THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

(IRREGULAR FORMS)

MBS SPA
NO-10

CHANIA BHATIA YR-III/B ROLL

INTRODUCTION:

Irregular forms are those whose parts are dissimilar in nature and related to one another in an inconsistent manner. They are generally asymmetrical and more dynamic than regular forms. They can be regular forms from which irregular elements have been subtracted or result from an irregular composition of regular forms.

IRREGULAR FORMS: COMPOSITION FORMS:

PHILHARMONIC HALL, BERLINKYOTO
INTERIOR VIEW

IRREGULAR OF REGULAR

KATSURA PALACE, (JAPAN)-

FRONT ELEVATION FRONT ELEVATION

IRREGULAR FORMS WITHIN A REGULAR FIELD:

COURTYARD HOUSE PROJECT (1934)(MIES VAN DE ROHE)

PERSPECTIVE VIEW

INTERIOR VIEWS AND OTHER DETAILS

THE KLEIN BOTTLE HOUSE: MUSEUM, BILBAO

(By Rob Mcbride, Australia)

GUGGENHEIM
(Spain)

Designers got a great set up in irregular shapes or for crib Stealth aircraft form the boxes. Own design inspiration just because the designers want to change a paradigm that a house should have a regular shape and

Based on Deconstructivism, it focuses on changing the conventional rectilinear lines of a normal architectural building into non-rectilinear lines. Transforms the external features of the building into distorted shapes and fragmented features.

HUNDERTWASSER FOREST SPIRAL:

The Hundertwasser house "Waldspirale" ("Forest Spiral") was built in Darmstadt between 1998 and 2000.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the famous Austrian architect and painter, is widely renowned for his revolutionary, colourful architectural designs which incorporate irregular, organic forms, e.g. onion-shaped domes. Natural features of the landscape are expressed in this building: the layers of sedimental rock found underneath the site are reflected on the facade in bands of ceramic tiles and coloured stucco. The roof of the altogether 12 floors is formed by a garden of beech, maple, and lime trees. The structure with 105 apartments wraps around a landscaped

HANSHA REFLECTION HOUSE (TOKYO):

The outer form also reflects the inner structure: The programmatic zones of Public, Service and Private spatially organized the house into 3 distinct zones with further punctuation of the main massing with the Landscape element; providing spaces for the courtyard and roof deck. This base form was further chiseled with structure, daylight/ventilation and viewpoint concerns. Overlooking the park, the living room, kitchen and dining room are combined into a single space which also acts as the core of the project. Hansha Reflection House is a diverse architecture project in Tokyo, envisioned and implemented by Studio SKLIM. The residence is situated at the entrance of a picturesque park and built with the purpose of taking in its healthy environment. With an exterior that reflects the surrounding landscape, the name of the house comes as no surprise.. The interiors are minimalist, airy and

PRINGIERS HOUSE-TADAO ANDO ARCHITECTS, MIRISSA: (Sri Lanka)

FRONT ELEVATION

Recent works by Japanese architect Tadao Ando featured in the AR showed something of a departure from his signature use of exposed concrete, with the project of an irregular form, cloaked in sheet steel (AR November 2005 and August 2007). Designed concurrently but finished a number of years later, this project for a house in Sri Lanka returns to a more familiar language of pristine exposed concrete, arranged to contain a series of protected courtyards and voids.