CIRCULAR LOAD BEARRING SECTION BECOMES THE FOCUS OF THE BUILDING
ALL THE SPACES ARE CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH LOBBIES, STAIRS AND RAMPS

FORM ANALYSIS
GEOMETRY:- CUBOIDAL
VISIBLE SOLID- VOID RELATIONSHIP
OPAQE-TRANSPARENT RELATIONSHIP IS MAINTAINED WITH USE OF A NUMBER OF WINDOWS ON
CONCRETE FACADE

3.

FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT TALIESIN WEST

PLAN FEATURES:
LINEAR CIRCULATION IN TRIANGULAR LAYOUT
INTERSECTION OF DIAGONAL AND HORIZONTAL LINES
TRIANGLE, DIAMOND AND STRAIGHT LONG RECTANGULAR SHAPES IN ROOMS AND CORRIDORS
APPROXIMATELY EQUAL AREAS OF GROUND COVERAGE AND LANDSCAPING

ELEVATION FEATURES:
BLOCK-MASSES ARRANGED IN LINEAR LONGITUDINAL FASHION
A STRAIGHT DIAGONAL GEOMETRY CUTS THROUGH THE RECTANGULAR FAADE

SECTION:
TWO MAJOR SECTIONAL DIVISIONS
LINEAR LENGTH OF THE BUILDING DIVIDED BY VERTICAL COLUMNS AND WALLS