Massing Strategy

With interest in the fragmented rotational extrusion of the figure, which began with Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea, my partner and I were interested in the momentary appearance of the figure in elevation as well as in section. When combined, the faceted geometry of the extrusions caused many complex intersections that conceal the single module and the original figure--this further contrasts the rectilinear figure (that is exposed only in elevation) and the triangulated geometry of the combined whole. We were focused on combining the extrusions radiating around one central point with two nesting chunks to create a canyon-like space between the massings.

Facade Strategy