Architects Sketches by Schank Smith Kendra

Author:Schank Smith, Kendra
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-136-42908-8
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

FIGURE 3.12 Mayumi Miyawaki; Sketch of Yokoo Residence, 1979.

This sketch seems to be an increasingly more detailed series of exterior massing forms culminations with two plans. The volume drawings have a similarity of theme – a self-containedness. As in play, the shape is drawn repeatedly, with changes becoming more and more specific. Miyawaki emphasizes this connection by stating that certain drawings became stepping stones for the rest. Their associative qualities are evident in their subtle evolution, and the sketches reveal a controlledness in intention. The specific site and program guide this project, even to a note written on the sketch: ‘low cost’. Miyawaki writes on this drawing about his intentions: ‘[h]owever, an image of “primary box” which just fits the environment was already in my mind then.’ This strict adherence to the program is contrasted by quick and incomplete sketches, which might indicate this architect’s ability to allow spontaneity within the framework. Miyawaki’s imagination combines program memories with the possibilities of form.

A sketch by Cesar Pelli (Figure 3.13) provides insight into the elements of imagination. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, once Cesar Pelli & Associates, is located in Connecticut. An immigrant from Argentina, Cesar Pelli has built an incredible number of sophisticated projects throughout the world. The firm has received over 40 American Institute of Architects awards including the 1995 Gold Medal. Responding to the particularities of site and program rather than maintaining a distinctive ‘style’, Pelli and partners have completed such diverse projects as the Aronoff Center for the Arts, the Beijing World Financial Center, Rice University Herring Hall, Yale University Malone Engineering Center and the celebrated Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

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