KRISTEN A. FOX

Using precedents through history, I created a room based on the synthesis of these spaces. I was assigned specific rooms in three buildings: Villa Stein by Le Corbusier (living room and porch), the Villa Cornaro by Andrea Palladio (the atrium and portico), and House in New England by Office dA (the living room). I added the Villa Madama and the Villa Rotunda to my synthesis studies later in my process.

How would the precedents overlap to create a new space? What do the precedents share? I noticed that there were shared conditions about each room--each consists of an interior space, an extension into an exterior space, and a “linchpin” piece that connects the two. By breaking down the rooms into specific diagrammatic exercises, I was able to locate similarities between the three--specifically how the rooms connect to spaces beyond the architecture.

After extensive diagramming of these spaces, I was able to design a new space based on the conceptual organizational strategy of my precedents.