ELEMENTS DEFINING SPACE:

Volume (Solid & Void)

ADDITIVE & SUBTRACTIVE
SUBTRACTIVE
SUBTRACTIVE
ADDITIVE
ADDITIVE: Lines & Planes
ADDITIVE: Horizontal & Vertical Planes
ADDITIVE & SUBTRACTIVE
SOLID / VOID REVERSAL
Subtractive / Additive
SOLID/VOID VOLUMETRIC COMPOSITIONS
Wooden House, 2006,
Japan, Sou Fujimoto
Wooden House, 2006,
Japan, Sou Fujimoto

“There are no separations of floor,

wall, and ceiling here. A place that
one thought was a floor becomes a
chair, a ceiling, a wall from various
positions. The floor levels are relative
and spatiality is perceived differently
according to one’s position. Here,
people are distributed three-
dimensionally in the space. This is a
place like an amorphous landscape
with a new experience of various
senses of distances. Inhabitants
discover, rather than being
prescribed, various functionalities in
these convolutions.”
Sou Fujimoto (ArchDaily)
Wooden House, 2006,
Japan, Sou Fujimoto
Wooden House, 2006,
Japan, Sou Fujimoto
St Peters Basilica, Rome
St Peters Basilica, Rome
Borromini, San Carlo alla Quatro Fontane , Rome
Louis Kahn, National Parliament, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mario Botta, Casa Bianchi
(Riva san Vitale)
Mario Botta, Casa Ligornetti
Therme Vals, 1993-96, Peter
Zumthor, Switzerland
Therme Vals, 1993-96, Peter Zumthor, Switzerland
Therme Vals, 1993-96, Peter
Zumthor, Switzerland
“The meander, as we call it, is a
designed negative space between
the blocks, a space that connects
everything as it flows throughout the
entire building, creating a peacefully
pulsating rhythm. Moving around this
space means making discoveries.
You are walking as if in the woods.
Everyone there is looking for a path
of their own.”
Peter Zumthor

Therme Vals, 1993-96, Peter Zumthor, Switzerland

House in Litoral Alentejano , Portugal,
Aires Mateus Architects
House in Litoral Alentejano , Portugal, Aires Mateus Architects
Alcacer do Sal Residences,
Portugal, Aires Mateus Architects
Alcacer do Sal Residences, Portugal, Aires Mateus Architects
Casa Poli, Chile, Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Casa Poli, Chile, Pezo von Elrichshausen
Casa Poli, Chile, Pezo von Ellrichshausen
House in Ajuda,
Portugal,
Aires Mateus
House in Ajuda, Portugal, Aires Mateus
House in Ajuda, Portugal, Aires Mateus
Croatian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Croatian Architectural Consortium
Venice, Italy, 2010
Volumetric Model Construction
Unity Temple, Frank Lloyd Wright
Unity Temple, Frank Lloyd Wright