4_Double Helix!

DS2_ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO 2, MILANO POLITECNICO - 2014 - 2015!

helix |heliks|!noun !

an object having a three-dimensional shape like that of a wire wound uniformly in a single layer around a cylinder or cone, as in a corkscrew or spiral staircase.!- Geometry a curve on a conical or cylindrical surface that would become a straight line if the surface were unrolled into a plane.!- Biochemistry an extended spiral chain of atoms in a protein, nucleic acid, or other polymeric molecule. !- Architecture a spiral ornament.!- Anatomy the rim of the external ear.!

ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the architectural sense [spiral ornament] ): via Latin from Greek.!

ANDREA PALLADIO, I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, Libro Primo, cap. XVIII bene quelle a lumaca perch occupano manco luogo

POZZO DI SAN PATRIZIO / SANGALLO IL GIOVANE / 1527-1537 / ORVIETO

CHATEAU DE CHAMBORD / STAIR INSPIRED BY DA VINCI / 1519-1547 / LOIRE!

SELIMIYE MOSQUE / SINAN / 1568 - 1574 / EDIRNE

PENGUIN POOL / BERTHOLD LUBETKIN / 1935 / LONDON ZOO

MUSEO DE LA MEMORIA DE ANDALUCIA / ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA / 2009 / GRANADA

Project List!- Pozzo di San Patrizio / Antonio Sangallo il Giovane / 1527 - 1537 / Orvieto!- Chateau de Chambord / stair inspired by Leonardo da Vinci / 1519 - 1547 / Loire !- Selimiye mosque / Sinan / 1568 - 1547 / Edirne!- Penguin Pool / Berthold Lubetkin / 1935 / London Zoo!- Museo de la Memoria de Andalucia / Alberto Campo Baeza / 2009 / Granada!

Links & Bibliography!- Reha Gnay, Sinan, the architect and his work, Yem Yayin, 1998!- Augusto Romano Burelli, Sinan, architcte de Soliman, Arthaud, Paris 1992!- www.selimiyemosque.net !- Alberto Pizza, Alberto Campo Baeza, Works and Projects, el Croquis!