- Imagine that you are its architect/designer and that you are writing an explanation of your architectural decisions which, together with the PLANS, SECTIONS and ELEVATIONS of your building (ROBIE HOUSE), will be published in a serious PERIODICAL or JOURNAL (the writing method of the paper should be as if you are writing a Journal) to be read by fellow architects and potential patrons alike.
- In this text you should briefly identify the major challenges in the program you were given by your client
- and then explain in detail how your design addresses them. You should imagine that you are writing BEFORE construction has begun.
- Here are some suggestions of the topics: (note that there might be others as they will vary from building): function, response to site, form, materials, constructional techniques, precedents, style and expression.
- Think about what decisions might have already been taken (by the
client or someone else) before you received the commission.
6.Consider to what extent your design follows precedents (or deliberately deviates from them) and the reasons why.
7.Focus on the questions that would be of interest to a reader of the same period / culture trying to understand why you designed it in the way that you did.
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