Spring 2015 Elective: *AHST-6760 LIN Thursdays 2:00pm - 4:30pm RMH 206*this course satisfies an advanced history elective requirement

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD An Empirical Analysis of Immutable Form

This seminar will work to explicate the enduring connection between form and perception, despite style, language or era. As the breadth of architectural discourse becomes increasingly diverse and convoluted, it is important for students to understand contemporary design through a formal, historical lens. In this course, we will analyze the canons of architectural history with related contemporary works of art and architecture in order to isolate specific perceptual qualities related to both two-dimensional representation and three-dimensional experience. Course subjects will range widely from Bramante to Diller Scofidio, Michelangelo to Moneo, Corbusier to Koolhaas, Scarpa to Zaha Hadid. Weekly lessons will be organized by fundamental architectural principles that increase in complexity, beginning with solid/void/depth, building up to scale/pattern/ornamentation.

Students will be asked to produce weekly diagrams of lecture subjects presented in class, distilling a formal language through the spatial phenomena identified with each project. Diagrams and readings will be reviewed weekly and integrated into a final annotated visual document to be considered as part of a publication by Routledge, forthcoming 2015. By recognizing architecture through extracted formal qualities, a comprehensive catalog of architectural principles will enable students in this course to look critically forward and backward.

LIN Spring 2012-13 Research

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD: An Empirical Analysis of Immutable Form

This body of work strives to explicate the enduring connection between form and perception, despite style, language or era.As the breadth of architectural discourse becomes increasingly diverse and convoluted, it is important for students to understandcontemporary design through a formal, historical lens.

The publication of a teaching textbook has been contracted with Routledge Publishing for the Fall of 2012. The book will analyzecanons of architectural history with related contemporary works of art and architecture in order to isolate specific perceptualqualities related to both two-dimensional representation and three-dimensional experience. Chapters begin with fundamentallessons of design, leading to explicit architectural case studies. Subjects of analysis will range widely from Bramante to DillerScofidio, Michaelangeo to Moneo, Corbusier to Koolhaas, Scarpa to Chipperfield.

Graduate research students will assist in gathering precedent information and producing digital diagrams that describe the basicformal principles of each case study. Diagrams produced by research assistants will be credited and included in the forthcomingpublication.

The following pairs of images demonstrate the core of this research. By juxtaposing canons of architectural history with starklycontemporary works, one can unmistakably distinguish the perceptual qualities directly related to form. By framing suchcontrasting projects in terms of their distilled qualities, a comprehensive catalog of architecture and architectural principles willenable students to look critically forward and backward.

THRESHHOLD, DEPTH, LAYERINGSalk Institute, Kahn Hadrian’s Villa

PROFILE, GRAVITY, ELONGATIONHadrian’s villa Ocean Swimming pool, Siza

SCALE, LIGHT, EPHEMERALITYImpluvium of Light, Campo Baeza Pantheon

LIN Spring 2012-13 Research

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD: An Empirical Analysis of Immutable Form

This body of work strives to explicate the enduring connection between form and perception, despite style, language or era.As the breadth of architectural discourse becomes increasingly diverse and convoluted, it is important for students to understandcontemporary design through a formal, historical lens.

The publication of a teaching textbook has been contracted with Routledge Publishing for the Fall of 2012. The book will analyzecanons of architectural history with related contemporary works of art and architecture in order to isolate specific perceptualqualities related to both two-dimensional representation and three-dimensional experience. Chapters begin with fundamentallessons of design, leading to explicit architectural case studies. Subjects of analysis will range widely from Bramante to DillerScofidio, Michaelangeo to Moneo, Corbusier to Koolhaas, Scarpa to Chipperfield.

Graduate research students will assist in gathering precedent information and producing digital diagrams that describe the basicformal principles of each case study. Diagrams produced by research assistants will be credited and included in the forthcomingpublication.

