Everything in a Nut, or Nautilus Shell
egypt: pyramids
principles: size matters in height and width.
stacking: all corners lead up to a central point where the emperor and the sun god meet.
greece: the theatre in epidauros
principles: create good acoustics and have a central focal point.
stacking + circle: rows of people gather around a circle stage.
rome: the pantheon
principles: the world inscribed within the building.
groves + circles: one story shown on the exterior by one level or columns. the oculus inside the building highlights different areas of the interior at various times of day.
italy: basilica of il redentore
principles: ornamented facade made of white marble and the rest is brick. only emphasis on facade and breaks rules by having multiple ideas on the front.
groves + circle: columns lead to the heavens but the building has a cap on it so your eye has a stopping point. dome at the most important part of the building.
france: versailles
principles: controlling the landscape. cover more area than height. shows the power and control the king had before the revolution
layering groves and stacks: the facade is broken up be floors as well as vertical divisions of the palace
as we see in these example from different time periods, each one is influenced by the other, whether it makes or breaks past elements of design. there is always a quest for being modern that each of these examples show for their individual time period, but there is a recurring cycle or making and breaking the "rules" of design. just as in a nautical shell, each one builds upon one another and grows outward.
images:
wifiremote.mbpowertools.net
http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2008/03/top-10-travel-wonders-of-africa.html
http://www.greecethisway.com/places/epidaurus.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pantheon_rome_2005may.jpg
http://factoidz.com/palladio-the-genius-of-architecture/
http://knightmovesblog.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
