This study starts out with the floor plan of a building I have never seen. In fact, it might not even be a floor plan at all. The drawings show a process of analysing the drawing; first as an abstract, two dimensional image, then as a basis to imagine what the three dimensional structure could look like. When does an abstract drawing become a visualisation of a building?
Pezo von Ellrichshausen | Solo House
The collage connects the two projects, the Kaufmann House by Richard Neutra on the left and Garden & House by Ryue Nishizawa on the right, via the their external and internal worlds. The base layer of the image is composed of the two projects’ filigrane facades, which consist of steel framed floor to ceiling windows. This very thin layer is also the only thing these two projects have in common. From there, their interiors and exteriors unfold into opposing worlds. While the view from the Kaufmann House rolls over desert terrain and mountains in the distance, you can only see the neighbour’s facade from Garden & House in Tokyo. The only interior element that is visible in the collage is the handrail of the staircase, which indicates the verticality of House & Garden opposed to the horizontal layout of the Kaufmann House.
Ryue Nishizawa | Garden & House | Tokyo 2006
Richard Neutra | Kaufmann House | California 1947