The following pairs of images demonstrate the core of this research. By juxtaposing canons of architectural history with starklycontemporary works, one can unmistakably distinguish the perceptual qualities directly related to form. By framing suchcontrasting projects in terms of their distilled qualities, a comprehensive catalog of architecture and architectural principles willenable students to look critically forward and backward.

THRESHHOLD, DEPTH, LAYERINGSalk Institute, Kahn Hadrian’s Villa

PROFILE, GRAVITY, ELONGATIONHadrian’s villa Ocean Swimming pool, Siza

SCALE, LIGHT, EPHEMERALITYImpluvium of Light, Campo Baeza Pantheon

LIN Spring 2012-13 Research

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD: An Empirical Analysis of Immutable Form

This body of work strives to explicate the enduring connection between form and perception, despite style, language or era.As the breadth of architectural discourse becomes increasingly diverse and convoluted, it is important for students to understandcontemporary design through a formal, historical lens.

The publication of a teaching textbook has been contracted with Routledge Publishing for the Fall of 2012. The book will analyzecanons of architectural history with related contemporary works of art and architecture in order to isolate specific perceptualqualities related to both two-dimensional representation and three-dimensional experience. Chapters begin with fundamentallessons of design, leading to explicit architectural case studies. Subjects of analysis will range widely from Bramante to DillerScofidio, Michaelangeo to Moneo, Corbusier to Koolhaas, Scarpa to Chipperfield.

Graduate research students will assist in gathering precedent information and producing digital diagrams that describe the basicformal principles of each case study. Diagrams produced by research assistants will be credited and included in the forthcomingpublication.

The following pairs of images demonstrate the core of this research. By juxtaposing canons of architectural history with starklycontemporary works, one can unmistakably distinguish the perceptual qualities directly related to form. By framing suchcontrasting projects in terms of their distilled qualities, a comprehensive catalog of architecture and architectural principles willenable students to look critically forward and backward.

THRESHHOLD, DEPTH, LAYERINGSalk Institute, Kahn Hadrian’s Villa

PROFILE, GRAVITY, ELONGATIONHadrian’s villa Ocean Swimming pool, Siza

SCALE, LIGHT, EPHEMERALITYImpluvium of Light, Campo Baeza Pantheon

LIN Spring 2012-13 Research

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD: An Empirical Analysis of Immutable Form

This body of work strives to explicate the enduring connection between form and perception, despite style, language or era.As the breadth of architectural discourse becomes increasingly diverse and convoluted, it is important for students to understandcontemporary design through a formal, historical lens.

The publication of a teaching textbook has been contracted with Routledge Publishing for the Fall of 2012. The book will analyzecanons of architectural history with related contemporary works of art and architecture in order to isolate specific perceptualqualities related to both two-dimensional representation and three-dimensional experience. Chapters begin with fundamentallessons of design, leading to explicit architectural case studies. Subjects of analysis will range widely from Bramante to DillerScofidio, Michaelangeo to Moneo, Corbusier to Koolhaas, Scarpa to Chipperfield.

Graduate research students will assist in gathering precedent information and producing digital diagrams that describe the basicformal principles of each case study. Diagrams produced by research assistants will be credited and included in the forthcomingpublication.

The following pairs of images demonstrate the core of this research. By juxtaposing canons of architectural history with starklycontemporary works, one can unmistakably distinguish the perceptual qualities directly related to form. By framing suchcontrasting projects in terms of their distilled qualities, a comprehensive catalog of architecture and architectural principles willenable students to look critically forward and backward.

THRESHHOLD, DEPTH, LAYERINGSalk Institute, Kahn Hadrian’s Villa

PROFILE, GRAVITY, ELONGATIONHadrian’s villa Ocean Swimming pool, Siza

SCALE, LIGHT, EPHEMERALITYImpluvium of Light, Campo Baeza Pantheon

LIN Spring 2012-13 Research

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD: An Empirical Analysis of Immutable Form

This body of work strives to explicate the enduring connection between form and perception, despite style, language or era.As the breadth of architectural discourse becomes increasingly diverse and convoluted, it is important for students to understandcontemporary design through a formal, historical lens.

