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S1_T2

THE PROJECT = DECOMPOSE + ABSORB + TRANSLATE + RECOMPOSE THE WORLD using a

set of RULES.

ANALYSIS

WHY?
- I discover and understand the existing rules of the context in which I intervene
- I assimilate the place (if I succeede in that, the blank page that I use for my first sketches is not
anymore a blank page, but it becomes the place)
- I have a starting point

HOW?
- I observe + I bring together + I absorb + I transform + I translate in architectural language

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

- an intelligent selection of information + organized on personal criteria+ conclusions

We provoke you to carefully consider every information you choose to use and translate it in
architectural language.
We are architects, not mathematicians, geographers, historians, nor writers...

WHAT DO I NEED?
- to be open-eyed + to think!!! in order to get to an intelligent and creative result.

CONCLUSION
The analysis is not a purpose in itself. It is a helpfull instrument. A stage in the process.
A good analysis conceals the seeds of the architectural solution.

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POSSIBLE CRITERIA
(you mat not use all of them, just the ones you consider important)

OBJECTIVE CRITERIA
Depending on the criterion you choose, the study area of the city may be smaller or bigger.

Urban canvas
- density (built/ unbuild relation- you may refer to Nolli plan, or percentage diagrams, etc.)
- traffic (cars, people, etc. you may also use cross sections trough the street, in order to express an
atmosphere, etc.)
- anchor points (visual, acoustic, olfactory, psychological, special buildings, etc.)
- plots (form, orientation, dimensions, etc.)
- typologies of buildings in relation with the plots (the main facade next to the street, retired from the plots
limits, independent, etc.)
- typologies of relating with the adjacent buildings (joined together two by two, in a row, independent,
etc.)

Buildings
Geometry:
- form (plan, elevation, etc.)
- height
- typologies of roofs
Relations between adjacent buildings (joined facades with hidden patios, facades with green in between,
aligned cornices, same socket, etc.)
Materials:
- construction materials (structure)
- special techniques
- finishings
- textures
- colours
- details
Typologies of plans or spatial schemes

NOTE: the longitudinal section of the street (with buildings facades seen by the public space) may be a
very helpful instrument; you may use the same 2d basis on which you can represent different kind of
informations (one drawing for hights, one for windows rithm, one for materials, etc.)

Limits
Material limits (plants, built limits, roads, fences, etc.)
Visual limits (main plans, secondary plans, fragments of lanndscape, etc.)
Psycological limits (degrees of intimacy: public/ semi-private/ private)

Geography
- relation with cardinal points (north)
- topography
- climate (winds, rain, temperatures, etc.)
- green (type, position, dimensions, colour, smell, image alongside seasons, etc.)
- sunlight diagrams (alongside the day, the year, etc.)

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Evolution
(cities also grow up, just like people; the same place, catched in different moments in time, narrate
different things about people it sheltered, memories it kept, events, etc.)

Social context
(ways of living, professions, common events, etc.)

These last 2 criteria are the most important in order to express genius loci and a particular atmosphere.

SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA

They are those which usualy conceal your proposal.