The publication of a teaching textbook has been contracted with Routledge Publishing for the Fall of 2012. The book will analyzecanons of architectural history with related contemporary works of art and architecture in order to isolate specific perceptualqualities related to both two-dimensional representation and three-dimensional experience. Chapters begin with fundamentallessons of design, leading to explicit architectural case studies. Subjects of analysis will range widely from Bramante to DillerScofidio, Michaelangeo to Moneo, Corbusier to Koolhaas, Scarpa to Chipperfield.

Graduate research students will assist in gathering precedent information and producing digital diagrams that describe the basicformal principles of each case study. Diagrams produced by research assistants will be credited and included in the forthcomingpublication.

The following pairs of images demonstrate the core of this research. By juxtaposing canons of architectural history with starklycontemporary works, one can unmistakably distinguish the perceptual qualities directly related to form. By framing suchcontrasting projects in terms of their distilled qualities, a comprehensive catalog of architecture and architectural principles willenable students to look critically forward and backward.

THRESHHOLD, DEPTH, LAYERINGSalk Institute, Kahn Hadrian’s Villa

PROFILE, GRAVITY, ELONGATIONHadrian’s villa Ocean Swimming pool, Siza

SCALE, LIGHT, EPHEMERALITYImpluvium of Light, Campo Baeza Pantheon

LIN Spring 2012-13 Research

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD: An Empirical Analysis of Immutable Form

This body of work strives to explicate the enduring connection between form and perception, despite style, language or era.As the breadth of architectural discourse becomes increasingly diverse and convoluted, it is important for students to understandcontemporary design through a formal, historical lens.

The publication of a teaching textbook has been contracted with Routledge Publishing for the Fall of 2012. The book will analyzecanons of architectural history with related contemporary works of art and architecture in order to isolate specific perceptualqualities related to both two-dimensional representation and three-dimensional experience. Chapters begin with fundamentallessons of design, leading to explicit architectural case studies. Subjects of analysis will range widely from Bramante to DillerScofidio, Michaelangeo to Moneo, Corbusier to Koolhaas, Scarpa to Chipperfield.

Graduate research students will assist in gathering precedent information and producing digital diagrams that describe the basicformal principles of each case study. Diagrams produced by research assistants will be credited and included in the forthcomingpublication.

The following pairs of images demonstrate the core of this research. By juxtaposing canons of architectural history with starklycontemporary works, one can unmistakably distinguish the perceptual qualities directly related to form. By framing suchcontrasting projects in terms of their distilled qualities, a comprehensive catalog of architecture and architectural principles willenable students to look critically forward and backward.

THRESHHOLD, DEPTH, LAYERINGSalk Institute, Kahn Hadrian’s Villa

PROFILE, GRAVITY, ELONGATIONHadrian’s villa Ocean Swimming pool, Siza

SCALE, LIGHT, EPHEMERALITYImpluvium of Light, Campo Baeza Pantheon

Looking Forward and Backward: An Empirical Analysis of Architectural Form

SALK INSTITUTE 1965Louis Kahn: La Jolla, CA

HADRIAN’S VILLA 130 ADTivoli, Italy

DEPTH, FRAME, LAYER, THRESHOLD

HADRIAN’S VILLA 130 ADTivoli, Italy

IMPLUVIUM OF LIGHT 2001Campo Baeza: Granada, Spain

FIGURE 1The fundamental connection between form and experience are diagramed for these pairs of architectural spaces.A: A series of framed openings align to create a visual axis. Each layer is punctuated by light and shadow, amplifying the feeling of depth.B: A long straight wall accented with horizontal reveals creates a datum line against the sky.C: The immense vertical scale of these spaces creates a dramatic experience, amplified by the ephemerality of natural light from above.

OCEAN SWIMMING POOL 1966Alvaro Siza: Leca de Palmeira, Portugal

PROFILE, GRAVITY, ELONGATION

PANTHEON 200 ADRome, Italy

SCALE, VERTICAL LIGHT, EPHEMERALITY

A

B

C